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Striking Chicago public school teachers and their supporters march through the Loop on October 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Chicago teachers didn’t win everything, but they’ve transformed the city — and the labor movement

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5 reasons for workers to celebrate this Labor Day

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Please let’s never call Uber “the future of work” ever again

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Chicago’s historic charter school strike wave keeps on winning

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Black workers say Walmart’s background checks are racially discriminatory

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The 8 most important labor stories of 2018

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Steve Mnuchin (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steve Mnuchin’s reign of destruction: From Wall Street to Trump’s treasury

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“We’re one union”: Why Chicago teachers are out on the first charter school strike in the country

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Diversion programs say they offer a path away from court, but critics say the tolls are hefty

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Chicago teachers just voted 98 percent to authorize the first charter school strike in U.S. history

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How European workers coordinated this month’s massive Amazon strike — and what comes next

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AT&T workers are leading a massive strike

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