‘A Possible Coup’ Against The Labour Government?
Allegations that MI5 officers and sections of the media sought to bring down Britain’s Labour government in the 1960s and 70s have resurfaced, raising fresh questions about plots that remain…
VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: Why Are Strikes and Unions Increasing?
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: “Workers are organizing and Trade Unionism is on the rise in the UK and around the world.…
What Is Class Struggle Unionism?
Joe Burns’ new Class Struggle Unionism comes at a key time. That’s because the long-slumbering union movement looks like it could be starting to stir again.
Starbucks and Other Companies Escalate War on Unions With Store Closures
Workers at “progressive” companies like Starbucks and Heine Brothers’ Coffee exercised their right to form a union. Now the companies are closing their stores.
A New Sense of Possibility: Starbucks and Amazon Wins Inspire Organizing at Trader Joe’s, REI, Target and Apple
By Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay / Labor Notes “Seven months ago if you asked me about a union I would’ve said, ‘I don’t know, cops have them?’” says Sarah…
Thousands of Workers on Strike at South Africa’s Impala Platinum Mines
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is…
‘Progressive’ Food Company Amy’s Kitchen Faces Multiple Unfair Labor Practice Charges
The spirit of unionizing is in the air, from Amazon to Starbucks. Now the workers in two frozen food factories in California are getting in on the action. But they're…
Can Workers Overseas Provide: Tips for US Labor Organizers?
By Steve Early / CounterPunch The worldwide spread of Covid-19 created major challenges for workers and their unions throughout the globe. Very similar pandemic disruptions provided a timely reminder of…
Rail Firms Paid Shareholders £800m Before Asking Workers to Take Wage Cut
CEOs of the six biggest train companies also took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020.
Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar’s World Cup
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch A sordid enterprise, nasty, crude and needless. But the World Cup 2022 will be, should anyone bother watching it, stained by one of the highest…
Declassified UK Exclusive: Jeremy Corbyn on the Establishment Campaign To Stop Him Becoming PM
The former Labour Party leader sits down with Declassified for his most candid interview yet – on the British media, UK military and intelligence services, Israel, Keir Starmer, Julian Assange…
VIDEO: Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295
By Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman / Lex Fridman Podcast Conversation between Richard Wolff and Lex Fridman exploring questions surrounding Marxism, communism, capitalism, socialism, human nature, economics, governments, corporations and…
Videos from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference
By Alexandra Bradbury / Labor Notes Wow! What an amazing weekend. Thank you to all 4,000 troublemakers who converged in Chicago June 17-19 and made this year’s Labor Notes Conference…
The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages
By Michael Hudson / CounterPunch The Federal Reserve Board’s ostensible policy aim is to manage the money supply and bank credit in a way that maintains price stability. That usually…
The Unionization Wave Continues: Workers in Maine Have Organized the First Chipotle Store in the Country
Workers at an Augusta, Maine Chipotle have formed an independent union: Chipotle United. This is a clear indication that the unionization wave that started with Starbucks and Amazon is only…