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A Strategy for Social Self-Defense
Trump’s MAGA juggernaut has many vulnerabilities. But these will not automatically lead to its downfall. That will require an active struggle to defend society against the MAGA assault — it will require in short, “social self-defense.” How can MAGA’s vulnerabilities be utilized to defend society, terminate Trump’s rule, and in the meantime limit the damage he can do?
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Earth Day Actions Defend Public Education Workers
LNS is working with unions and allies to promote a cascade of actions from Earth Day to May Day – April 22 to May 1.
May Day Actions Demand Protection for Immigrants
On May 1 a broad coalition led by immigrant advocates will be demanding protection for the rights of immigrants in actions around the country.
How Chicago Teachers Won on Climate: An Earth Day to May Day Kickoff Event!
The Chicago Teachers Union, long an advocate for climate protection, has just won language in its new contract spelling out climate and climate justice provisions for students and educators.
Trump Cancels Union Right to Bargain: Is Your Union Next?
Can your employer cancel your union’s right to bargain by issuing a press release? On March 7 the Department of Homeland Security announced plans “ending collective bargaining” for TSA’s transportation screening officers by issuing a press release.
Government Workers Push Back
Organizing and action by government workers to oppose the Trump-Musk assault on public services is burgeoning. Here are some examples…
They Want to Strip America for Parts
America’s two largest unions, the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union, are among dozens of sponsors of a nationwide mobilization April 5 “to stop the most brazen power grab in modern history.”
Washington Unions Say: Divest from Fossil Fuels to Protect State’s Assets
Washington trade unions, including UFCW and AFT, have begun organizing a campaign for the state to divest its pension and other funds from fossil fuels. As Jeff Johnson, a former President of the Washington State Labor Council and a longtime member of the LNS board recently wrote…
To Protect the Food Chain, Protect Immigrant Farm Workers
LNS Board member Edgar Franks is the political director of Familias Unidas por la Justicia, a farmworkers’ union in Skagit County, WA. He was recently interviewed on a Northwest Public Broadcasting feature on “Immigrant enforcement concerns farmers and farmworkers in Washington.”
The Greenpeace Verdict is a Threat to Labor
A jury in North Dakota jury recently ordered the environmental nonprofit Greenpeace to pay pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660 million dollars for defamation and other claims connected to protests at the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016-17.
In Case You Haven’t Heard…
The just-released report of the World Meteorological Association on the state of the global climate in 2024 found that last year was the hottest on record and that for the first time in history the 10 hottest years on record all occurred in the last decade…
A Warning from Environmental Protection Workers
A group of current and former employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency recently issued this warning…
Are Climate and Infrastructure Funds Under Threat Near You?
Nearly $700 billion in funding for infrastructure- and climate-related projects were passed under the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law.
LNS Spotlight: Rich Kowalczyk
Richard (Rich) Kowalczyk was voted to be the first president of AFSCME Local 3599 when it was started in 2018 and continues to serve in that capacity. Rich had also been active as an executive board member at the chapter level for many years prior to Local 3599 being started.
