Elizabeth Shermer
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UIC United Faculty on Front Lines of Crisis in Higher Ed

University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty (UICUF) have announced that they will launch a 2 day strike Feb 18 and 19. In the Fall,

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Let’s Call Tuesday a Victory for the Labor Movement As Well

Labor rights were not on the line during this off-year election cycle, at least in the traditional sense. But there were still some

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Obama’s Phoenix comments call for reflection on class and housing issues

Phoenix was perhaps the worst choice for Barack Obama’s recent speech on his plans for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. To many, the

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Why Labor Needs to Ally with LGBTQ Activists

What should the labor movement do after the recent Supreme Court decisions on the Voting Rights and Defense of Marriage Acts? There has

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Democracy on the Defensive in Michigan

I started my research on right-to-work laws almost ten years ago, when these decades-old statutes seemed a dead issue with no millennial saliency

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