Category: Article
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What happened to the big UPS Strike?
Can a union achieve a “historic victory,” a gamechanger in contract negotiations without an actual strike? Joe Allen writes on the tentative agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service (UPS).
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Rock against capitalism
Tempest’s Hank Kennedy introduces readers to the socialist punk band Redskins and encourages us to seek out their music.
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Reject racist persecution by the Dominican government
Dominican writers and activists have initiated an international call to condemn the racist repression of Haitian migrants—and also to boycott a book fair that is set to honor to apartheid Israel.
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This is a war against the studios
Tempest members Dana Cloud and Nina Lozano went out in support of a picket against Netflix in Hollywood, where they interviewed six actors and writers about their work and the demands of the strike.
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The Writers Guild fights back
Tempest member Eric Maroney sat down with Gabriela, an ally close to the Writers Guild of America strike, to talk about the strike action, what is at stake, and what it will take to win.
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Teamsters ready to strike
In these two brief reports, Tempest members Ashley Smith and Paul KD describe Teamsters’ practice pickets as a potential UPS strike looms.
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Starbucks workers protest Moms for Liberty
Tempest member Joel Sronce interviews Sarah and Silvia, two of the unionized Starbucks workers who showed up in protest against Moms for Liberty.
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UNITE HERE rally and march in Los Angeles
Dana Cloud reports on a recent rally and march by hospitality workers from UNITE-HERE in Los Angeles.
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This is possible!
In 2018, teachers struck across the South and won significant gains for educators. In this second of two articles, Darrin Hoop interviews four rank-and-file workers about their experience and draws lessons for labor organizing today.
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Unions and the rank and file strategy
Tim Goulet discusses the rank and file strategy and why socialists need to fight for democracy not only at work, but also in our unions.