Historian Nate Holdren questions the assumptions about why strikes have risen and fallen over the last century.
It won’t grow if you don’t delegate
Nick Driedger argues for the importance of delegating union tasks.
Wobcast 8 – Class Struggle Unionism
In the latest episode of the Organizing Work podcast, a joint episode with Laborwave Radio, Marianne Garneau and Alex Riccio talk to Joe Burns about his new book, Class Struggle Unionism.
A Chicago Teacher explains why he voted for today’s remote-only work action
Yesterday, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers voted to refuse in-person work until January 18 or until the city’s COVID-19 wave falls below the threshold set last year
Swedish unions, why do we suck?
Swedish unions’ ability to defend workers’ interests is declining, argues Rasmus Hästbacka, showing that high union density is no guarantee of strength or militancy.
Class Struggle Unionism: A specter to haunt the billionaire class
Alex Riccio argues Joe Burns’ latest book is powerfully inspiring but short on details.
Let’s find alternatives to striking
Rasmus Hästbacka and Kristian Falk of the Swedish syndicalist union SAC argue for a third path between the “consensus fundamentalism” of mainstream labor bureaucracy, and a “fixation on strikes” among the grassroots, namely re-learning how to build pressure within the workplace.
The Hollywood strike that wasn’t
MK Lees offers context to the recent IATSE strike vote and potential settlement.
Zombies need a union
Chelsea Harris reviews an episode of CBS’s Evil in which workers attempt to organize a union at an Amazon-like company.