Nick Driedger argues two provocative points: that “the purpose of labor law is to condition non-militant unions into existence” and that “union contracts are a way of creating a tiered labor law for different parts of the workforce.”
In our fifth Organizing Work podcast, site publisher Marianne Garneau and regular contributor MK Lees talk about three recent articles addressing the left’s role in workplace organizing — and the massive reaction online
Workers at Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis were spurred to form a union by their employer’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizing Work contributor Jean-Carl Elliott interviews a worker in the shop
Chance Zombor, a grievance representative at Briggs & Stratton in Wisconsin, challenges the resistance to recognizing Black worker activity as class struggle
Nick Driedger and Marianne Garneau argue that union propaganda needs to stop framing workers as victims
MK Lees reflects on the tactic of “salting” into a workplace in order to organize it
Chris Brooks looks at the data supporting a BLM- and coronavirus-inspired strike wave
CF Ivanovic reflects on a time he and his coworkers stood up to management calling the police on community members
Marianne Garneau reviews Angry Workers’ Class Power on Zero Hours.