Pioneering black singer Paul Robeson was born on this day (April 9) in 1898. One of America’s great radical figures, it was his encounters with Britain’s labour movement which inspired his socialist and anti-imperialist politics.
Leopold’s new book offers a closer and more detailed look at how wealth extraction occurs, how workers bear the brunt of it, and how this dynamic challenges our political organizing efforts by labor unions and other progressive change organizations.
An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories. The Twin Cities saw a series of labor actions, premised on the belief-the more disparate groups of workers unite in common cause, the more they can win.
The movement to defeat the Far Right must include immigrant workers and members of other oppressed groups, working through their own independent and durable mass organizations rooted in workplaces and neighborhoods.
When the Ford workers Hunger March to deliver a list of 14 demands to Henry Ford became the Ford Massacre . . . and ultimately led to the organization of the Rouge plant by the United Auto Workers.
Unrest worldwide, and what it means
By devoting $40 million to its campaign to organize non-union auto plants, the UAW is challenging not just corporate America but also labor’s status quo.
The economy does not have a fixed number of jobs, and today we see a growing economy adding jobs for both immigrants and U.S.-born workers. Here are six key facts that show immigrants are not hurting the employment outcomes of U.S.-born workers.
In this op-ed, CJ Garcia-Linz, president of Progressive Workers Union, argues for nonprofits like the ones they represent – including the Sierra Club – live their values with their staff unions.
The United States says it cares about blue-collar workers, but the worker protections in place tell a different story.
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