https://znetwork.org/author/nelsonlichtenstein/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:16:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/nelsonlichtenstein/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-such-thing-as-spontaneous-worker-organizing/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-such-thing-as-spontaneous-worker-organizing/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:16:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1272199 This engaging interview with labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein sheds light on the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s and its enduring impact on American labor. Lichtenstein delves into the CIO’s formation, its breakthrough in organizing industrial workers, and the role of key figures like John L. Lewis and Walter Reuther. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-no-such-thing-as-spontaneous-worker-organizing/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-militant-unionists-come-to-plan/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-militant-unionists-come-to-plan/#respond Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:57:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265641 The 3-to-1 victory of the United Automobile Workers in a National Labor Relations Board election at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga factory last Friday has been the big news on the labor front. For the first time in decades, a Deep South auto plant has been organized, with over 4,200 production workers soon to be covered by a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/where-militant-unionists-come-to-plan/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-uaw-strike-could-spark-a-broader-revival-of-working-class/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-uaw-strike-could-spark-a-broader-revival-of-working-class/#respond Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:10:06 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1255102   The United Auto Workers (UAW) have now been on strike against the Big Three automakers — Ford, General Motors (GM), and Stellantis — for nearly two weeks. Under the leadership of newly elected president Shawn Fain, the UAW is for the first time in its history striking all three of the companies at once. The union [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-uaw-strike-could-spark-a-broader-revival-of-working-class/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/striking-writers-and-actors-hold-the-line-against-tech-slicing-and-dicing/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/striking-writers-and-actors-hold-the-line-against-tech-slicing-and-dicing/#respond Thu, 10 Aug 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1251612 (Image: SAG-AFTRA) This summer organized labor is on the offensive, with more unity and determination than we have seen in two generations. In Los Angeles, New York, and elsewhere, more than 10,000 writers and 160,000 actors are on strike, seeking to make Hollywood’s global reach finally work for them. It’s the first strike against film [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/striking-writers-and-actors-hold-the-line-against-tech-slicing-and-dicing/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-california-academic-strike-is-the-most-important-in-us-higher-education-history/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-california-academic-strike-is-the-most-important-in-us-higher-education-history/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1233833 The strike by unions representing 48,000 academic workers at the University of California stands at a perilous crossroads. It is by far the largest and most important strike in the history of American higher education, with the potential to transform both the status and income of those who work in an “industry” that now employs more workers [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-california-academic-strike-is-the-most-important-in-us-higher-education-history/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/strike-wave-in-the-u-s/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/strike-wave-in-the-u-s/#respond Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:00:58 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1052778 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/strike-wave-in-the-u-s/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-all-labor-law-reforms-are-created-equal/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-all-labor-law-reforms-are-created-equal/#respond Sun, 06 Jun 2021 09:00:45 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1047323 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/not-all-labor-law-reforms-are-created-equal/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uber-and-lyft-try-to-strong-arm-california/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uber-and-lyft-try-to-strong-arm-california/#respond Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:00:33 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1038828 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uber-and-lyft-try-to-strong-arm-california/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-more-saturday-marches/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-more-saturday-marches/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:00:36 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=995826 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/no-more-saturday-marches/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-walmart-why-now-by-nelson-lichtenstein/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-walmart-why-now-by-nelson-lichtenstein/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:09:41 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-walmart-why-now-by-nelson-lichtenstein/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chicago-sit-in-by-nelson-lichtenstein/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chicago-sit-in-by-nelson-lichtenstein/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:49:20 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/chicago-sit-in-by-nelson-lichtenstein/feed/ 0