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Dec. 1, 2013
Solidarity for Later
As union membership hits historic lows, immigrants and low-wage workers are taking collective action through alt-labor centers.
Sitting in a car stuck in traffic at the Bay Bridge maze during the October BART strike, the word solidarity did not come to mind. Despite an earlier walkout, a 60-day cooling off period, and federal mediation, the unions shut down the system a second time - stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters. Days later management capitulated when an operator trainee accidentally killed two trackside maintenance workers. If this had been the final episode of Seinfeld, ...
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