For several generations, David Montgomery has had the legendary status of a labor historian who transformed the field, at least the labor history of the USA.
It is time to make good on promises made in the ILO Declaration of Philadelphia, 80 years since its publication. By harnessing the trade union movement's collective power we can ensure that progress envisaged under the Declaration becomes a reality.
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An eye-opening read traces today’s collective rage against big tech back to the Luddite uprising the industrial revolution.
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.
John Womack’s labor strategy is about workers finding the capacity to "wound capital to make it yield anything.” But the massive challenge in today’s deindustrialized economy is locating where that leverage actually lies.
Strikes by autoworkers, actors and writers brought wins in 2023, but analysts worry labor laws could undo progress. Worker advocates say what is badly needed is for other unions, helped by the AFL-CIO, also to launch big, ambitious organizing drives.
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