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Jane McAlevey, a longtime labor organizer and strategist, argues that systematic grassroots organizing is the key to repairing today’s ravaged democracy.

We need to move beyond rhetoric and start to evolve into a movement for racial justice in practice, but what does that mean? Be proactive in addressing racial tensions, stop tokenizing members, and build a union to address everyday issues.

Let’s put police unions on a raft and set them adrift. They can reapply for solidarity if they stop abusing the rest of us.

Before rushing to expel police unions, labor needs a larger reckoning with law enforcement’s role in a capitalist-colonialist state.

One of the most radical antiracist unions in the country makes a show of solidarity with all those threatened by police violence and exploitation

Domestic work and care work have historically been underpaid and overlooked, and the fact that even today this labor is often referred to as “help” rather than conceived as professional labor betrays the long devaluation of women’s work. T

A prominent labour lawyer in Mexico’s borderlands has been arrested on accusations of inciting violence – a move family members and colleagues denounced as retribution for advising wildcat strikers at US-owned factories.

In the wake of former UAW President Gary Jones pleading guilty last week to stealing more than $1 million, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider is demanding 'serious action' on reform inside the United Auto Workers 'within a couple of months.' 

Organized labor is a direct threat to white supremacy. We need to put that threat into action.

The latest in an historically fraught relationship among police, labor and civil rights movement