Bank Occupation & Growing Worker Militancy Protesters from the National People’s Action occupied the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in Washington, D.C., this week, forcing staffers to flee. They did the same to House Leader John Boehner. Many carried signs saying ...
UPR Students Defy Protest Ban, Attack Chancellor Students at the University of Puerto Rico have been protesting fee hikes and privatization for over a year now at many of the university’s 11 campuses. Numerous times the university has sent in cops who have brutalized students with batons, clubs and ...
Beating ‘Right to Work (For Less)’ Labor Victory (image by HarryStaab) *The wave of government attacks on unions that has been growing across the country has the ultimate goal of abolishing unions entirely. Unions drive up wages for workers, which is a good thing, but it pisses off ...
Merit Pay Does Not Work To the uncritical ear, Merit Pay sounds like a good thing. You become good at your job and you are rewarded with more money. Seems fair and, when it comes to teachers, it seems like it should be good for students, too, as it should encourage teachers
