Archive - Labor Politics

Seven Lessons from Starbucks Workers’ Historic Victory

The only thing harder than winning a union election against a mega-corporation is winning a first contract. So it’s not surprising that countless…

Feb 29 •

January 2024

How Sprawl & Suburbs Have Upended the Organizing Terrain

Unfortunately, We Can’t Copy 1930s Union Targeting Strategies

Jan 17 •

August 2023

Can Boycotts Help Workers Win?

Interview with Stephen Lerner by Eric Blanc

Aug 23, 2023 •

July 2023

Want a Labor Party? Learn from the UK

How to Implode a Two-Party System from Within

Jul 11, 2023 •

June 2023

Labor's Generation Gap

Young workers are leading, while most unions dither

Jun 20, 2023 •

May 2023

Labor's Uptick Isn't Just Hype

Data on what's new — and why unions should turn to new organizing

May 8, 2023 •

March 2023

Should Labor Prioritize Sectoral Bargaining?

A Debate Between Larry Cohen & Eric Blanc in The Nation

Mar 13, 2023 •

Full Suffrage for Women Was Won First by Socialists

Rediscovering a buried history of working-class feminism

Mar 8, 2023 •

February 2023

Class Politics Beyond the Blue-Collar?

Maisano Replies to Karp on “Class Dealignment”

Feb 14, 2023

January 2023

Is Working-Class Antiracism Possible?

Lessons from the Los Angeles teachers' strike

Jan 23, 2023 •

November 2022

Can Social Media Help With Real-World Organizing?

[With all the chaos at Twitter these days, I thought it would be a good time to share with you all an article I published last year on digital tools and…

Nov 16, 2022 •

October 2022

Workers Want to Unionize. Will Union Leaders Respond?

Conditions are ripe for labor’s revitalization. So why aren’t unions stepping up with massive financial and organizational support for workers…

Oct 27, 2022 •

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