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OPEIU LOCAL 39: ‘MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC USING RATE INCREASE TO LOWBALL EMPLOYEES AS PROFITS SOAR’

08/08/2023FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison, WI – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 39, the Union representing workers at Madison Gas & Electric (MGE), say that the Company is using its application for a utility rate increase as an excuse not to pay its workers fair wages. The Union and Company have been […]

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Freelance Worker Protection Act is Now the Law in Illinois!

https://nwu.org/ Springfield, IL — On Friday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer signed the Freelance Worker Protection Act (HB1122) into law. The National Writers Union (NWU) celebrates Illinois setting a nationwide standard as it becomes the first state to enact legislation protecting freelance workers. Under FWPA, sponsored by Representative Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) and Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago), […]

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San Jose City Workers Announce STRIKE August 15-17, 2023!

IFPTE Local 21Afscme Local 101 San Jose city workers in IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101 have voted by an overwhelming 99% to authorize a strike! Our bargaining committees have scheduled a three-day strike from Tuesday, August 15 through Thursday, August 17. We are united to Staff Up San Jose!

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August 8, 2023: Organizing for Our Future: A Prison Free and Environmentally Just Southeast (Online)

Protect Our Water Heritage Rights Please join us for this panel with an open mind and heart! RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZUucO6rqzIiE9ICdcnWU5ekGjHaf… https://fb.me/e/2H0SWatGf This virtual panel will be held during the week of August 7th in the evening to connect our struggles and learnings across the fights to stop the Letcher County prison in Kentucky, Mountain Valley Pipeline […]

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Milwaukee, August 9, 2023: Solidarity With the Tampa 5! – Drop All the Bogus Charges NOW!

200 E Wells Street, Milwaukee – 5 P.M. Students for a Democratic Society (National) The Tampa 5 – Gia Davila, Lauren Pineiro, Laura Rodriguez, Jeanie K, and Chrisley Carpio – are the five Students for a Democratic Society protesters at the University of South Florida who were attacked by campus police and are now facing […]

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Chicago, August 9, 2023: Drop the Charges Against the Tampa 5!

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Burkina Faso’s President Traoré Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia–Africa Summit

https://orinocotribune.com/burkina-fasos-president-traore-delivers-anti-imperialist-speech-at-russia-africa-summit/ (OrinocoTribune.com)—On the second day of the Russia–Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution. Traoré assumed the presidency on September 30, 2022. At age 35, he is the world’s youngest head of state. Traoré has paid homage to Burkinabé socialist revolutionary […]