Blaming Low Wages on Bad Schooling
Review of The Fantasy Economy by Neil Kraus By Nora De La Cour “Bachelor’s degree holders generally earn 75 percent more than those with just a high school diploma,” asserts a stats-packed CNBC article with…
Labor
The Common Ground Between Labor and Climate Justice
Commentary by Pradnya Garud A fault line runs between labor and environmental movements, or so we’re told. Labor unions have been criticized for focusing on jobs without considering environmental consequences, with some unions supporting controversial…
Swedish Dockworkers Vote To Block Military Shipments For Israel
By Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah In a resounding display of international solidarity, members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union SDU voted by 68 percent in December to block the handling of military shipments to and…
Why More And More Journalists Are
Launching Worker-Owned Outlets By Angela Fu When staff at the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal decided to unionize in March, they were almost immediately hit with layoffs. The paper’s parent company, a…
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…
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…