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.
A revolutionary socialist organizing project
A Tempest (NYC) public event on union struggles in the City’s public sector.
Daniel Randall reports on the strike wave in Britain and analyzes the dynamics and lessons from the biggest labor upsurge in a generation.
The Teamsters’ midterm election mess
by Joe AllenJoe Allen analyzes the Ohio Teamsters’ electoral strategy in Ohio and its endorsement of the right-wing Republican, incumbent Governor, Mike DeWine.
Reports from the front
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel interviews UPS Teamster and socialist Ben Douglass about their firing and the campaign for reinstatement.
Reports from the front
by Janette CorceliusJanette Corcelius argues in support of a collective bargaining resolution to be passed for Fairfax County Public Schools.
An interview with Ian Allinson on the strike and organizing wave
by Joe Allen and Ian AllinsonJoe Allen interviewed Ian Allinson, a member of rs21 and former rank-and-file socialist candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union in 2017, and the author of Workers Can Win!: A Guide to Organizing at Work published by Pluto Press.
Labor needs its own politics to fight back
by Shamus CookeBy quickly raising interest rates over the summer, the Federal Reserve Board has pushed the economy toward recession. This is an attack on recent gains by the working class, argues Shamus Cooke, and workers need independent politics to fight back.
A review of Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years
by Gary HollowayGary Holloway reviews Mike Stout’s 2020 memoir Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years.
Aaron Hall, a labor activist and member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”), discusses the organization’s labor strategy and how it fits into a broader strategy for the U.S. Left.
The history of the gay-labor alliance to boycott Coors
by Hank KennedyAs part of our ongoing series of articles for Pride Month, Hank Kennedy provides a brief history of the gay-labor alliance that took place in the 1970s to boycott Coors Brewing Company.