At a time when the labor movement is especially vulnerable, unions need to avoid any grounds that could cost them public supportāespecially in a campaign as promising and crucial as the Fight for $15
Some workers who have been active in the Fight for $15 movement realize they already have an organization, even if itās not the standard model union
“As you build organizations and workers learn the importance of organization and how to fight, theyāll never give that up”
āWeāre all leaders in this fightā. āWe are all committed to change our livesā
Campaigns like those for Garcia and for many of the council members are already forging a shared progressive politics
Richard Trumka–once a coal miner-lawyer from tiny Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, but for the past fourteen years secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO–will officially announce his…
After Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) secured his party’s nomination in June, his tightly knit campaign message began to fray at the edges.…
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