Kari Lydersen
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The Hidden Cost of Storytelling: Journalists and PTSD
By Kari LydersenJohn McCusker was living his dream as a photojournalist covering his beloved and colorful hometown… more
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Rank & File Rabble-Rousers Agree: Union Leaders Out of Touch
By Kari Lydersen CHICAGO—Don't wait around for your lethargic union leadership—get out there and organize, organize, organize. Seek… more
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Good News for Former Republic Windows Workers
By Kari Lydersen CHICAGO—Serious Materials, the California company that bought Republic Windows and Doors factory after workers occupied… more
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Rethinking Green Jobs on the Rez
By Kari Lydersen Native American lands in the west – from the Dakotas to Arizona – are sometimes… more
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Native American Uranium Miners Still Suffer, As Industry Eyes Rebirth
By Kari Lydersen ACOMA, NEW MEXICO—On the Navajo Nation, almost everyone you talk to either worked in uranium… more
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Chronicling Illinois’ Forgotten Mine Wars
By Kari Lydersen The brutal battles fought by union miners in Appalachia are legendary. But Illinois artist and… more
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Clean Coal: A Dirty Business?
The former vice president was speaking in Madison to the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) annual convention. The… more
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Bronx Bakery Closing Imminent, But Union Continues Fighting
By Kari LydersenThe historic Stella D’Oro bakery in the Bronx may close as early as Oct. 9,… more
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Activists, Unionists Hold National Conference to ‘Fight Back’
By Kari Lydersen “They say cut back, we say fight back” was the rallying cry and title of… more
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American Apparel Stripped of 1,800 Workers—to What Effect?
By Kari Lydersen The firing of 1,800 apparently undocumented workers at American Apparel’s Los Angeles garment factory, forced… more
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Michael Moore Shows Scrappy Union Some Love in ‘Capitalism’
By Kari Lydersen CHICAGO—Michael Moore’s new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, is an infuriating, somewhat terrifying and hilarious… more
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Mexican Maquila Worker Femicide Back in Spotlight
By Kari Lydersen The confirmation of Arturo Chavez Chavez as Mexico’s new attorney general Thursday brought a story… more
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Despite Recession, Millions of U.S. Migrant Workers Stay Put
There has been considerable talk in the U.S. about how the economic crisis may be the immigration curb… more
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Landmark Verdict: Jury Slaps ADM With $6.7M Wrongful Death Judgment
When he was still a teenager, Francisco Moreno Garcia left his small hometown in southern Mexico for El… more
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Bringing Black Americans Into the Green Economy
It is fitting that Chicagoan Naomi Davis named her organization Blacks In Green, or BIG, because the attorney,… more
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Tar Sands: Big Money, But at What Cost?
Alberta’s tar sands industry is often described as an environmental disaster, a catastrophe, even an apocalypse, tearing up… more
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In Great Lakes, Invasive Species Create Labor Quandary
Late last week, the U.S. Coast Guard issued regulations that longshoremen, shipping industry executives and environmentalists had long… more
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Chicago Teamsters Strike for Healthcare and Steady Wage
It is difficult to hold a conversation on a cool Friday night outside the brick S-K Hand Tools… more
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Canadian Steel Workers Take on Global Mining Giant
A subsidiary of the world's second-largest mining company is defying about 3,000 striking United Steel Workers union members… more
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Hartmarx ‘Victory’ No Longer Sweet for Rock Island Workers
In June, the 350 workers at the Seaford Clothing Company plant in Rock Island, Ill., celebrated along with… more
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Salvadorans Fight Privatized ‘Agua Apocalyse’
El Salvador is a lush, green country that gets three times the world's average rainfall. But only 60… more
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A Taxing Profession: Cabbies Face Low Pay, Long Hours, High Risk
On July 24 the federal minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. But that won’t help Chicago… more
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Honduras Coup: The Labor Angle
The “golpistas” who took power in Honduras after forcibly expelling president Manuel Zelaya on June 28 have largely… more
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Litterers or Life-Savers?
Government prosecutes activists who leave water for immigrants