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Sara Innamorato, a progressive running with an economic, social, and racial justice agenda, is leading the race for Pittsburgh’s Allegheny County executive.

Betty Friedan launched modern feminism, arguably the most influential and successful intellectual movement of the 20th century. Indeed, feminism’s influence is so pervasive and successful that its impact is almost universally taken for granted. Even those who do not identify as feminists often unwittingly share its moral outlook.

PGSU will first consider seeking voluntary recognition from the University instead of an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The union has not yet reached out to the University.

Union workers at Wabtecs Erie plant not happy with companys financial proposal, but are yet to pitch one of their own.

Labor unions once held a designated spot on Eries United Way board. Thats no longer the case and some union leaders are unhappy.

“We are now on the cusp of an election, and we’re the closest we have ever been. The NLRB under the Biden administration reaffirmed our rights as workers to unionize, ending years of uncertainty. Grad worker unionization campaigns resurged across the country. PGSU held&#...

The Princetonian

“Around 150 Mercer County area residents and workers, as well as University students and staff gathered with picket signs, banners, and megaphones, demanding equal rights for workers and migrant workers in the local Princeton and New Jersey community on May 1.”

The arena closed 50 years ago, but memories are still strong today.

In 2005, I traveled out to the University of Minnesota to help my father Gene Elk, the now-retired United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) Director of Organization, as the UE...