Jane McAlevey

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Jane McAlevey is a columnist for The Nation and was the magazine’s strikes correspondent from 2019 to 2023. Her books include A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy and Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations, cowritten with Abby Lawlor (March 2023), she is a senior policy fellow at the University of California’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

A crowd of protesters, several with Chilean flags

Short of a General Strike, How Can Labor Stop Trump From Stealing the Election? Short of a General Strike, How Can Labor Stop Trump From Stealing the Election?

Lessons from Chile’s uprising—and from the 2000 Florida recount fight.

Oct 30, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

Joe Biden

Biden Needs to Talk About Jobs on Labor Day. And Every Day. Biden Needs to Talk About Jobs on Labor Day. And Every Day.

If he does, he just might win in November.

Sep 4, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

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Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue Letters From the July 27/August 3, 2020, Issue

A family legacy… The beef with red meat… Taxing efforts…

Jul 14, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers and Jane McAlevey

We Really Need to Tax the Rich

We Really Need to Tax the Rich We Really Need to Tax the Rich

In California, they’re making it happen.

Jun 2, 2020 / Feature / Jane McAlevey

Greek protesters during a May Day demonstration

Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously

Here in the United States, workers need a lot more than another holiday.

May 1, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders: Now More Than Ever Bernie Sanders: Now More Than Ever

There’s too much at stake to let establishment Democrats lead us down the road of failure by selling Joe Biden as safe. He’s not.

Mar 11, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

Workers Are Not Your Props

Workers Are Not Your Props Workers Are Not Your Props

The Democratic presidential field lined up to get their pictures taken with striking GM workers. But what workers really need from the Democratic Party is power, not photo ops.

Oct 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.

Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again. Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.

Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.

Oct 15, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

UAW Strike

The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike

During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?

Sep 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Union members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.)

Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support

Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.

Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

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