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Labor

“Straight-up Scrooge Behavior” at Howard Brown

Mary Bowman · January 3, 2023

Despite their progressive branding, Howard Brown Health's labor practices and union busting layoffs show how thin their commitment to caring for the LGBTQ community is. This week, unionized healthcare workers are going on strike to fight back.

The Spirit of the Union at the Field Museum

Sean Larson, Daniel Le, Zoe Albion, Paúl Sambrano, Anders Lindall · December 20, 2022

Workers at the Field Museum are building community, camaraderie, and power by organizing a union. Several workers share their stories and why they are joining the cultural worker unionization wave.

Who Killed the Railroad Workers Strike?

Sean Larson · December 2, 2022

Railroad workers fought hard for their well-deserved rights, and rejected a garbage contract from their bosses. Then Democrats in Congress, including AOC and almost the whole Squad, voted to force through the bosses’ contract offer and block the mounting strike.

Union Victory at Howard Brown Health

Rob Garness, Audra Thompson, Mary Bowman · October 3, 2022

After years of understaffing and poor compensation during multiple pandemics, strike-ready nurses at Howard Brown Health just won a huge victory. Howard Brown workers discuss their campaign and the significance of their struggle.

Starbucks’ Lies Won’t Break the Union

Jonny Gill · May 12, 2022

A Starbucks worker shares lessons from their store’s successful union vote, and debunks the union-busting lies coming from Starbucks corporate.

CORE: The Rise and Resolve of CTU’s Fighting Caucus

Elliot Frank, Jack L. · May 4, 2022

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators emerged from a bitter battle against big business plans to destroy public education. By transforming the CTU into a fighting union, CORE teachers have led the struggle to create the schools all teachers and students deserve.

Take This Job and Shelve It!

Michelle Hogmire · April 6, 2022

A diary of worker organizing against COVID denial and disposability in a suburban public library, where bosses would rather prevaricate, pontificate, and condescend than admit how much depends on front-line staff.

Until Cases Decline, Class is Online

Lauren Bianchi · January 10, 2022

Lightfoot’s school lockout has been an embarrassing circus every step of the way, but the CTU is offering a responsible path forward to keep kids safe, argues a Chicago teacher.

Chicago’s Public School Lockout

Rachel Cohen · January 5, 2022

As a Chicago Public School parent, I fully support the teachers fighting to protect our communities during the Omicron surge.

Don’t Give Up on Roe

Rachel Cohen · December 3, 2021

Now is not the time to despair, but to fight like our lives depend on it.

Gun and Stethoscope

What Kind of Nurse Will Kyle Rittenhouse Be?

Mary Bowman · November 23, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer and a white supremacist. What kind of nurse will he be, and what can other nurses do about it?

Amazon workers organizing all over the world

Rank-and-File Amazon Workers Can Organize Themselves

Zama, brian bean · July 6, 2021

No simple trick will organize Amazon. A Chicago Amazon worker speaks on how long-term relationships and trust have allowed rank-and-file workers to flex their power on the warehouse floor.

Convicts Liberated

Insurrection & Abolition: Ida B. Wells and the End of the Convict Lease System

Eric Kerl · June 24, 2021

Once slavery was abolished, capitalists rebuilt an industrialized South using a new form of racialized slavery: the convict lease system. It would take multi-racial insurrectionary action to ultimately abolish convict leasing.

Primed for Struggle: Organizing Inside Amazon

Zama, Dana Blanchard, brian bean · March 11, 2021

"We're not sitting around waiting for anyone to recognize us as a union in order to be or act as a union." An Amazon worker in Chicago talks to Rampant about what it will take to unionize the behemoth.

Why I’m Voting No on the CPS Plan

Lauren Bianchi · February 9, 2021

A teacher and CTU member makes the case for rejecting the unsafe reopening plan put forward by CPS and building on the brave actions that teachers have taken to reach this point.

School Reopenings, Late Night Pressers, and a Hostile Mayor

Bobby Quellos · February 1, 2021

In last Friday’s press conference, where Mayor Lori Lightfoot attacked the Chicago Teachers Union, she undermined the efforts of those negotiating on behalf of CPS. Just what is she trying to accomplish?

Dill Pickle Workers Deserve Hazard Pay

P.B. Richter · January 21, 2021

Behind the friendly face of the Dill Pickle Food Co-op, workers laboring in dangerous pandemic conditions are being refused hazard pay by a vindictive management. The union is fighting back.

Close for Teaching, Open for Recovery

Bobby Quellos · January 13, 2021

Public schools cannot be reopened safely during the current wave of the pandemic, but imagine what they could provide if they were repurposed to save lives, not endanger them.

Safe Return or No Return

Caitlin Quinn, Dana Blanchard · January 11, 2021

A Chicago teacher describes the background to the current struggle against the mayor’s attempts to reopen schools as the pandemic rages.

We Have to Win for Each Other

Turquoise LeJeune Parker, Shana Richards, Alex Macmillan · November 24, 2020

Educators in North Carolina's Organize 2020 union caucus discuss how they are building membership and leadership through struggle.

Postal Power vs. Oligarchy

Melissa Rakestraw · August 19, 2020

The USPS is the nervous system of democracy in the United States. It has won this round, but the long-running war against the postal service could have lasting consequences for this country.

Sever All Ties with Police Unions

Joe Allen · June 4, 2020

In Chicago and everywhere, the social struggle to defund police departments is only hampered by labor's ties with police unions. A movement to sever ties will have to come from the rank and file.

Social Justice Educators Should Seize This Moment

Jesse Hagopian, Dana Blanchard · May 4, 2020

The crisis induced by the global pandemic has presented a number of key questions to social justice educators around the country. Black Lives Matter at School leader Jesse Hagopian talks to Rampant about how to confront those challenges and build on recent waves of teacher organizing.

May Day Means Class Warfare

Dana Blanchard · May 1, 2020

International Workers’ Day is rooted in Chicago-style class warfare. By remembering this history today, our movements are tapping into a subterranean fire.

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