A worker at a GM components plant explains why she is unhappy with the tentative agreement between the company and the UAW.
Working class solidarity in action
Electricians in Detroit refuse GM work in solidarity with UAW workers on strike
Interview with a teacher on strike in Chicago
A music teacher and member of the Chicago Teachers’ Union explains what the strike means to him.
A blueprint for a general strike in our time
John Silence describes three ways to make a general strike happen in the US or Canada.
Dispatch from the picket line at an idled GM plant
Ray Valentine visits the picket line at GM’s “idled” White Marsh transmission plant in Maryland.
“This is overdue”: Interview with a striking GM worker
Nearly 50,000 GM workers have been on strike since Monday. Marianne Garneau interviewed Lynn, a UAW member on strike at a components plant in Rochester.
No More Fake Strikes
Joe Burns takes a critical look back at the many “general strikes” called in recent years.
Uber and Lyft drivers deserve a better strike
Marianne Garneau reflects on the reliance on media tactics in the fight against Uber and Lyft, and the similarities to the Fight For Fifteen.
Why don’t strikes achieve more?
Marianne Garneau describes the limited effectiveness of strikes under the National Labor Relations Board system.