A new study finds that U.S. union membership lowers white workers’ “racial resentment.” Eric Dirnbach explores what this means for the labor movement and the fight against white nationalism. The attack at the U.S. Capitol reinvigorated a discussion of the politics of Trump supporters. Trumpist more »
The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) at the University of Michigan recently went on a seven-day strike over COVID and policing issues, during the contract
Eric Dirnbach looks at the effectiveness of consumer boycott campaigns in support of worker organizing
Union workplaces are safer, and that’s especially important during the coronavirus pandemic, argues Eric Dirnbach
Eric Dirnbach reviews Toni Gilpin’s The Long Deep Grudge
Eric Dirnbach crunches the latest numbers on unions and strikes
Eric Dirnbach reviews a biography of one of the US’s most influential organizers of the 20th century
A DOL investigation of a worker center seeks to reclassify it as a union. Eric Dirnbach and Marianne Garneau look at the differences between these kinds of organizations, and the potential impact of this change.
Eric Dirnbach and Marianne Garneau talk about the possible impact of the NLRB’s proposed rule stripping student workers of the right to organize.