More Austerity Coming? Lessons from New York’s 1970s Fiscal Crisis
Photo caption: Andrea Vásquez, Professional Staff Congress (PSC) first Vice President, before heading to the May 18, 2020, caravan calling
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Organized Labor & Worker Organizing
The Red for Ed Movement, Two Years In
Photo caption: Teachers’ strike in Phoenix, Arizona on April 26, 2018. Photo credit: Eric Blanc By Eric Blanc In late
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In a Covid-19 World, Can Hotel Workers Keep Their Gains?
Photo caption: Anand Singh (center) in the middle of Minneapolis’ Fourth Street, during coordinated national demonstrations against Marriott in 2018.
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Interview with Miguel Contreras, by Ruth Milkman and Kent Wong
This article was originally featured in Issue #10 of the New Labor Forum back in June 2002. We regret to
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Crisis, Creativity, and a Labor Movement Revival
By Erica Smiley The evening of February 27, 2018 was a tense one for Jacob Staggers, a sixth-grade English teacher
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The Labor Movement Comes to Virtual Reality
NLF Highlights for June 10th In the current issue of New Labor Forum, columnist Sarah Jaffe covers a very bright
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The Labor Movement Comes to Virtual Reality: Unionizing Digital Media
Kim Kelly’s first “real” job—outside of dishwashing, retail sales, and touring with metal bands as a merchandise person—was at Vice
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Stop & Shop Workers and the Come Back of the Strike
According to a recent report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of U.S. workers involved in work stoppages
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STRIKE! Why Mothballing Labor’s Key Weapon Is Wrong
When the labor movement rises again, it will not be the result of improved methods of organizing house calls, the
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Daniel in the Lion’s Den: Tech Workers Organize
NLF Highlights for March 4th Until recently, it has been assumed that among the most highly skilled and best paid
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