Crisis deepens, struggle rises in France and Israel/Palestine
Movements and parties grapple with democracy, cost-of-living and shifting power arrangements
Unite All Workers for Democracy, the reform caucus in the United Auto Workers, just won sweeping victories in leadership elections. Now they’re looking to transform the UAW, one of the largest unions in the country, into a democratic fighting machine.
A newly Democratic state government votes to restore some democracy in the workplace.
Larry Cohen argues that the labor movement should seek power not solely in individual workplaces but in entire industries, while Eric Blanc writes that the priority should be unionizing workplaces.
Reports on mass workers action in France, Italy and UK, and a hard look at the politics of climate rescue
How unions can fight back.
Last year, the union membership rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 10.1% — the lowest on record. The absolute number of American workers in unions did grow in 2022 — by approximately 200,000. But the number of non-union jobs grew faster.
Remote employees say that working in the office is "completely unfeasible" and a union-busting move.
Amid the upsurge of successful union representation elections overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, workers are still struggling to secure their first contracts—and real change in the workplace.
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