Lessons from a Landmark Campaign: An Interview with Stephen Lerner on Justice for Janitors
Caption: Justice for Janitors March, July 10, 2010. Credit: SEIU local 1 Stephen Lerner joined SEIU in the mid-1980s and
Read MoreCaption: Justice for Janitors March, July 10, 2010. Credit: SEIU local 1 Stephen Lerner joined SEIU in the mid-1980s and
Read MoreImage created by Aaron Lenchner. Both images are from Creative Commons open and free access. Top: Starbucks union march, Seattle,
Read MoreUnions and the labor movement in the United States have continued their historic decline in terms of membership and density, under a Democratic president and in a booming economy. Unions have emerged from a period of economic growth and prosperity not larger and stronger but weaker and smaller.
Read MoreAusterity, growing inequality, and the economic and political domination of billionaires, bankers, hedge funds, and giant corporations make the current moment ripe for birthing a movement that can radically transform the country and the world. This is a time of great peril, but also of extraordinary opportunity and—yes—reasons for hope. The last four decades have been characterized by unrelenting attacks on the working class, the weakening of unions and the financialization of capitalism.
Read MoreWe live in a dangerous time when large corporations and the super-rich are restructuring the nation’s economy. There is a
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