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Sean O’Brien’s Labor Secretary Suck-Up and the Philly SRA | View from Left Field Ep. 10

On today’s episode we talk about how leftists are reacting to the Trump administration, Trump’s pick to head to Department of Labor, and so-called “right-to-work” legislation. View from Left Field is a podcast where we analyze and discuss current events from a progressive perspective. Visit us at: https://viewfromleftfield.libsyn.com/

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The Flint Sit-Down Strike, Part 2 – PSMLS Class

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In January 1937, the Flint Sit-Down Strike, the “strike heard around the world,” challenged General Motors in what would transform the UAW forever. Join us as the Harry Bridges School of Labor again leads our class for Part 2 of a two-week presentation on the Flint Sit-Down Strike. Visit us at:Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies:

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The Plumb Plan – A Historical Proposal for Public Ownership of the Railroads – Harry Bridges School of Labor

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The first session for 2025 of the Harry Bridges School of Labor covers the Plumb Plan, which proposed public ownership of the railroads after World War I. To follow up on our class on The Case For Public Rail, we will look at the history of public rail in the United States. We will discuss

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WFTU Solidarity Statement with Amazon Strike in U.S.

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The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 105 million workers across the globe, extends its fullest support to the militant strikes being launched by the U.S. Teamsters Union members against the gigantic Amazon corporation. Thousands of workers at 7 Amazon worksites across the United States struck on December 19, and additional strikes are planned. The

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The Case for Public Rail – Harry Bridges School of Labor

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Labor United Educational League is proud to announce we are releasing the recordings from the Harry Bridges School of Labor sessions. Launched in Spring 2023, the Harry Bridges School of Labor is a monthly class held 2x per month. Classes cover a variety of topics aimed at building class conscious among union members. The twelfth

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RWU: UP Rail’s Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, Killed December 18th in Pecos, TX

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Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, were killed December 18th in Pecos, Texas. The two crew members died after their Union Pacific train collided with a tractor-trailer truck on Wednesday (Dec. 18) and derailed, sending railcars into a trackside building. Pecos Police Chief Lisa Tarango said the deceased workers were “veteran employees” of the

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Florida Joins Growing List of States Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

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By Driss El-Hassan Earlier this year, the state of Florida, under Governor Ron DeSantis, enacted a law that rolls back certain child labor protections for children aged 16-17. The bill, HB 49, went into effect on July 1. The changes made in HB 49 are as follows: HB 49 was initially written by the Foundation

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Industrial Concentration – PSMLS Class

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UE: Labor Movement Must Unite Working Class to Resist Corporate Agenda, Fight for Real Solutions

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Statement of the UE officers For over half of a century, working people in the U.S. have seen stagnating wages, worsening working conditions, the loss of good jobs, and constant increases in the cost of living. This is the result of corporations’ never-ending thirst to squeeze as many profits out of workers as possible. Throughout

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New York Times Tech Guild Goes on Strike Before Election Day

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The New York Times Tech Guild, which builds and maintains critical programs and creates popular online games such as Wordle, voted to strike just before Election Day. The Tech Guild is a bargaining unit of The News Guild of NY and includes software engineers, product managers, project managers, data analysts, and designers. It is the

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Sean O’Brien’s Labor Secretary Suck-Up and the Philly SRA | View from Left Field Ep. 10

The Flint Sit-Down Strike, Part 2 – PSMLS Class

The Plumb Plan – A Historical Proposal for Public Ownership of the Railroads – Harry Bridges School of Labor

WFTU Solidarity Statement with Amazon Strike in U.S.

The Case for Public Rail – Harry Bridges School of Labor

RWU: UP Rail’s Phillip Araujo, 47, and Clay Burt, 63, Killed December 18th in Pecos, TX

Florida Joins Growing List of States Rolling Back Child Labor Laws

Industrial Concentration – PSMLS Class

UE: Labor Movement Must Unite Working Class to Resist Corporate Agenda, Fight for Real Solutions

New York Times Tech Guild Goes on Strike Before Election Day

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