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3232What Next for the Labor Movement? A Conversation with Dave Kamper
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-next-for-the-labor-movement-a-conversation-with-dave-kamper/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-next-for-the-labor-movement-a-conversation-with-dave-kamper/#respondThu, 20 Nov 2025 16:50:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291457Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/what-next-for-the-labor-movement-a-conversation-with-dave-kamper/feed/0Union Democracy Is a Value, Not a Strategy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/union-democracy-is-a-value-not-a-strategy/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/union-democracy-is-a-value-not-a-strategy/#respondThu, 01 Feb 2024 16:52:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1261587Democracy is a central value of every trade union worth the name. But we shouldn’t assume that a more democratic union means a more militant union. Chris Bohner’s recent essay in these pages, “Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions,” lays out an argument that at one level is so uncontroversial that [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/union-democracy-is-a-value-not-a-strategy/feed/0What’s Fueling the Graduate Worker Union Upsurge?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-fueling-the-graduate-worker-union-upsurge/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-fueling-the-graduate-worker-union-upsurge/#respondSat, 25 Mar 2023 13:06:24 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1242102The Twin Cities saw one of its biggest-ever snowstorms the week of Presidents Day. But for labor activists the snow was overshadowed by the launch of the University of Minnesota Graduate Labor Union. In its first 24 hours, the new union—affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (UE)—gathered more than 1,700 authorization cards representing nearly half [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-fueling-the-graduate-worker-union-upsurge/feed/0Iowans Stick to the Union
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https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/iowans-stick-to-the-union/#respondSat, 18 Nov 2017 09:00:23 +0000https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1004437https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/iowans-stick-to-the-union/feed/0
Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and [...]]]>
Democracy is a central value of every trade union worth the name. But we shouldn’t assume that a more democratic union means a more militant union. Chris Bohner’s recent essay in these pages, “Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions,” lays out an argument that at one level is so uncontroversial that [...]]]>
The Twin Cities saw one of its biggest-ever snowstorms the week of Presidents Day. But for labor activists the snow was overshadowed by the launch of the University of Minnesota Graduate Labor Union. In its first 24 hours, the new union—affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (UE)—gathered more than 1,700 authorization cards representing nearly half [...]]]>