Reaching Red America
Les Leopold Substack When the polls close next November, about half the country will flash red within seconds. That’s because there are more than 130 congressional districts where Democrats lose…
The Unions We Need Will Be Built by Workers, Not Labor Officials
By Ella Fassler This article was originally published by Truthout Organizer Daniel Gross explains how to make sure that union building actually works and is sustained over time. Despite a…
Starbucks Is Bargaining Backwards, Baristas Say
Jenny Brown for Labor Notes. Union baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon…
Immigrant Workers Launch Largest US Meatpacking Strike in 40 years
Maximillian Alvarez Working People Podcast TRNN “Workers are fighting to be able to afford the same food that they produce for the rest of the country, to be able to…
You Can Arrest Journalists, But You Can’t Arrest the Truth
Posted by Joshua Scheer I have reported this time and time again, and it bears repeating: where are our so-called “leaders”? As democratic norms erode in real time, we are…
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
By Derek Seidman for Truthout Thousands of Starbucks workers across a hundred cities are nearly one month into an expanding, nationwide unfair labor practice strike in protest of the coffee…
Ahead of Black Friday, Report Reveals Attacks on Garment Workers’ Right to Organize
By: Julia Conley Common Dreams With clothing companies that will be offering discounted Black Friday deals this week relying heavily on the labor of tens of millions underpaid and overworked…
Kshama Sawant: We Must Revolt Against the Ruling Class
By Kshama Sawant / The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel