Here are four propositions about unions that are, I think, indisputable: 1. The single greatest crisis facing unions is the long term decline…
āMan is born free and everywhere he is in chains,ā philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said in the 18th century. Likewise, the right to strike is…
This week, state legislators in Minnesota passed a package of pro-labor measures that instantly makes the state the envy of workers everywhere. The new laws include…
A Florida anti-union bill reminds us why we need to kick cops out of the labor movement. This week, Florida Gov. Ron…
There is nothing particularly novel about thinking to yourself, āYou know, my job used to be pretty decent. Now, Iām working harder…
InĀ 2015, aĀ group of my colleagues and IĀ decided to try to unionize our company, Gawker Media. This mostly involved an intense, weeks-long process…
Campus workers are organizing more than anyone else. Itās time for them to unify. Higher ed is unionizing. Like crazy! Last year,…
The work of political struggle goes on constantly, forever and ever, without end. True moments of opportunity, though, come about rarely and…
After almost two years on the picket line, the hundreds of United Mine Workers of America members who have been onĀ strikeĀ at Warrior…
All at once, it seems, the many dire warnings about artificial intelligence are coalescing into reality. Earlier generations of automation came for…
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