Public sector power: Building rank & file organization under Mayor Eric Adams
by Tempest
A Tempest (NYC) public event on union struggles in the City’s public sector.
UK workers strike back
by Daniel Randall
Daniel Randall reports on the strike wave in Britain and analyzes the dynamics and lessons from the biggest labor upsurge in a generation.
After the rail fiasco
What’s next for the Left?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen explains that Biden’s blatant strike-breaking in the imposition of an unpopular contract on rail workers with the support of the DSA “Squad” is a betrayal and a political blunder.
The DSA caboose
Rail scabbing and the accountability of “our” electeds
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the votes by members of the “the Squad” for a Congressional bill that forces a contract on rail workers and what the stakes are for DSA and the Left.
Organize, Fight, Win
Report from German labor conference
by Evan DeMersEvan DeMers reports on rank-and-file strategy discussions and debates among German workers at a recent conference.
Staughton Lynd (1929–2022)
In remembrance
by Erik KerlEric Kerl offers his personal reminiscence of Staughton Lynd, who died on November 17 at the age of 92. The article first ran in the Haymarket Books blog.
Seizing the beans of production!
Reports from Starbucks’ Red Cup Rebellion
by TempestTempest members report from picket lines around the country on a one-day strike by Starbucks Workers.
To organize, give people work they want to do
A response to Aaron Hall on DSA labor strategy
by Zyad HammadZyad Hammad of DSA’s NYC Labor Branch argues that what’s missing in DSA organizing is a “scaffolding” of different tiers of engagement that provides opportunities for members take on labor work with low barriers to entry and then advance to deeper involvement as they learn and grow in commitment.
Will there be a national strike at UPS?
The status quo is untenable for rank-and-file Teamsters
by Joe AllenJoe Allen examines lessons from the 1997 UPS strike and considers the potential for a national strike against the company in 2023.
Solidarity with railroad workers!
Online panel in solidarity with railroad workers
by TempestRailroad Workers United and Haymarket Books present a panel of rank-and-file railroad workers in a discussion of one of the most important struggles in recent labor history.