An organizer and a worker describe a direct action campaign that won on demands but soon went awry because it hadn’t built a solid foundation.
Owen King talks about the importance of fighting over specific demands early in a campaign.
Nick Driedger argues that the legal metrics by which unions are measured obscure what is really important; he offers a different set of benchmarks focused on worker power.
Nick Driedger argues for the importance of delegating union tasks.
Swedish unions’ ability to defend workers’ interests is declining, argues Rasmus Hästbacka, showing that high union density is no guarantee of strength or militancy.
MK Lees offers context to the recent IATSE strike vote and potential settlement.
In this two-part series, Nick Driedger takes a look at previous attempts to organize Starbucks. This installment covers the Canadian Auto Workers’ campaign on the lower mainland of British Columbia, 1996-2007.
In the Great Resignation, millions of workers are quitting, but they could use assistance to organize for power in the workplace and improve their jobs instead, argues Eric Dirnbach.
An IWW member argues against trying to remake the IWW in the image of mainstream unions.