All 50 articles by Jennifer Braudaway

• 12 Sep 10

• Working

  Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Labor Day Week Sees Spirited Street Action

  Hundreds of union members join in Boston Labor Day rally Around 500 union members and activists took part in... MORE »

• 20 Jun 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Thousands Protest Bloomberg’s Cuts, Spirit Airlines Pilots Strike

  Chicago public schools coalition protests budget cuts and TIFs The Raise Your Hand Coalition, made up of Chicago... MORE »

• 30 May 10

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  Weekly Round-up: 35,000 Protest Christie’s Cuts, 26 Cities for LGBT Workplace Rights

  By Jennifer Braudaway Tens of thousands rally against Christie’s budget cuts More than 35,000 people rallied in Trenton,... MORE »

• 22 May 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Steelworkers Protest Calderon, Mineworkers Protest Massey

  USW stands up for Mexican workers’ rightsAround 160 United Steelworkers (USW) members and supporters gathered at the Mexican... MORE »

• 16 May 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Boeing Workers Strike, Nurses March on Capitol Hill

  Nurses march in solidarity on Capitol Hill Over 1,000 nurses from across the country rallied on Capitol Hill in... MORE »

• 02 May 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Thousands Rally for Finance Reform, Transit Workers Unite on Capitol Hill

  Thousands nationwide call for finance reform “Make Wall Street Pay” rallies continued nationwide this week. On Tuesday, more... MORE »

• 29 Apr 10

• The ITT List

  Boycott Baseball? Immigration Rights Activists Take On Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field

  By Jennifer Braudaway CHICAGO, IL.—Scores of immigration rights activists gathered today outside Wrigley Stadium in Chicago, Ill.,... MORE »

• 24 Apr 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Thousands Rally for Tax Increases, Notre Dame Activists Fast

  Thousands rally for tax increases to save jobs and education Around 15,000 teachers, public employees and union workers rallied... MORE »

• 17 Apr 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Continued Action for Sodexo Workers and Immigration Reform

    Week of action to clean up Sodexo Workers, students and elected officials joined in solidarity across the... MORE »

• 12 Apr 10

• The ITT List

  The Rules of (Citizen) Engagement: Lessons from Abu Ghraib to Wikileaks

  By Jennifer Braudaway In 2008, Errol Morris released a documentary film exploring the relationship between the prisoner abuses at... MORE »

• 03 Apr 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Nurses Organize, Public Transit Workers Unite

  Transit workers unite to save public transit Thousands of transit workers, including leadership from Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU),... MORE »

• 26 Mar 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Students Stand Up to Nike, Protesters Try to ‘Make Wall Street Pay’

  Movement to make Wall Street pay marches on Union and community members rallied in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday... MORE »

• 20 Mar 10

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  Weekly Round-Up: Workers Protest Banks, Airlines, Mandatory Overtime

  Workers unite to make Wall Street pay More than 1,000 union members, workers and activists joined AFL-CIO President Richard... MORE »

• 06 Mar 10

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  Weekly Round-Up: Big Week for the Streets

  It was a big week for educators and transport workers, as activists and workers took to the streets... MORE »

• 27 Feb 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-up: Rio Tinto Workers Continue Struggle, Educators Stand Up

  TSOs continue fight for union rights in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of people, including union leaders and U... MORE »

• 20 Feb 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Hunger Strike, Security Officer Solidarity

  Disney Hunger Strikers Continue Fight for Healthcare Benefits Eight Walt Disney Company workers ended a week-long hunger strike... MORE »

• 13 Feb 10

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  Weekly Workers’ Round-Up

  By Jennifer Braudaway Rank and Filers Picket U.S. Steel Around 200 people picketed Wednesday outside of U.S.... MORE »

• 08 Feb 10

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  Weekly Round-Up: Workers’ Struggles, From Coast to Coast

  By Jennifer Braudaway The first week of February saw workers' struggles spanning from East Coast to West, including: ... MORE »

• 30 Jan 10

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  Weekly Round-Up: Workers Challenge Sodexo, Dollar General, Toyota

  From time to time, we offer a round-up of workers' struggles—protests, rallies, strikes—from the... MORE »