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The Sanders’ campaign has been a roaring success in igniting the passion of the American people for a progressive, anti-corporate agenda. It…
Peter Olney
Peter Olney is the retired Organizing Director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). He has been a labor organizer for 50 years in Massachusetts and California, and worked for multiple unions before landing at the ILWU in 1997. For three years he was the Associate Director of the Institute for Labor and Employment at the University of California. He co-edited (with Glenn Perušek) John Womack’s Labor Power and Strategy (PM Press, 2023).
This is an easy read, 187 pages with great photos and tons of wry humor.
Democratic socialist, longtime political activist and past Massachusetts state legislator, Tom Gallagher has written a stunningly clear and concise book about American politics
Part two of a series looking back on the 20th anniversary the AFL-CIO’s New Voice movement John Sweeney, his officers, and their…
These are not your daddy’s building trades
It is true as Jeff and Bill point out, that the AFL-CIO's Convention's focus on new alliances with formerly excluded workers is…
Jeff Stansbury brought his friend Jerry Tucker to the ILGWU hall in Los Angeles in 1988 to meet the staff and elected…
Thank you for the invitation from Cathy Hackett of SEIU 1000 and the Human Rights Committee of the Sacramento Central Labor Council to address…