An anonymous non-tenure track instructor describes how he and his colleagues successfully pushed back against their university administration’s attempt to strip them of job security in light of the pandemic.
Nick Driedger argues that red-baiting is overemphasized in the standard histories of the United Electrical Workers’ decline.
Marianne Garneau argues that the coronavirus pandemic has shown unions to be the most effective institutions at fighting for the public interest
MK Lees describes how the Writers Guild of America West used rank-and-file action to protect screenwriters and put an end to a practice that was eating into their compensation
Heather, then a waitress, brings us this wonderful, gonzo story about a job action in a restaurant in South Carolina in 1988
Michael Mochaidean, a teacher and member of the West Virginia Education Association, explores different scenarios for organizing a teacher strike in response to directives to open schools
Eric Dirnbach looks at the effectiveness of consumer boycott campaigns in support of worker organizing
Nick Driedger looks back at three storied examples of worker militancy from the 1930s, noting the often overlooked years of underground organizing that made that possible
Bob Barnetson describes a campaign by his faculty association at Athabasca University, a public, higher education distance learning institution in Alberta. During a contract fight, the union made the bold move of just mobilizing members for pickets and not relying on community supporters