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We Can Organize Amazon, but Only if We Understand It

Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno, Benjamin Y. Fong and Scott Jenkins Jacobin
Organizing Amazon workers is both an existential challenge and an opportunity for labor. But the company’s cash advantages and operational flexibility mean that traditional union tactics won’t be enough. We need strategies that combine disruption and

Heather Cox Richardson on March 15th, the Day Maine Joined the Union

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
Maine's petition for statehood was stopped dead by southerners who refused to permit a free state—one that did not permit human enslavement—to enter the Union without a corresponding “slave state” resulting in the infamous "Missouri Compromise."

Unionizing UnitedHealthcare

Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
The largest NLRB union election win in February was at the primary care group Optum Care, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The vertical integration of health care has brought frustrating consequences for health workers, who are now organizing

Why We’re Mobilizing on April 5th

Hands Off!
Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing healthcare costs, job cuts, attacks on privacy, or the gutting of essential services—this moment is for you.