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U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed *

The Return of the Strike

Nicaragua: The Other Revolution Betrayed

Shutdown Ripples Across Nation, Affecting Farmers, Homeowners, Brewers *

Dave Gates employees, Northwestern Energy still negotiating labor

National Grid workers approve a new contract

Three Unions Show There’s Life Beyond Dues Checkoff

Strong contracts come from the bottom up

We’re ready for the fight of our lives in LA

Scientists despair as US government shutdown drags on

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Los Angeles Braces for Major Teachers’ Strike *

The $15 Minimum Wage Is Here. It’s Not Enough, but It’s a Start. *

NAFTA 2.0: Nothing for Workers

Brazil’s road to neo-fascism 

Millions of tons of Camp fire debris needs to go somewhere — but no one wants it

Feminism For the 99 Percent

Dust Bowls of Empire 

US intensifies bombing in Syria after Trump announced withdrawal 

'Sonic attack' on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists

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No Plant Closings! Plant Conversion to Save Workers and the Planet 

China to take over Kenya’s main port over unpaid Loan

Ecosocialists debate James Hansen’s climate change exit strategy

Only National Park Site Reopening Amid Shutdown Is in Trump Hotel
How capitalism is killing us
Eight ways the US shutdown is hurting
Poverty drives India's 'rat-hole' miners into death traps
Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship
IBU members celebrate a century of progressive maritime unionism
Trump Holds Firm on Shutdown, Never Mentions Federal Workers *
The L Train Isn’t Shutting Down After All *
TrumpCounty Confronts Administration Amid a Rash of Child Cancers *
US halts cooperation with UN on human rights violations
Why communists back Brexit

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Bolsonaro launches assault on Amazon rainforest protections

Solidarity Pickets Protest Canada Post Strike Ban

Student protests in Albania

With its controversial pension reforms, Russia is looking after its rich

The Climate Report that Trump Tried to Bury

Over 5 million workers will have higher pay on January 1

Minneapolis school custodians vote to join SEIU 284

Hey Trump, don’t hold us hostage for the racist wall

Human waste, bottles, a prom dress: Yosemite trashed as shutdown continues

Kaiser, SEIU clash in public ahead of labor hearing

Top Cancer Center in Turmoil Over Industry Ties *

Year-End Week In Review

Amazon warehouse employees push to unionize *

2018: West Virginia teachers strike for better pay

Baker extends unemployment benefits for National Grid workers

Library workers get pay increase

Firing of Several Black Coaches Puts N.F.L. Hiring Under Scrutiny *

Federal employees union sues government

New E.P.A. Plan Could Free Coal Plants to Release More Mercury

In 2019, California workers gain on pay and working conditions

Seasons Greetings from France’s Yellow Vests

GM Oshawa: Making Hope Possible

Happy New Year
We will resume news posts Wednesday, January 2
 

Facing Up to the Failures of Profit-Driven Climate Policy 

Wins and losses for Philly labor in 2018 

UAW Local 72 was a powerful union in its day