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Last December, The Industrial Workers of the World’s Burgerville Workers Union signed their first collective bargaining agreement with management, officially becoming the only fast food restaurant in the country covered by a federally recognized contract. This historic win comes as the culmination of three-and-a-half years of heated negotiations with management, seven strikes, and dozens of […]
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Burgerville Fight Revives The Wobblies, A Radical Union From Oregon’s Industrial Past
June 6th, 2018 
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No Comments »Michael Ratner, Relentless Radical Lawyer, Dies
May 12th, 2016 Awake Goy Print Friendly Note: I knew Michael Ratner was ill and was hoping he would recover but sadly tonight we found out he didn’t. I got to know Michael when he was representing Julian Assange and was attending the trial of Chelsea Manning at Fort Meade in Maryland. I was there serving as an attorney on the steering […]
