Category: Labor / Economics

When teachers’ union president Ray Cummings told the superintendent that her plan could put students in danger, he brought together problems of excluding workers from critical decisions and schemes to use climate disasters to privatize public schools.

This shows growing solidarity among European dockworkers to stop weapons destined to be used on Palestinians.

Finance now makes up about 20 – 25% of the global economy and sits at the center of the economic model that calls for eternal growth on a planet with finite resources, and finite ways to deal with the waste that results from the use of those resources. Finance must change if we are to…

French dock workers refuse to load a military shipment to Israel.

AI is a computer program humans write to perform specific tasks. To be more precise, instead of saying “written by humans,” it would be more accurate to say “commissioned by capitalist employers.” Ultimately, AI is a software program that operates on computers. This program can help you understand human language and expression, gather extensive information…

This article argues that there has not been a labor movement in the US since 1949, but only a trade union movement; the latter only focuses on the betterment of union members instead of workers in general. Yet unions are important for all Drawing off a forthcoming book based on years of on-the-ground experience combined…

LEPAIO claims that efforts to dissolve the Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD) caucus within the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is a mistake; that it’s better to honestly debate issues rather than dissolve the caucus and try to sweep issues under the rug.

Article exposes legal document by the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center, which details information never before shown members; almost all funding for its activities are through the US Government; also complains that AFL-CIO leadership is failing to mobilize union members against Trump’s rightward assault on the Constitution, civil rights, and established institutions.

Debt is an important source of finance for development. But if the debt situation turns burdensome and it may even threaten the very sovereignty of a nation. That’s what happening today with a majority of nations in Africa. I learned how rich Africa is in mineral wealth from my students who come to study in…