Labor Organizing

Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers

Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers

Professors are being pressured to report on striking students—it’s time they exposed their administration’s labor-suppression tactics.

Dec 10, 2019 / Robert D. Johnston and Benjamin H. Johnson

Don’t Mess With French Pensions

Don’t Mess With French Pensions Don’t Mess With French Pensions

Emmanuel Macron’s latest bugbear: a million angry French citizens striking against his proposed pension reforms. 

Dec 6, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

The Irishman

‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire

Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.

Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Baseball Will Probably Turn Its Back on Marvin Miller—Again

Baseball Will Probably Turn Its Back on Marvin Miller—Again Baseball Will Probably Turn Its Back on Marvin Miller—Again

Yet without his leadership players would still be bought, sold, and traded like animals or used cars.

Dec 6, 2019 / Marc Normandin

Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines

Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines Workers Are Heading Back to the Picket Lines

Despite job growth, employees face daunting precarity—and they’re fed up.

Dec 2, 2019 / Bryce Covert

WTO Protest Turtles

The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible

Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.

Nov 29, 2019 / Mark Engler

WTO Seattle Protest

20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On 20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On

Alter-globalization is back— but this time, it’s coming from both the left and the right.

Nov 29, 2019 / Quinn Slobodian

Crusading Autoworkers Are Fighting to Take Back Their Union From an Employer-Backed Culture of Corruption

Crusading Autoworkers Are Fighting to Take Back Their Union From an Employer-Backed Culture of Corruption Crusading Autoworkers Are Fighting to Take Back Their Union From an Employer-Backed Culture of Corruption

UAW leaders sold out their workers for decades. But recent convictions and renewed militance mean that may finally change.

Nov 27, 2019 / Chris Brooks

Fixing the US Economy Isn’t Just About Money

Fixing the US Economy Isn’t Just About Money Fixing the US Economy Isn’t Just About Money

To make meaningful changes to our unequal economy, organizers, politicians, and candidates must target who has power.

Nov 20, 2019 / Joelle Gamble

Chicago Teachers Strike

The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing

Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.

Nov 16, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

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