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Tag: labor

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Inside the Dollar General workers’ fight for safety and fair pay

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius June 5, 2025June 6, 2025

These Louisianians are organizing to transform the dollar stores their communities rely on.

Nurses form a picket line at University Medical Center in New Orleans, LA during a protest in support of the union on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
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Nurses at UMC to hold two-day strike during Super Bowl week

Avatar photo by Safura Syed January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
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School administrators intimidated, fired employees in response to union drive, complaints claim

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick December 12, 2024December 12, 2024
Clouds pass over Tiger Stadium on Monday, March 20, 2023, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.
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Dozens of LSU employees to lose state benefits after transfer to staffing agency

by Piper Hutchinson | Louisiana Illuminator August 16, 2024August 27, 2024
Nurses form a picket line at University Medical Center in New Orleans, LA during a protest in support of the union on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.
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University Medical Center nurses consider strike amid union contract negotiations

Avatar photo by Safura Syed July 18, 2024August 13, 2024
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Louisiana still hasn’t recovered all the jobs it lost during the pandemic

Wesley Muller by Wesley Muller | Louisiana Illuminator July 17, 2024August 13, 2024
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Non-tenured Tulane faculty overwhelmingly vote to unionize

by Piper Hutchinson | Louisiana Illuminator June 20, 2024August 13, 2024
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‘Imprisonment is the consequence, not dying of heatstroke’: A look at extreme heat in Louisiana’s prisons

Lue Palmer by Lue Palmer April 17, 2024November 18, 2024
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‘Our vision for the city’: Organizer, historian discuss Black labor history and tourism

Josie Abugov by Josie Abugov April 16, 2024
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‘The other 80%’: How the city Health Department pivoted to social, economic justice programs

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius April 15, 2024

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