NFL player Malcolm Jenkins has received recognition for speaking out against racial injustice, but he undermined fellow players’ efforts to confront it, says Marianne Garneau
Pandemic as pretext: Housing Works steps up its anti-union campaign
Marianne Garneau looks at the nonprofit’s use of the coronavirus crisis to defeat an organizing campaign
Tough times organizing street canvassers
A street canvasser reflects on a successful NLRB election at Grassroots Campaigns Inc. in Seattle, before the company shuttered the office in retaliation for the union effort
Are worker centers unions?
A DOL investigation of a worker center seeks to reclassify it as a union. Eric Dirnbach and Marianne Garneau look at the differences between these kinds of organizations, and the potential impact of this change.
Progressives in the streets, union-busters in the sheets
Marianne Garneau looks at several current campaigns at social justice nonprofits, showing how these organizations are progressive until it comes to their own workers.
ROC Confidential
Jean-Carl Elliott describes his disillusionment working for Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC), and why non-profits are a dead-end for worker power.