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Tim Schermerhorn—subway train operator, rank-and-file activist, union militant and officer, socialist, troublemaker, Labor Notes board member, son, husband, father, grandfather, and my dear friend and comrade—died this week. Tim was hired by the New York City Transit Authority in 1982. As a founder of the Hell on Wheels newsletter in 1984, and later the New Directions caucus,
Listen to this article The late U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sean Hamilton fly-fishing. Photo used under a Creative
International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien announced a new division to support and unionize Amazon warehouse and logistics workers.
Cuts to public funding have passed universities’ financial burden on to students through rising tuition and fees. Should President Biden cancel campus debt too?
MEL BUER, mel.buer.reports@gmail.com, Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Buer is a contributor to The Real News Network. Earlier this summer, she wrote the piece “ Corporate billionaires are wrecking the supply chain. Just look at the railroads .”