#Union news from around the country and hear from early #educationworkers delegate and United workers union’s “members first” Nicki
https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether/episode/united-workers-union-members-first
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Stick Together is a half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs. Stick Together features interviews with workers, unionists, community campaigners and academics from right across Australia. In this week's episode we bring you union news from around the country and speak to early education delegate and United workers union members first delegate Nicki about the upcoming union election.
Jane Latour’s oral history interviews with predominantly male building service employees, painters, carpenters, utility workers, maritime union members, as well as Teamsters in the construction industry.
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https://uniondemocracy.org/
Sisters in the Brotherhoods (2008)
https://www.talkinghistory.org/sisters/
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Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM
https://abahlali.org/
Twenty Years of Organising in the Shanty Towns of South Africa
https://darajapress.com/publication/twentyyearsof-courage-and-struggle/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abahlali_baseMjondolo
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Book Review of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard., by Ellen David Friedman. (PM Press, 2026.)
https://blog.pmpress.org/2026/03/19/ucore-school-struggle-and-strikes-in-the-us/
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By Steve Early Beyond Chron March 16th, 2026 Review of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard., by Ellen David Friedman. (PM Press, 2026.) Six years ago, Labor Notes ran a contribution to its popular “Steward’s Corner” column by Ellen David-Friedman, a long-time labor educator and former organizer for the National Education Association […]
https://portside.org/2026-03-16/why-labor-must-act-workers-unions-and-defense-democracy
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When we look at the history of U-turns from democratic backsliding to democratic revival, the success rate is about fifty percent. That’s the finding that emerges from decades of research into how societies resist authoritarian consolidation—and it should unsettle us. Fifty percent is a coin toss. It means that roughly half the time democratic backsliding becomes permanent, and the institutions, rights, and freedoms people took for granted simply don’t come back.
( Siyavash Shahabi Iranian journalist and activist living in exile is a member of Iran Labour Confederation – Abroad, which through direct contact with different layers of Iran’s labor movement works to build bridges with international bodies and trade unions in other countries.
March 6, 2026)
https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/war-revolt-and-irans-unfinished-struggle/
The protests and repression that preceded the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign exposed both the fragility of the Iranian governing elite and the organizational weakness of Iranian civil society—dynamics that will continue to shape the country in the months to come.
Peter Riley
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