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Biggest Contracts Expiring in 2023

Dan DiMaggio Labor Notes
Negotiations will take place in 2023 for some of the biggest contracts in the labor movement, including at UPS and the Big Three automakers.

Labor Stories of the Year

In These Times Editors Working in These Times
Chris Smalls in the foreground with a megaphone with a rally of workers behind him.
The year has been characterized by incredible solidarity, as Starbucks and Amazon workers challenged our conceptions of political possibility and galvanized a resurgent labor movement. It was a year of taking power to task, from the fearless Warrior Met strike to the militance of worker-led, independent union drives at Amazon, Trader Joe's and Chipotle.

Older Workers Shouldn’t Have To Live in Poverty

Teresa Ghilarducci and Teresa Ghilarducci The Progressive
Most middle and lower wage older workers are not able to retire and must work to avoid poverty and maintain living standards. For work to be a bulwark against old age poverty, work must be decent, and work and retirement policy must be compatible.

Portside Moderators’ Crystal Ball 2023

Portside Moderators Portside
Could the clash between democracy and authoritarianism become even sharper in 2023? Yes – in fact, that may be the safest prediction we can make. Here’s how we – the moderators of Portside – see it:

Meeting Labor’s Moment

Lane Windham Working Class Perspectives
The post-neoliberal world could move in a neo-authoritarian, elitist, anti-democratic direction. Or it could be a communitarian, multiracial democracy. For the second option prevails, labor must help forge a new order that lifts all working people.