unions Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/unions/ A platform for change Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:58:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bill Maher is a scab, in addition to being overrated and unfunny https://flux.community/laura-clawson/2023/09/bill-maher-is-a-scab-in-addition-to-being-overrated-and-unfunny/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 19:58:16 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14233 You might have thought that one of the few benefits of the ongoing strikes by Hollywood writers and actors was not having periodic viral clips of Bill Maher saying something bigoted on his HBO talk show. Maher feels differently. He’s bringing back his show despite the strike, and offering a typically self-righteous defense of his […]

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]]> Sanders joins striking Starbucks workers on the picket line in Boston https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/08/sanders-joins-striking-starbucks-workers-on-the-picket-line-in-boston/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:00:59 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12115 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday joined striking Starbucks workers in Boston to express solidarity with them and other employees of the coffee chain who have so far organized over 200 U.S. locations in less than a year. “What you are doing is what people all over this country are beginning to do,” the Vermont Independent said through […]

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]]> Remembering Martin Luther King means remembering all the causes he stood for https://flux.community/paul-harvey/2022/01/remembering-martin-luther-king-means-remembering-all-causes-he-stood/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:32:16 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/01/remembering-martin-luther-king-means-remembering-all-causes-he-stood/ The post Remembering Martin Luther King means remembering all the causes he stood for appeared first on Flux.

]]> Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement https://flux.community/john-logan/2021/12/union-battles-amazon-and-starbucks-are-hot-news-which-can-only-be-good-labor/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:07:05 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/12/union-battles-amazon-and-starbucks-are-hot-news-which-can-only-be-good-labor/ The post Union battles at Amazon and Starbucks are hot news – which can only be good for the labor movement appeared first on Flux.

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