Tag: Unions

  • What happened to the big UPS Strike?

    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).

  • This is a war against the studios

    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.

  • The Writers Guild fights back

    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.

  • A French spring

    A French spring

    Tempest interviews Sylvestre Jaffard regarding the mass uprising against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform.

  • On the Chicago race for mayor

    On the Chicago race for mayor

    Kirstin Roberts argues that given the stark political choice, the broad mobilization of left and movement forces in support of Brandon Johnson, and the groundwork laid over the last decade by union and social struggles in Chicago, the elections offer real opportunities for socialists committed to political independence.

  • Making sense of Chicago’s election

    Making sense of Chicago’s election

    Joe Allen sets the Chicago mayoral election in historical context and argues that the choice on offer, however stark, also reflects the political limits of the strength of the Left and our (social and trade union) movements.

  • Class struggle today

    Class struggle today

    A Tempest Collective event this Sunday, February 12 at 12 p.m. EST

  • Giving credit to the wrong class

    Giving credit to the wrong class

    Did workers “pivot” toward striking for union recognition because of New Deal legislation, as Eric Blanc claims? Kim Moody looks at what really drove the labor upsurge of the early 1930s.

  • We need collective bargaining in Fairfax schools

    We need collective bargaining in Fairfax schools

    Janette Corcelius argues in support of a collective bargaining resolution to be passed for Fairfax County Public Schools.

  • Why I joined Tempest

    Why I joined Tempest

    In the first of an ongoing series of personal contributions, Donna Murch shares her reasons for becoming a member of the Tempest Collective.