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The Amazon Union Campaign Won By Following the Lead of Workers
Amazon Labor Union shows us an essential ingredient of successful union campaigns: democratic autonomy. Jeff Bezos has been brought back down to Earth. No boss is invincible. The workers at Staten Island’s JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center proved it by beating the massively rich and powerful corporation 2,654 to 2,131 in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election on April 1. Meanwhile, a rerun …
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Volvo Workers in Virginia Vote Down Bad Contract by 90 Percent—Again
Auto workers at Volvo’s truck plant in southwest Virginia have just voted down a concessionary contract by 90 percent—for the second time. Now they’re back on strike. “The International union has been down here twice for town halls,” said Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 member Rhonda Sisk. “Each time we say ‘take it back, it’s …
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The Dream of a Unionized New Orleans Is Coming True
The pandemic was the first big test for New Orleans’ hospitality unions. They passed with flying colors. Drago’s, the sea food restaurant inside the over 1,600-room Hilton Riverside hotel, advertises itself as the inventor of charbroiled oysters, a claim too good to check. Trinice Dyer, a New Orleans native, has worked there as a server for 12 years. When Dyer and …
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How Can We Rebuild Working-Class Politics? Let’s Go to “Strike School.”
Throughout September and October, thousands of activists and unionists from seventy countries participated in the international ?“Strike School” organizing training led by Jane McAlevey and sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. Jacobin?’s Eric Blanc spoke with McAlevey about the key lessons of the course, the reasons why this tradition has been marginalized within organized labor, and the ways …
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Organizing Against Police Unions Has Invigorated Hollywood’s Labor Movement, Members Say
The labor movement is split on the question of cops. While union officials have signaled their tempered support for police unions, the push to expel law enforcement from the movement has grown quickly in the rank-and-file. The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) led the way with a June 8 resolution urging the AFL-CIO to drop …
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Assisted Living Facility Staffer Says He Was Fired for Organizing His Coworkers During the Pandemic
In March of this year, Schuyler Stallcup was working as an “activities assistant” at an assisted living facility in Lincoln Park, Chicago, owned by Sunrise Senior Living. For the past year and a half, he had spent his days planning and leading recreational activities for the elderly residents, working to keep them entertained and engaged. When the …
Field Museum Workers Say It’s Time for the CEO to Start Making Sacrifices, Too
Facing devasting pay cuts and layoffs amid the Covid-19 crisis, workers at Chicago’s Field Museum are organizing to demand greater transparency and equitable sacrifice from upper management. “We fear these cuts will disproportionately impact staff of color and those already paid the least,” Field Museum workers explain in a petition that has now garnered over 1,700 signatures. …
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The Long-Neglected Online Labor Organizing Space Is Getting More Crowded
A glance at the website of various unions will tell you that organized labor is not always the most tech-savvy field. It has been clear for years that organizing at scale in the modern world will require a lot of online organizing—it is, as they say, where the workers are. The coming launch of two new online …
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Organizing Amidst The COVID-19 Crisis
As the 2008 financial crisis unfolded, tens of millions of Americans were hurting and making meaning of what was happening. It was the first time in my life that suddenly, tens of millions of people were significantly more ready to be organized than in the weeks before. To meet the pressing needs of people in …
