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Dec. 5, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor reports employers slashed 533,000 jobs the month before — the most in 34 years — as the Great Recession surged. 
~Labor Tribune

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After a Long Defeat, Labor Is Rising from the Ashes
Posted On: Nov 20, 2023
Nov. 20, 2023 | VIEWPOINT | […] This time, union leaders fed on their members’ dismay to stage unusually combative, in-your-face contract campaigns that produced results. During the Teamsters contract campaign, Teamsters president Sean O’Brien helped bury a legacy of passive bargaining by a union ridden by decades of scandal and corruption. There was no sweet-talking from O’Brien months before contract talks started. For the autoworkers, President Shawn Fain’s theme was more visceral and basic. It was a designed strategy to signal a new era. But, even with the major wins and string of successful strikes across the country, U.S. labor still faces daunting challenges. Two of the most pressing questions in labor right now are: How can the movement build on its current momentum, and what more can workers and unions do to rise up in the nation’s workplaces? In These Times
 
 
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