Blowout in Bessemer: A Postmortem on the Amazon Campaign Blowout in Bessemer: A Postmortem on the Amazon Campaign
The warning signs of defeat were everywhere.
Apr 9, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Jane McAlevey
What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity
The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.
Mar 29, 2021 / John Nichols
Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions Bernie Backs Covid Nurses Who Are Prepared to Strike for Humane Work Conditions
The Vermont senator’s championship of a Wisconsin health care union’s demand for a contract respecting work-life balance signals a new era of labor solidarity.
Mar 19, 2021 / John Nichols
Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.
Mar 3, 2021 / Jane McAlevey
The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform
The organizing drive still underway at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., reveals the many ways current law gives employers far too much power.
Feb 25, 2021 / Lynn Rhinehart
These Machines Won’t Kill Fascism: Toward a Militant Progressive Vision for Tech These Machines Won’t Kill Fascism: Toward a Militant Progressive Vision for Tech
The left must vie for control over the algorithms, data, and infrastructure that shape our lives.
Jan 29, 2021 / Nantina Vgontzas and Meredith Whittaker
The Hunts Point Strike Is Just the Beginning The Hunts Point Strike Is Just the Beginning
Given the compounding injustices of the Covid-19 era, workers’ demands are resonating across the country.
Jan 25, 2021 / Chris Gelardi
Why Unions Must Recommit to Expanding Their Base Why Unions Must Recommit to Expanding Their Base
Demobilizing our base is never a good idea, especially when the right wing and the Trump forces continue to mobilize.
Jan 4, 2021 / Biden's First 100 Days / Jane McAlevey
We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay
Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.
Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris
The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports The ‘Disposable Populations’ of Sports
A new study points to the blood being shed for the World Cup. That shouldn’t blind us to the deaths and misery caused by stadium boondoggles here at home.
Sep 11, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff