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It is now clear that enterprise-based organizing and bargaining in the U.S. has a dim future. U.S. workers’ collective bargaining

Reverend N. José “Pepe” Wilkinson and other members of the Invest in San Diego Families Coalition at People’s Budget press conference in January 2017, calling on county supervisors to dramatically increase funding for services.

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Going on Offense During Challenging Times

January 2018May 2018 Marilyn Sneiderman and Secky Fascione austerity, collective bargaining, community organizations, corporations, debt, education, finance, Labor, racism, trade unions, Winter 2018

How collective bargaining becomes a revolutionary act.

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The Cure Worse than the Disease: Expelling Freeloaders in an Open-Shop State

August 2017June 2018 Chris Brooks collective bargaining, education, Fall 2017, Labor, right-to-work

Why members-only unionism is no solution as “right-to-work” becomes the law of the land.

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The AFL-CIO “On the Beach”

June 2017 Administrator collective bargaining, Democratic Party, Labor, neoliberalism, Spring 2017, working class

In the chilling 1959 cold war apocalyptic film, On the Beach, the entire northern hemisphere has succumbed to radiation sickness

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White Working-Class Voters and the Future of Progressive Politics

May 2017June 2018 Michael Zweig capitalism, collective bargaining, Democratic Party, elections, Labor, politics, populism, racism, Spring 2017, trade unions, working class

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, there have been hundreds of reflections written on the behavior, attitudes, needs, and prospects of the “white working class,” a segment of the population that will prove vital to any progressive coalition that stands for both social and economic justice. But what do we mean by “white working class”?

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Labor Wars: Two Reasons Why Most Unions Don’t Do Large-Scale Organizing

October 2016June 2018 Shaun Richman collective bargaining, corporations, Fall 2016, global unions, international labor, Labor, Labor Wars, organizing, unorganized workers, working class

In this article, views of Shaun Richman are expressed followed by a response from Jonathan Rosenblum Two Reasons Why Most Unions Don’t Do Large-Scale Organizing By Shaun Richman In 2005, the labor movement…

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Organizing in a Brave New World

June 2016June 2018 Saqib Bhatti and Stephen Lerner austerity, capitalism, collective bargaining, community organizations, corporations, Fall 2016, neoliberalism, trade unions, working class

Austerity, 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.

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Contingent Faculty of the World Unite! Organizing to Resist the Corporatization of Higher Education

April 2016June 2018 Malini Cadambi Daniel adjunct, collective bargaining, contingent workers, faculty, fair labor standards act, higher education, low wage, trade unions, Winter 2016, worker centers

The once hallowed and secure work life of American university faculty has for the past quarter century been in turmoil. Being a professor was once a respected, stable profession, but is now increasingly characterized by low pay, minimal benefits, and no job security.

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Careful What You Wish For: A Critical Appraisal of Proposals to Rebuild the Labor Movement

December 2015March 2016 Lance Compa collective bargaining, Fall 2015, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers, worker centers

Alarmed at declining union density and frustrated with the National Labor Relations Act, many worker advocates want to ditch the NLRA, forsake traditional unions, and start the labor movement afresh. But they should not let novelty overwhelm judgment. Many of these new ideas are clever in theory, but in practice…