Global South Unions Search for a “Public Pathway” Approach to Energy Transition
Several decades ago, unions in the Global South were on the cutting edge of societal struggles for democracy, new forms
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Corporate Railroading in the Twenty-First Century: A Train Conductor’s Life
Editor’s Note For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Nick Wurst, a freight train conductor
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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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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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Barista Solidarity from Buffalo to Oklahoma City
Editor’s Note For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Alyssa Sperrazza, a barista trainer at
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Office Space: The Political Economy of Remote Work
To think of the modern office is to think almost reflexively of something sterile and static—bright fluorescent lights, stale bitter
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Who Pays for Inflation?
Caption: Fred Wright cartoon from the 1970s, updated to reflect increases in corporate profits, prices and wages over the past
Read moreNo More “Trolly Dollies”: Flight Attendants Are Safety Professionals
Editor’s Note For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Susannah Carr, a flight attendant at
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Covid, Climate Change: Is the World Ready for “Global Public Goods”?
Covid-19 has provided a stark reminder that today’s world is both scarred by grotesque levels of inequality and populated by
Read moreU.S. Bargaining and Organizing Rights Trail Every Other Democracy
Collective bargaining contracts in the private sector, the engine of our economy, currently protect a mere 7 percent of U.S.
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