MK Lees offers context to the recent IATSE strike vote and potential settlement.
Negotiation By Other Means: The WGA Brings the Agencies to Heel
MK Lees describes how the Writers Guild of America West used rank-and-file action to protect screenwriters and put an end to a practice that was eating into their compensation
Salt: the flavor, not the meal
MK Lees reflects on the tactic of “salting” into a workplace in order to organize it
The leftwing deadbeat
MK Lees and Marianne Garneau look at leftists’ poor track record in workplace organizing campaigns
No More Surprises
MK Lees looks at the recent union-busting at Kickstarter and GM, arguing that we shouldn’t be surprised when a boss acts like a boss. We should be ready.
The 2005 CCU Campaign: How a few bike couriers made Chicago history (and got a raise)
This article, written in 2005, describes the explosive organizing then happening at one of the Chicago’s biggest messenger companies
Pushing: On the U in AEIOU
MK Lees digs into the psychological dimensions of organizing.
“It’s Up To Us”: A reflection on the LAUSD strike and contract with teacher Tammy Matz
Tammy Matz has been an LAUSD public school teacher for almost eighteen years and currently teachers third grade at Melrose Elementary school, while also serving as that school’s UTLA Chapter Chair (the equivalent of “steward” […]
Do Solidarity Unions Need to “Go Public”?
MK Lees and Marianne Garneau reexamine whether it is necessary for solidarity unions to declare themselves a union to the boss. This piece originally appeared at Libcom.org. Introduction In an election-driven workplace-organizing campaign, going public […]