Los Deliveristas Unidos and the Ideals of Worker Justice
Photo Credit: Workers Justice Project Editor’s Note In the winter 2023 issue of New Labor Forum, columnist Kressent Pottenger exposed
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The Subminimum Wage Plus Tips: A Bad Bargain for Workers
The latest polling on the federal minimum wage shows that more than three out of four Americans think that $7.25
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Europe’s New Authoritarianism
The Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco came of age in the 1930s and 1940s, during the fascist regime of
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Independent Unions: The Allure of a Failing Strategy
In the aftermath of the remarkable and unprecedented victory of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) at a Staten Island facility
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A Model for Labor’s Renewal? The Starbucks Campaign
Credit: Elliot Stoller, Flickr By now, the remarkable success of the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and Amazon Labor Union (ALU)
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U.S. Labor and the Struggle for Democracy
Credit: Communication Workers of America From its inception, the U.S. labor movement’s fate has been intimately bound up with the
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Mexican Labor’s New Deal and the Promise of North American Worker Solidarity
Photo Credit: David Bacon Caption: San Francisco, California, April 23, 2006—15,000 people rally and march in San Francisco, supporting democracy
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Making Hope and History Rhyme: A New Worker Movement from the Shell of the Old
Image created by Aaron Lenchner. Both images are from Creative Commons open and free access. Top: Starbucks union march, Seattle,
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Why We Need Debtors’ Unions
Even if they don’t bring on a recession, the Federal Reserve’s recent series of interest rate hikes have already dampened
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High-Octane Organizing at Starbucks
Caption: At the vote count. Starbucks workers in Falls Church, Virginia win 30-2. Credit: Richard Bensinger The first half of
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