Unions

This story about unionization on a big level, boiled down, in 1:39 minutes. What’s the fuss? A group of game testers from a multimillion-dollar game developer have tentatively formed the first video game union at a blockbuster video game company — a sign of the times. The situation The billion-dollar first person shooter franchise Call of Duty has a lot of people working on it in various capacities…

By Deanna Hron One of the things I love about my small northern Minnesota community is that we look out for each other. I can’t count the number of people who checked in at the school before the holidays to be sure all our families had food and other necessities…

The late Dr. King was marching in solidarity with sanitation workers in Tennessee in March 1968. Something that is rarely mentioned in today’s press. In the United States we celebrate Martin Luthor King Jr. to honor his legacy of fighting for equal rights for African Americans who were discriminated against…

Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Once upon a time, these words meant everything to me. I entered the real world at, arguably, the worst economic time in recent history, 2008. The material conditions of such an entry into the labor force shaped…

Worker Organizing Fueling Hope for 2022 First — huge HT to The Marginalian for Woody Guthrie’s “Keep your hope machine running” which hit my inbox just as I started this list. …

— For a Happier World Let’s Archive the 24-Hour Day! — The ordinary person does not have enough time, or money, to do what they want! With today’s bad economy, too many folks are working two jobs just to make ends meet. Indeed, it’s become hard to find quality time to share happiness and creativity with family and friends. How…

By Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr. I have been a public school teacher since 2009, and I’ve seen plenty of silencing. I’m not proud to say that I’ve even partaken in some, when I thought I had to keep quiet myself — just to keep my job. But the censorship…

The 2019 Chicago Teachers Union strike ended on Thursday, October 31st. Up until that point, every night had been spent refreshing Twitter or the comedic Instagram account @istherecpsschooltomorrow, sometimes until 10:00 at night, to see whether or not an agreement had been reached and classes would resume the following day…