Ray Valentine describes how a scheme to privatize transit in the DC area backfired when workers at the private company went on strike
John Silence describes three ways to make a general strike happen in the US or Canada.
Marianne Garneau takes a critical look at general strikes in Europe, and considers what it would take to import the tactic to North America.
Joe Burns takes a critical look back at the many “general strikes” called in recent years.
Marianne Garneau reflects on the reliance on media tactics in the fight against Uber and Lyft, and the similarities to the Fight For Fifteen.
Marianne Garneau describes the limited effectiveness of strikes under the National Labor Relations Board system.
Marianne Garneau reviews Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto. In a new book, Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto (Verso, 2019), Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya and Nancy Fraser put forward the “women’s strike” as the much-needed reinvention of the strike tactic. The authors are also the organizers more »
In 1996, when there was little organizing happening in the IWW, workers at a MiniMart in Seattle filed for an election with the IWW. Marianne Garneau interviews Jessica S, one of the committee members. Tell me about the campaign in a nutshell. It’s been 22 more »
This will be the first in our series “Reconsidering the strike.” Strikes are probably the most idolized of all the tactics workers use in their struggles, and the one people most equate with worker power. This series will dig into real stories of strikes to more »