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Josh Eidelson

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Josh Eidelson

Josh Eidelson

Josh Eidelson (josheidelson.com) is a Nation contributor and was a union organizer for five years. He covers labor for as a contributing writer at Salon and In These Times.

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Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation’s annual party.

Under the leadership of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the Walmart Foundation used generous gifts to grease the way for store expansions.

American unions are in deep trouble. What’s the way out?

CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t like unions. But he’s happy to coerce his low-paid workers into joining a phony austerity campaign.

The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.

Democratic candidates haven’t always had labor’s back—but Republicans are intent on ending collective bargaining altogether.

In the depressed former steel towns of western Pennsylvania, disillusionment with all politicians is deep. The AFL-CIO's labor affiliate is trying to change that.

Republicans have accomplished what Democrats and unions never could: they’ve made the National Labor Relations Board a household name.

As administrators declare there's no alternative to austerity and corporatization in higher ed, student Occupyers fight back.

Blogs

While executives touted opportunity at ‘your Walmart,’ an OUR Walmart activist at today's meeting delivered a very...
The National Organization for Women's president says the Obamas have "screwed up" by praising Walmart.
A Walmart pep rally and a union-backed protest took place some fifty feet apart at Walmart’s Bentonville "home office."
Get to know the CEOs, investors and consultants converging on Bentonville this week to decide the future of the company.
Seattle is the seventh city in eight weeks where fast food workers have gone on strike.
Workers are on strike in Massachusetts, the Bay Area and Miami, and plan to strike at least until June 7.
Good Jobs Nation says that ten strikers from the Ronald Reagan Building food court were initially told they couldn’t come back to...
A new study says nearly 2 million workers with taxpayer-supported jobs make $12 per hour or less.