Nick Driedger argues that red-baiting is overemphasized in the standard histories of the United Electrical Workers’ decline.
Nick Driedger looks back at three storied examples of worker militancy from the 1930s, noting the often overlooked years of underground organizing that made that possible
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.”
Nick Driedger and Marianne Garneau argue that union propaganda needs to stop framing workers as victims
Nick Driedger reviews Jane McAlevey’s “No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age”
Nick Driedger looks back at how unions behaved, and workers fared, when social democrats unexpectedly won an election in Alberta.
Nick Driedger describes how grievances push unions to act more collaboratively with management and settle for less.
According to a recent survey, 42% of workers would like to belong to a union. Nick Driedger talks about would it take to get to 42% union density.
Food coops, housing coops, credit unions, and other such institutions are sometimes referred to as the “solidarity economy.” Nick Driedger and Eric Dirnbach debate how these institutions relate to working-class power.