https://znetwork.org/author/stevengreenhouse/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:02:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/stevengreenhouse/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-us-labor-laws-could-hamper-union-wins-for-workers-experts-warn/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-us-labor-laws-could-hamper-union-wins-for-workers-experts-warn/#respond Sun, 31 Dec 2023 16:02:42 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260030 Labor experts see more wins ahead in 2024 for US unions after a year of attention-grabbing strikes and surging public support but worry gains may be stymied by the US’s “broken” labor laws. Strikes by autoworkers, writers, actors and nurses and a threatened strike by UPS workers all led to significant wins in 2023. “The big challenge [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/broken-us-labor-laws-could-hamper-union-wins-for-workers-experts-warn/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-rising-temperatures-are-becoming-a-labor-story/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-rising-temperatures-are-becoming-a-labor-story/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:02:20 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1238623 When an extraordinary heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest in June 2021, with temperatures soaring to a record 116 degrees in Portland, it sent a hard-to-ignore message that extreme heat has become an increasing danger — not just in Arizona and Texas, but in northern states, too. As a result of that heat wave, more than 100 [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-rising-temperatures-are-becoming-a-labor-story/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/republicans-want-working-class-voters-without-actually-supporting-workers/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/republicans-want-working-class-voters-without-actually-supporting-workers/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:41:25 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1223614 fter years of struggle, America’s labor unions enjoy greater public approval than at any time in more than 50 years. Yet even as the Republican party seeks to rebrand itself as the party of the working class, its lawmakers, by and large, remain as hostile as ever toward organized labor. It doesn’t look like that situation is about to change. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/republicans-want-working-class-voters-without-actually-supporting-workers/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse/#respond Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:07:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222250 Heather Goodall, a 50-year-old Amazon worker, began pushing for a union at her Amazon warehouse just outside Albany, New York, largely because she was alarmed about safety problems – items often fell off the warehouse’s 27ft-high racks, she said. “We’ve had packers who had items fall on them. Several complained about concussions,” Goodall said. “You [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/people-feel-intimidated-the-battle-to-unionize-second-us-amazon-warehouse/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/afl-cio-unveils-plan-to-grow-but-some-union-leaders-underwhelmed/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/afl-cio-unveils-plan-to-grow-but-some-union-leaders-underwhelmed/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2022 09:00:03 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1059342 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/afl-cio-unveils-plan-to-grow-but-some-union-leaders-underwhelmed/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labors-john-l-lewis-moment/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labors-john-l-lewis-moment/#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:00:39 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1059163 Will today’s unions invest big-time in the young workers now beginning to rebuild American labor? Or will they remain AWOL and ensure the movement’s continued decline?]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labors-john-l-lewis-moment/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-unions-see-unusually-promising-moment-amid-wave-of-victories/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-unions-see-unusually-promising-moment-amid-wave-of-victories/#respond Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:51:57 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1056261 Labor strategists hope wins will turn into a larger trend but acknowledge it won’t be easy as corporations fight fiercely against unionization ]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/us-unions-see-unusually-promising-moment-amid-wave-of-victories/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/newsrooms-are-unionizing-pretty-much-nonstop-heres-why/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/newsrooms-are-unionizing-pretty-much-nonstop-heres-why/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:00:16 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1054039 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