Labor

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…


DWA Strengthens Local Labor Movement

By Carl Hintz On October 22nd, 2024, the Durham Workers Assembly met at Durham People’s Solidarity Hub. Twenty-four people were in attendance. The meeting started with time for attendees to socialize and share a dinner…


AI Creates a Counterfeit of Meaning

Commentary by Bhikkhu Sujato When there is something in you that needs saying, and you have a means of saying it, and there is someone to hear what you’re saying, meaning is created. It’s not…


Waffle House Workers Fight Wage Theft

By Peoples’ Dispatch On the morning of Thursday, September 19, Waffle House workers from across Georgia converged at a Waffle House location in the town of Morrow to protest widespread theft of wages. A new…


Organizing The South

UE Local 150 Convention in Whitakers, NC By UE Local 150 With the slogan “Resist, Restore and Re­vit­alize!” the 13th Biennial Convention of state­wide UE Local 150 convened at the Frank­linton Center at Bricks on…


United for a Fair Economy

Supporting Durham City Workers’ Campaign for Fair Pay By Jen Douglas Durham city workers organizing with UE150—a member group of the UFE-coordinated Raising Wages NC coalition —are out in the streets and testifying at City…


May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement

—and the World By Shawn Fain Members of the United Auto Workers courageously fought corporate greed at Ford, Gen­eral Motors and Stellantis last fall during the historic six-week Stand-Up Strike. Because of their determination and…


What If Labor Owned Its Workplaces?

An Interview with Alex Hemingway By David Moscrop Jacobin’s David Moscrop recently talked with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist and public finance policy analyst Alex Hemingway about his new co­written report, Expanding Democratic…


Grocery Workers Challenge Union Bosses

The fight for a rank-and-file union By Hamilton Nolan On February 6, 1919, 25,000 Seattle workers from more than 100 different unions walked out in support of 35,000 striking shipyard workers. It was global news….