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May 1st, the true Labor Day. We need to teach and learn the struggles that workers have faced trying to get humane conditions for their employment. In many ways, today's Labor struggles are over the same issues workers were organizing against in 1886.

Much has changed since the first May Day, but building worker power and combating racism and xenophobia remain just as important May 1st is International Workers’ Day, a day workers around the world mark as Labor Day with marches, demonstrations, and renewed calls for workers’ rights. “May Day” got its start in 1886, when U.S. workers rallied in support of ongoing campaigns for an eight-hour day, setting May 1st as a ...

Why are corporations so opposed to unions. Because unions give workers a greater
ability to have decent wages and benefits like health care.

Latest data release on unionization is a wake-up call to lawmakers: We must fix our broken system of labor law One of the most important things that could be done to generate a more equitable economy is to dismantle the barriers to union organizing and collective bargaining (McNicholas et al. 2019; Oliver 2021). New data on unionization from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2022), coupled with evidence on...

Cooperatives are better businesses – in 2022, let's prove it - NCBA CLUSA I recently read a column by a wise cooperator who stated: We do not choose cooperatives because they are easy; […]