The array of attacks on democracy and workers’ rights present an opportunity to expand labor’s power—if unions are willing to seize it.
This book examines organized crime in New York City unions and the rank and file fightback.
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past. Here are 7 reforms to create a broadly shared prosperity and an affordable future.
The continuing expansion of Amazon’s business model could signal the unraveling of wages, benefits and protections for working people more generally.
Difficult as it may be, unions must organize workers in the nation’s largest and most powerful corporations, and they cannot afford to wait for labor law reform or a more favorable administration to do so.
Mamdani’s agenda will face serious obstacles. A massive wave of new voters doesn’t just carry you into office. It shifts the landscape, it creates political capital that can be turned toward other ends; changes political calculations for others...
Mamdani has one more big hurdle to overcome–a general election in November. Pulling together a successful electoral coalition is difficult, but forging a governing coalition to run the city is even harder. As mayor, Mamdani will face major challenges
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The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (You can add your name below)
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