This is the second in a two-part series on organizing at Starbucks by Nick Driedger. In this installment, he looks at the Industrial Workers of the World campaign in the US and Canada from 2004-2017.
What worked and what didn’t: A history of organizing at Starbucks
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.
Millions of Workers Are Quitting but Should Organize Instead
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.
The IWW “Communications Strategy” is a Disaster
An IWW member argues against trying to remake the IWW in the image of mainstream unions.
A Business Basis for Unionism: The growth of paid officers and staff inside the American Federation of Labor, 1881-1912
Part three of our series examining the origin of paid staff and paid union officers looks at the connection to union contracts and insurance plans in the early AFL.
Actors’ Equity: Lessons for a Business Union from a Scrappy Solidarity Union
A member of Actors’ Equity Association reflects on the union’s recent decision to open up membership.
“There Oughta Be a Law”
Catherine Kemp and Marianne Garneau argue that law doesn’t advance social progress, but instead tries to halt the power struggles that do.
Workplace struggles are political
Marianne Garneau challenges a predominant view among labor radicals that “politics” takes place in a sphere separate from the struggle over the control of work.
My thoughts after attending the “Workers Rising Everywhere” training
A grocery store worker reflects on his experience attending the latest installment of Jane McAlevey’s “Organizing for Power” series.