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NLF Highlights Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

Daniel in the Lion’s Den: Tech Workers Organize

March 2019March 2019 Paula Finn arbitration, collective bargaining, Labor, tech companies, tech workers

NLF Highlights for March 4th Until recently, it has been assumed that among the most highly skilled and best paid

Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

#CountMeIn: The NYC Building Trades Campaign Puts It All on the Line

February 2019 David Mirtz collective bargaining, Labor, middle class, trade unions, unorganized workers, working class

An unusual but increasingly common sight on the streets of New York City, hundreds, some- times thousands of union construction

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Daniel in the Lion’s Den: Platform Workers Take on Tech Giants in the Workplace and the World

January 2019February 2019 Julianne Tveten capitalism, collective bargaining, corporations, industry, Labor, military-industrial complex, unorganized workers

In recent years, Silicon Valley’s platform workers have introduced a phenomenon previously alien to their industry: collective action. This process

Gender & Sexual Identity Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

#MeToo Inside the Labor Movement

January 2019February 2019 Ana Avendaño collective bargaining, equality, gender discrimination, Labor, racism, trade unions, union democracy, women workers, working class

The #MeToo movement represents an opportunity for the labor movement to authentically connect to the experiences of women in all

Featured Organized Labor & Worker Organizing U.S. Politics & Society

The Time Has Come for Sectoral Bargaining

June 2018August 2018 Larry Cohen collective bargaining, right-to-work

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.

Featured Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

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.

"U.S. Labor Law" Carol Simpson Productions

Featured Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

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.

On the Contrary

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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