‘Alt Labor’ Provides Support For Fast-Food Strikes

Alternative labor organizations are helping to coordinate a group many doubted would ever unionize.

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

On the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, thousands of low wage fast food workers are expected to walk off the job in what could be the largest single-day protest in the history of U.S. fast food. In a $200 billion per year industry, workers across the U.S. have taken part in protests, calling for $15 per hour and the right to form a

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McWorkers Of The World, Unite!

Like it or not, America’s post-industrial workforce requires a post-industrial labor movement.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Every time you breathe, KFC sells over six pieces of Original Recipe chicken. Every second, McDonald’s sells seventeen Big Macs – roughly two burgers every time you blink. After you recover from the nausea of that statistic, consider the economics of all that fast food. At the current average U.S. price of $4.56 per Big Mac, for instance, that

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The Fall Of The House Of Detroit

While the city’s unelected “financial manager” steers Detroit into default, the truth is that millions of Americans knowingly abandoned Motor City.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
A decaying house in Detroit, Mich. (Photo/Angie Linder via Flickr)

A long time ago in a country long since forgotten by most alive today, the city of Detroit stood as an example of all that was good about America. Gleaming factories filled with unionized workers led by far-thinking industrialists churned out automobiles gobbled up by consumers around the world. It was the motor city, a mecca of mass production,

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Turkey: Labor Unions Strike To Protest Police Crackdown

Unions in Turkey called on their 800,000 workers to strike in protest of the overnight police crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.

Daniel DeFraia
بواسطة Daniel DeFraia

Turkish labor unions urged their 800,000 members to walk out in a one-day nationwide strike after police forcibly evicted protesters from Istanbul's Gezi park and detained almost 500 people in an overnight crackdown. The Confederation of Public Workers' Unions (KESK), the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DISK), and other groups

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A Union In Canada Is Standing Up To Keystone XL Supporters

The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada has emerged as a vocal opponent of the Keystone XL project.

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

As the AFL-CIO, the most influential union in the U.S., throws its support behind the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline, a prominent Canadian labor union is taking the opposite route, referring to the $7 billion project as a short-sighted employment Band-Aid that could lead to environmental disaster. The Communications, Energy and

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Seattle Fast-Food Workers Join One-Day Strike Movement

Since the campaign began, thousands of fast food workers have walked off the job in New York, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Milwaukee.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

Seattle fast-food workers joined a nationwide, one-day strike on Thursday, demanding a pay increase to $15 per hour and the right to form a union without fear of intimidation or retaliation from the multi-billion dollar companies that employ them. Sparked by wages that fast-food workers say are unlivable, the strikes were held in cities as far away

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