-
Understanding the Existential Threat Trump Poses to a Beleaguered Labor Movement
This article first appeared in Jacobin. As nativist right-wing populism surges across the Global North amidst the exhaustion of social democracy and “Third Way... more
By Barry Eidlin
-
Offshoring Solidarity: How Call-Center Workers Are Organizing Across Borders
This article first appeared in Labor Notes. One big issue in May’s three-day strike by 38,000 AT&T workers was the company&rsquo... more
By Dan DiMaggio
-
As Universities are Gutted, Grad Student Employee Unions Can Provide a Vital Defense
The exploitation of academic workers has simmered for decades. Now, buoyed by a National Labor Relations Board ruling that graduate employees at private universities... more
By Sabeen Ahmed
-
In Defense of the Campus: Why the Left Must Not Write Off Universities
Higher education in the United States has long been subject to a right-wing smear campaign painting college campuses as incubators for dangerous radicalism. There is... more
By Ari Paul
-
How Chicago’s Police Union Contract Ensures Abuses Remain in the Shadows
Activists are calling on the city to represent victims of police violence in upcoming contract negotiations. more
By Adeshina Emmanuel
-
How Union-Busting Bosses Propel the Right Wing to Power
U.S. bosses fight unions with a ferocity that is unmatched in the so-called free world. In the early days of the republic, master craftsmen... more
By Shaun Richman
-
Thousands of Haitian Workers Are on Strike Against Foreign-Owned Sweatshops
Thousands of textile workers in Haiti have stopped work in factories and taken to the streets to demand of improved working conditions in the country... more
By Jeff Abbott
-
What You Need to Know About the General Strike That Just Swept Colombia’s Largest Port
Little-noticed by the English-language media, the Colombian city of Buenaventura was brought to a standstill by a weeks-long civic strike, in which Afro-Colombian communities won... more
By Neil Martin and Isaias Cifuentes
-
Will Chicago Become the Epicenter of Charter School Unionization?
In a move sure to worry neoliberal education reformers, unionized charter school teachers in Chicago are voting this week on whether to formally join forces... more
By Jeff Schuhrke
-
Veteran Organizer Gives Inside Look at the First $15 Minimum Wage Campaign
Back in 2011, as the Occupy Wall Street movement was still spreading through the country, a smaller standoff was unfolding at Sea-Tac, the international airport in... more
By Jonathan Timm
-
News Flash: Wage Workers and Immigrants Didn’t Create Our “Corporate Kleptocracy”
The wailing in our country about the "invasion of immigrants" has been long and loud. As one complainant put it, "Few of their children in... more
By Jim Hightower
-
The Entire Public Sector Is About to Be Put on Trial
The Right's assault on public-sector workers is an assault on the public sector itself. more
By Naomi Walker
-
The Slippery Slope of “Buy American” Campaigns
This article was first posted by Labor Notes. Backed by a huge banner reading “Buy American—Hire American,” President Trump declared in... more
By Chris Brooks
-
In the Age of Trump, Can Labor Unite?
There's still power in unions, if they can unlock it. more
By Alexandra Bradbury
-
The Upcoming May Day Strike Could Be the Biggest In Over a Decade. Organizers Explain Why.
This article was first posted by Waging Nonviolence. When 26-year-old Catalina Adorno hit the road on March 28, she knew it would be at least six... more
By Sarah Aziza
-
Sorry, Charter Boosters: Record Numbers of Teachers at Chicago Charter Schools Are Organizing Unions
Unionized teachers can help keep charter administrations accountable to their workers—and to students. more
By Micah Uetricht
-
Our Cotton Colonies
We follow a T-shirt’s supply chain from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall—and back again. more
By Meta Krese, Photography by Jošt Franko
-
Staughton Lynd Is Building a New World in the Basement of the Old
The longtime lawyer and advocate on steel, SNCC and carving spaces beyond capitalism. more
By Moshe Z. Marvit
-
Labor Must Embrace the Anti-Trump Resistance to Fight for the Working Class
The Trump presidency presents organized labor with a dilemma. On the one hand, Trump’s advocacy for fossil fuel, infrastructure and military expansion promises... more
By Jeremy Brecher and Joe Uehlein
- More Stories
