Bars to Union Growth
If America had fair laws, 60 million workers would join a union tomorrow By Luke Savage According to data newly published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Labor Relations Board, the number…
If America had fair laws, 60 million workers would join a union tomorrow By Luke Savage According to data newly published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Labor Relations Board, the number…
Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you By George Monbiot You could see Covid-19 as an empathy test. Who was prepared to suffer disruption and inconvenience for the sake of others, and…
By Carl Hintz On January 18th George Lakey, a long time activist and author, visited the Raleigh (Quaker) Friends Meeting to share from his new memoir Dancing with History: A life for Peace and Justice….
It will take re-engineering, not just medicine, to close the door on COVID Andrew Nikiforuk In this, the fourth year of the pandemic, one question is on everyone’s lips. How the hell will this thing…
By Jake Johnson A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its…
By Chuck Bell A liberatory or emancipatory approach to eliminating medical debt begins with truly hearing the voices of one hundred million Americans who are struggling with bills they can’t afford to pay. As a…
In America today, we have informal labor cartels for the college-educated elite, while private sector unions for the working class are all but annihilated. By Michael Lind What was called “the Labor Question” a century…
There’s a simple reason why the government can’t win unless you let it. By Hamilton Nolan When people get frustrated and petulant, they lash out. So too do governments. When labor unions are looking a…
By Hamilton Nolan Many people who are passionate about the labor movement, myself included, have long had the vague but haunting sense that the most powerful institutions in the union world are not doing enough…
Shareholder Payouts Boosted 4,500%, Workforce Slashed 33% Prior To Ohio Disaster By Eric Gardner The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying 20 railcars of toxic chemicals in western Ohio has renewed scrutiny on precision…