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Alaska

Radical Problems and Liberal Solutions | #alaska | #politics

Back when father was a lad, you could go to college without incurring debt. Housing was affordable, and homeownership allowed for wealth accumulation over a lifetime. Payroll jobs with careers were plentiful. Decent employers provided health insurance, and the health system had not been taken over by corporations. A third of workers were represented by […]

City Council

Lynchburg City Council to hold special meetings to appoint school board members | #citycouncil

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — The Lynchburg City Council is moving forward with the process of appointing new school board members for the city. On June 20 and 21 City Council will be holding meetings to interview candidates for the seats. SEE ALSO: Lynchburg City School leaders still hammering out 2023-2024 school budget According to the […]

Alabama

Amazon fires Alabama union organizer Jennifer Bates – People’s World | #elections | #alabama

Fired Amazon worker and union organizer Jennifer Bates: ‘Amazon, your termination of my employment will not stifle workers organizing, for when you fire leaders, it only brings more people ignited into the movement. We are a movement, we will not be stopped and I know my union, recognized or not by you, has my back.’ […]

Alabama

Amazon fires Alabama union organizer Jennifer Bates – People’s World | #elections | #alabama

Alabama

Republicans give extreme anti-labor N.C. Rep. Foxx power over workers – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Rep. Virginia Foxx speaks with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill Nov. 3, 2021. | Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON (PAI)—Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., gives the appearance of being somebody’s kindly grandmother, gray hair, wire-rimmed glasses and all. But when she talks about workers and unions, the new—and former—chair of the House Education and Labor […]

City Council

Fort Collins City Council votes against minimum wage increase | #citycouncil

Fort Collins won’t see an increase in its minimum wage — for now. The Fort Collins City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone adopting its own minimum wage and resume discussion in 6 months, meaning it would keep the state’s minimum wage in the meantime. Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis felt that the City Council […]

Alabama

Union canvassers reject New York Times’ gloomy outlook on the elections – People’s World | #elections | #alabama

“From the criminalization of abortion to the water crises in my hometown state of Alabama, and Mississippi, Black people have always bore the brunt of racism in this country. But we will not let them kill us. We will not let them systematically take our right to freedom away. And we will not allow a […]

Alabama

Prisoners face deadly retaliation for their strike – People’s World | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Prisoners at Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Ala. in 2011. Cell phone footage of an attack in Donaldson that left one man dead surfaced this weekend. | Dave Martin/AP Last Friday, five days after Alabama prisoners launched a statewide labor strike, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey assured reporters that the head of the state’s beleaguered corrections […]

Alabama

What Year Is It? Five States have Slavery on the Ballot | #elections | #alabama

Photo: Castelski (Shutterstock) During the November midterm elections, Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will have to vote whether or not to fully abolish slavery, according to Yahoo! News. Now, we’re obviously not talking about whips and chains. We’re talking about that sly loophole in the 13th Amendment that subjects those convicted of a crime […]

Alabama

Stronger unions on the rise in north Alabama according to North Alabama Area Labor Council leader | #elections | #alabama

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Public opinion of organized labor unions is higher than it’s been in decades according to a new Gallup poll and north Alabama labor leaders say they can see the growing support in the area. Gallup reports that 71% of Americans now approve of labor unions. This is up from 64% before […]