A grocery store worker reflects on his experience attending the latest installment of Jane McAlevey’s “Organizing for Power” series.
The First Union Bureaucracy: Paid Officers and Staff in the Knights of Labor, 1869 – 1917
Robin J Cartwright explores the rise of paid officers and staff in the Knights of Labor and the corruption that ensued. The second in a multi-part series exploring the history of paid officers and staff in labor unions.
Unions Before Union Bureaucracy: Paid Officers and Staff in American Labor Unions, 1799-1878
Robin J Cartwright delves into the history of the use of paid officers and staff in labor unions. The first in a multi-part series.
Austerity Forever? A reply to Paul Mattick
Nate Holdren uses the historical record to refute the idea that union expansion and wage growth are only possible in times of economic prosperity.
Some lessons from a warehouse campaign I wish to share
Alex Riccio offers some organizing advice about developing workers and heeding red flags.
“I Live for That Shit”: A worker recalls successful direct action in the workplace
James Nestlé relates examples from his experience of taking action on the job.
Responding to hot shops
Nate Holdren argues that there is a tension between the urgency of a “hot shop” where workers are frustrated and miserable, and the necessary slow building of organizing.
Sex work will not be empowering until it is organized
Ashley Ryan argues against the idea that sex work as it currently exists is empowering
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?
Carmen Molinari analyzes why media strategies don’t win organizing campaigns