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Nervous statements in the corporate press warn that Wednesday’s deal reached with the rail unions could “fall apart” under the weight of amid rank-and-file anger.
The AFL-CIO is teaming up with the Chris Gardner Foundation to launch a new program in Detroit this week.
Breaking the Impasse: Electoral Politics, Mass Action, and the New Socialist Movement in the United States, by Kim Moody. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2022. 242 pages. $19.95 paperback
Chipotle workers in Lansing, Michigan, formed the fast food chain’s first recognized union in the U.S., voting 11-3 on August 25 to join Teamsters Local 243. It’s the latest in a string of new organizing breakthroughs at prominent national brands, from Starbucks to Apple to Trader Joe’s to REI. Of all the employers that have seen union drives over the past year, Chipotle—with
Workers may walk off the job – or be locked out by their employers – if they can’t reach a deal by the Friday deadline.