Can Labor Organizers Transform a Moment into a Movement?
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Nonprofit Quarterly. The past few years have seen a labor surge, but union numbers remain flat. At a June gathering in Detroit, some 300 organizers came together to try to
“You Blitz!” Jane McAlevey’s Answer to What to Do When We Don’t Have Enough Time.
Co-published with The Nation. The Nation’s strikes correspondent was happy to be profiled in The New Yorker. There was just one problem: She didn’t want any mention of her terminal illness.
The Mega Grocery Merger That Workers Would Pay the Price For
Co-published with In These Times. The Kroger-Albertsons merger is a threat to grocery workers everywhere. Let’s join the fight to stop it.
Will the U.A.W. Strike Turn the Rust Belt Green?
Co-published with The New Yorker. A historic walkout against the Big Three automakers could shape the trajectory of one of America’s most politically salient regions.
Belabored: How to Bargain for Power, with Jane McAlevey
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract.
The Culture Workers Go On Strike
Co-published with The New Republic. From the New School to museums and book publishers, we’re witnessing the black-turtleneck-worker uprising.
Los Angeles’s Garment District Is Still Home to Severe Exploitation
Co-published with Jacobin. Long faced with paltry wages and inhumane working conditions, Los Angeles’s garment workers are taking significant risks to organize for better pay and workplace protections.
Starbucks Fired Workers for Unionizing, But Workers Are Fighting Back
Co-published with Teen Vogue. In this op-ed, two young fired Starbucks workers talk about fighting to get their jobs back and for the right to organize.
‘Squid Game’ Speaks to the Crisis of Being in Debt
Co-published with Teen Vogue. No wonder it has struck a nerve.
There Is Power Even Without a Union
Co-published with The Nation. Target workers are taking on bosses themselves. Is this the future of radical organizing?
How Kickstarter Employees Formed a Union
Co-published with WIRED. The point wasn’t so much about pay issues, but to give workers more say over what they produce—reflecting a trend of internal protest across the tech industry.
How One Local Union Is Doubling Wages for America’s Airport Workers
Co-published with The American Prospect. In a time of labor stagnation, a union has committed massive resources to workplace and political organizing—and has bettered the lives of tens of thousands of low-wage workers.
