Jane McAlevey

Columnist

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Jane McAlevey was a UAW member, a columnist for The Nation, and the magazine’s strikes correspondent from 2019 to 2023. Her books include A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy and Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations, cowritten with Abby Lawlor.

Union members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.)

Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support

Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.

Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Strike!

Strike! Strike!

Unbreakable human solidarity is what we need, and mass strikes are the strategy to get it.

Sep 2, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

This Is How We Win

This Is How We Win This Is How We Win

It’s time to bring back the power of the strike. 

Jan 8, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again

Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again

Trusting in lawyers—instead of protesters—didn’t work out so well then.

Nov 16, 2018 / Jane McAlevey

Teachers Are Leading the Revolt Against Austerity

Teachers Are Leading the Revolt Against Austerity Teachers Are Leading the Revolt Against Austerity

The strikes aren’t just about pay. They’re a rejection of tax cuts for the wealthy and a rallying cry for public goods and services.

May 9, 2018 / Jane McAlevey

The West Virginia Teachers Strike Shows That Winning Big Requires Creating a Crisis

The West Virginia Teachers Strike Shows That Winning Big Requires Creating a Crisis The West Virginia Teachers Strike Shows That Winning Big Requires Creating a Crisis

The strikers won all five of their demands by shutting down every public school in the state.

Mar 12, 2018 / Jane McAlevey

Tufts Medical Center nurses picket

This Massachusetts Nurses’ Union Is Reviving the Strike This Massachusetts Nurses’ Union Is Reviving the Strike

They’re bringing solidarity back, with a little help from Boston’s hard hats.

Jul 19, 2017 / Jane McAlevey

Indiana Representative Luke Messer

Does Labor Deserve Its Own Downfall? Does Labor Deserve Its Own Downfall?

The Supreme Court’s Friedrichs case could be disastrous for unions—how did we get here and what can labor do to regain its former clout?

Feb 4, 2016 / Peter Schrag, David Rolf, Jane McAlevey, and Michelle Chen

We Need Syriza in Illinois

We Need Syriza in Illinois We Need Syriza in Illinois

When a millionaire governor decrees austerity, it’s time for the left to step up.

Feb 16, 2015 / Jane McAlevey

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?

Jul 2, 2014 / Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman, and Jane McAlevey

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