Not essential? Brainerd grocery workers fight back
Reports from the front
by Paul KDPaul KD reports on a new contract for grocery workers at five stores in and around Brainerd, Minnesota.
Not so…grrrrrrreat!
The Kellogg’s strike concludes
by Joe AllenThe eleven-week strike against Kellogg’s ended on December 21 when workers represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) ratified the latest contract proposal (Agreement). … Continue Reading Not so…grrrrrrreat!
Nothing natural about this disaster
Profit over people kills workers in the Midwest
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel discusses how climate change-fueled tornadoes and corporate greed caused the deaths of workers at Amazon and Mayfield Consumer Products in the Midwest.
What’s become of the rank and file strategy?
by Mel Bienenfeld
Mel Bienenfeld traces the evolution of the debates around the rank and file strategy within New York City Democratic Socialists of America and DSA nationally.
Reports from the front
BCTGM-Kellogg strike diary
by Ron LareRon Lare provides a report from the BCTGM-Kellogg picket line in Michigan.
The Teamster Election
Change, opportunities, and troubling trends
by Joe AllenJoe Allen explains the prospects for the Teamsters in the aftermath of the most recent Union election.
Reviving the sympathy strike
Kaiser workers fight back
by Emma Wilde Botta & Elizabeth LalaszEmma Wilde Botta and Elizabeth Lalasz report on recent labor unrest at the healthcare giant Kaiser.
Welcome to the quagmire
The dilemma of the Democratic Party left
by Kim MoodyKim Moody assesses the recent U.S. election results and highlights the strategic cul-de-sac facing those sections of the Left currently oriented on the Democratic Party, while pointing to “strike-tober” and the possibilities of a resurgent labor movement, as an alternative strategic focus.
Striketober
Is a bigger eruption on the horizon?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen looks at the realities of the recent strike waves, including a number of “no” votes on contract ratification, and the role and meaning of worker solidarity for socialists.
The contradictions of William Z. Foster
Rank and file or organic leaders
by Avery WearAvery Wear analyzes the tensions within the political life and writings of William Z. Foster.