Union Town follows the battle for better wages and working conditions on three fronts in New York City — at UPS, at Amazon, and among “deliveristas” – that is, people who work for apps like DoorDash making food runs for customers.
Fight & Win Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, 1934 reminds us all of a time when working class men and women refused to allow that failure to continue—and exactly how they acted together to turn the tide.
Hollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. A Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives more precarious. Billionaires usually get what they want. They get the government they want, so long as they make the right donations.
War on the homefront
Amazon has long exploited subcontracting to avoid taking responsibility for its delivery drivers. A bill introduced by socialist New York City Councilor Tiffany Cabán would force the e-commerce giant to directly employ its drivers.
Amazon has long exploited subcontracting to avoid taking responsibility for its delivery drivers. A bill introduced by socialist New York City Councilor Tiffany Cabán would force the e-commerce giant to directly employ its drivers.
The CIO unionized General Motors in 1937 and saved the labor movement. Today's unions need to do the same to Amazon if there is any hope of stopping the slow death of American labor.
Mike Quill was one of the most effective labor organizers in the United States. Studying his life and actions will help us deal with the current Fascist threat and Gestapo tactics we are facing in the United States.
Militancy without politics isn't enough. We need a social reconstruction of class and politics with unions at the center.
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