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A New Model for Worker-Led Organizing

Until yesterday, U.S. steelworkers hadn’t experienced an attack as sweeping as that of 1892.

As Minnesota poet Susan Cossette reminds us, watch out for prophets!

For several generations, David Montgomery has had the legendary status of a labor historian who transformed the field, at least the labor history of the USA.

“All those who care about the lives of seafarers – or a global supply chain that keeps its workers safe – must call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Peace is the best way to end the attacks on ships in the Red Sea."

A majority of workers at Ultium Cells in Tennessee have signed cards to join the UAW and the company has agreed to recognize their union.

Between 1935 and 1939, the New Deal-sponsored Federal Theatre Project staged over a thousand productions nationwide, reaching an audience of 30 million. It was an early target of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC).

The strike comes as 40,000 Unite Here hotel workers across 20 cities face expiring contracts this year. Negotiations for new four-year contracts have been taking place since May; about 15,000 of those workers have authorized strikes in 12 markets.

The greatest sin of Reagan is not its (expectedly) warped worldview, but its total lack of drama.

UTLA’s transformation story surfaces critical lessons that respond to the most important question facing the labor movement today: How do we ensure that the recent years of labor upsurge across economic sectors becomes durable, transformative power?