Steve Early

Steve Early, who worked for the Communications Workers of America in New England for twenty-seven years, is the author, most recently, of The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor, just published by Haymarket Books.

Articles

Kaiser Permanente Workers Choose Sides (Labor)

What’s the best way to deal with contract concessions demanded by the big HMO, labor-management “partnership” or rank-and-file militancy?

Steve Early

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Vermont's Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare (Healthcare Policy, Activism, Unions)

Could the Green Mountain state be the first in the country to offer accessible healthcare to all its citizens?

Steve Early

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Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea (Healthcare Policy, Labor, Economy)

Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

A Teamster Apart: Ron Carey Remembered (Labor, Unions)

Two colleagues remember Ron Carey, the reformer and Teamsters Union president, who weathered controversy and won battles on his own terms.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

Whatever Happened to the Eight-Hour Day? (Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, Parties, Politics)

Americans spend more time on the job than workers in any other country. Isn't it time presumably labor-friendly Democrats did something about it?

Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America (Internet and New Media, Society)

Will rural America become roadkill on the information superhighway?

Steve Early

With Friends Like These (Historical Books, Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, Labor)

Unlike communism and socialism, trade unionism has rarely inspired published "second thoughts" by embittered apostates.