The Making of the Springfield Working Class

Gabriel Winant The New York Review of Books
Each generation of this country’s workforce has always been urged to detest the next—to come up with its own fantasies of cat-eating immigrants.

Operation Dixie Failed but Pushed Racial Equality Forward

William P. Jones, Benjamin Y. Fong Convergence
The famous Operation Dixie campaign to unionize the South in the 1940s was mostly unsuccessful. Still, it left a positive mark on American society. It’s even possible that the civil rights movement wouldn't have staged the March on Washington without

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The New Labor Organizing Model of EWOC

Eric Blanc Convergence
Interest in unions and workplace organizing is high, but proactive workers have few opportunities to launch their own organizing drives. The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is trying to change that.

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Autoworkers Have Made Both Candidates Pay Attention

Alex N. Press Convergence
Anyone wanting substantive discussion of jobs in last night’s debate was disappointed. But because of the UAW’s organizing and strikes over the past year, both Trump and Harris felt compelled to insist they were the best candidate for autoworkers.

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Why More Doctors Are Joining Unions

Lambeth Hochwald Medscape
With huge shifts over the past decade in the way doctors are employed — half of all doctors now work for a health system or large medical group — the idea of unionizing is not only being explored but gaining traction within the profession.

Tidbits – Sept. 5 – Reader Comments: 2024 Elections – Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: A Way out of This Mess – Please Take It; Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

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Reader Comments: 2024 Elections - Public Schools, Action on Corporate Power, High Prices, Inflation; Israel-Gaza: There Is a Way Out of This Mess - Please Take It; Labor Day, Learning About Unions, Public Employees Pay Gap; Remembering Paul Mishler;

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Will the Labor Upsurge Find Its Political Voice?

Barry Eidlin Convergence
In the United States and Canada, we’ve seen an increase in labor militancy. This upsurge is a chance to inject working-class politics into the political arena, which has so far been mostly unresponsive to workers’ demands.
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