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City Lights Workers Establish a Union Bookstore workers at San Francisco’s City Lights Booksellers and Publishers have agreed to unionize, with the City Lights Workers Union joining the Industrial Workers of the World Local 660. City Lights management has voluntarily recognized the union.

"University of Chicago graduate students have voted to unionize by an overwhelming margin.

1,103 “yes” votes were counted, exceeding the combined 479 counted “no” votes and the 149 votes that were challenged. The two-day election closed Wednesday at 9 p.m. Votes were counted at the NLRB regional headquarters downtown Thursday."

University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize 1,103 "yes" votes were counted, exceeding the combined 479 counted "no" votes and the 149 votes that were challenged.

Sometimes it's nice to reflect on all those who march alongside us, historically, in seeking workers' rights. If you have a minute, check out the lyrics to this classic union song... (full text here: http://unionsong.com/u159.html)

"...As we come marching, marching, un-numbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient call for bread,
Small art and love and beauty their trudging spirits knew
Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses, too..."

Bread and Roses As we go marching, marching, in the beauty of the day A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses For the people hear us singing, bread and roses, bread and roses. As we come marching, marching, we battle too, for men, For the...

"Right to work" isn't.

Right to work is nothing more than a lie dressed up in a feel-good slogan. It doesn’t give workers freedom. It weakens our rights.