Tag: Unions
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Understanding unions in the United States
Andrew Sernatinger describes the basics of labor law and obstacles for labor organizing in the United States.
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Foundations of a DSA labor strategy
Hakan Yilmaz proposes an industrial organizing strategy for the Democratic Socialists of America.
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We will not let democracy die
Terri Nilliasca and Andy Sernatinger interview David van Deusen, President of the Vermont AFL-CIO, about the new radical leadership in the state federation.
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Memories of the class
Joe Allen reviews David Ranney’s autobiographical account of his life as a revolutionary socialist factory worker in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Council power in the Iranian labor movement
Nasrin discusses how the memory of workers’ councils during the revolution of 1979 in Iran has shaped a new wave of class struggles in that country the last few years.
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A union wave for Twin Cities hospitality workers
Paul KD charts the rapid growth of a union movement among craft breweries and service workers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Strike for abolition
Alice Herman interviews a striking worker at University of Michigan about their strike to defund the police and the lessons for other police reform movements.
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Socialist strategy and worker resistance in the pandemic
Union and non-union socialist organizers discuss the challenges and opportunities facing workplace organizing in the age of COVID-19 and the role of socialist strategy in rebuilding workers’ ability to fight back.
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Socialist strategy and workers’ resistance in the pandemic
Join the Tempest Collective for a discussion with workers who are on the frontlines of the resistance about strengthening and building solidarity with this movement and the role that socialists can play in it.