https://znetwork.org/author/janemcalevey/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Mon, 27 May 2024 16:23:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/janemcalevey/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/learning-the-right-lessons-from-the-uaw-loss-in-alabama/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/learning-the-right-lessons-from-the-uaw-loss-in-alabama/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 16:22:42 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266991 Late last Friday afternoon, Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, addressed workers at the Mercedes SUV plant in Vance, Alabama, after the union failed in a representation election (2,054 votes in favor, 2,642 against) many had expected them to win. He told them, “Justice isn’t about one vote or one campaign. It’s about getting a voice, getting your [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/learning-the-right-lessons-from-the-uaw-loss-in-alabama/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/organizing-for-power-the-fight-of-our-lives/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/organizing-for-power-the-fight-of-our-lives/#respond Thu, 09 May 2024 15:58:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1266077 In this interview, labor organizer, teacher and strategist Jane McAlevey turns the attention back to what YOU and all of us need to do NOW to win more and win better. Because the planet is on fire and, make no mistake, this is The Fight of Our Lives. Interview by Preethy Sivakumar (CUPE) and Jollene [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/organizing-for-power-the-fight-of-our-lives/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jane-mcalevey-on-uaws-astounding-victory-in-vw-tennessee-her-fight-against-cancer/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jane-mcalevey-on-uaws-astounding-victory-in-vw-tennessee-her-fight-against-cancer/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1265484 Democracy Now! speaks with the celebrated labor organizer and writer Jane McAlevey about the historic victory for Volkswagen employees at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory who voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. The plant will become the first foreign-owned car factory in the South to unionize. “This win wasn’t just a win — [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/jane-mcalevey-on-uaws-astounding-victory-in-vw-tennessee-her-fight-against-cancer/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-at-stake-in-the-uaw-strike/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-at-stake-in-the-uaw-strike/#respond Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1255027 Two types of shutdowns hit the headlines this week. The first is a nightmarish repeat: A handful of right-wing radicals in Congress is threatening to disrupt the lives of millions of federal workers and the millions of working-class Americans who rely on the services they provide by forcing a government shutdown. The other shutdowns, however, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/whats-at-stake-in-the-uaw-strike/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jane-mcaleveys-plan-for-how-to-build-a-fighting-labor-movement/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jane-mcaleveys-plan-for-how-to-build-a-fighting-labor-movement/#respond Mon, 08 May 2023 16:47:20 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245724 As a longtime labor organizer, scholar, and writer, Jane McAlevey has repeatedly articulated how mass numbers of workers can organize, negotiate, strike, and change the world. In an extended interview with Jacobin, McAlevey reflects on her life and work. In the decades since publishing her first book, the memoir Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell): My Decade [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/jane-mcaleveys-plan-for-how-to-build-a-fighting-labor-movement/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zaudio/belabored-how-to-bargain-for-power-with-jane-mcalevey/ https://znetwork.org/zaudio/belabored-how-to-bargain-for-power-with-jane-mcalevey/#respond Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=audio&p=1244133 The wave of unionization continues apace across the United States and elsewhere in the world, but there’s often much less attention paid to the part of the process that comes after the winning of a union election: the bargaining of a contract. It can seem like the hard part is over when the votes are counted, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zaudio/belabored-how-to-bargain-for-power-with-jane-mcalevey/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-the-strike/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-the-strike/#respond Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:20:26 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1057159 A strike can force recognition of a union; a supermajority strike is powerful when bargaining; a strike with mass support can be a political weapon to change society]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-the-strike/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-win-we-need-strong-militant-unions/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-win-we-need-strong-militant-unions/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:02:37 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1056875 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/to-win-we-need-strong-militant-unions/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/mobilizing-is-not-organizing-pt-5/ 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