Workers Are Giving Up on the Democrats
Commentary by Les Leopold I just had a chat with an ATT office manager, a young Black man who is very attentive to his customers. After he learned that I worked with labor unions, he…
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Local Green Politics in California
An Interview with Gayle McLaughlin By Steve Early for Green Social Thought Former Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin has one of the best municipal election success rates of any left-wing “elected” in California—as in five city…
Philly Whole Foods Workers File For First-Ever Union
“We’re Tired Of Being Treated Like Robots” By Kim Kelly With a rich history stretching back to 1682, Philadelphia boasts the nation’s first library, its first hospital, its first daily newspaper, even its first zoo….
Michigan Nurses Win Big
By Kari Thompson It is the largest successful union election in recent memory: 10,000 nurses will be joining the Teamsters. They work for hospital conglomerate Corewell Health at eight hospitals and one outpatient facility, all…
Build Worker Power to Defeat the Fascist Right
Union Leaders Speak Out After November Trump Win By Jake Johnson The largest labor unions in the United States are ready for a fight. That much was made clear within hours of Donald Trump’s victory…
Kentucky Workers Launch Union Drive
By Luis Feliz Leon A majority of the 1,000 auto workers at the car battery park Blue Oval in Glendale, Kentucky, have signed union cards to join the United Auto Workers. The battery park, a…
International Solidarity Needed for Striking
Gaming Workers in Georgia By Simon Rosenblum-Larson and Andrew Tillett Four thousand workers at the online gaming company Evolution in Tbilisi, Georgia, walked off the job in July protesting low wages, dangerous working conditions, and…
UAW Staff Strike Ignored by Left Media
Do labor influencers fear losing UAW’s social media reach? By Mike Elk On December 3, UAW staffers went on strike in the northeast against their international union. Workers say that the union is relying heavily…
Five Years On: A Covid Retrospective
Commentary by Nate Bear As we approach the five year mark of the first known case of covid-19, as we contemplate a half decade of watching a novel virus rip through our communities, our countries,…
What an Adequate COVID Response Would Look Like
Okay, COVID is a problem. What can we do about it anyway? Commentary by Julia Doubleday The problem is stark: we have unmitigated transmission of a deadly and disabling virus, in all public spaces, with…