By Gordon Simmons Labor Notes May 24th, 2024 Photo: Vermont AFL-CIO Transforming an existing union into a more democratic and…
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Review: Labor Power and Strategy: Learning from the Garment Workers
By Jeffery Hermanson Labor NotesFebruary 15th, 2023 John Womack Jr.’s new book, Labor Power and Strategy (PM Press, 2023), edited…
Which Workers Are “Strategic” to Organize?
By Eric Dirnbach Jacobin Two key questions confront labor: should unions focus on organizing workers with major strategic leverage in…
Labor Power and Strategy Helps Organizers Think Seriously About Chokepoints
By Peter Olney and Rand Wilson Labor Notes February 2023 John Womack is well-known in the United States as one…
Lessons from Fighting Times in Labor Notes
By Jon Melrod Labor Notes June 2022
This Little-Known Black Wobbly Dockworker Led the Most Powerful, Democratic Union of His Day
By Eric Dirnback Labor Notes December 17th, 2020 Ben Fletcher agonized over the degrading poverty of Philadelphia’s dockworkers. He spent…
Women on Strike: A Labor Notes Review
By Judy AncelLabor NotesSeptember 13th, 2019 More than 120 years ago the American Federationist, the newspaper of the American Federation…
Review: Alt-Labor or Not, It Will Take Rank-and-File Power to Revive Us
By Eric DirnbachLabor NotesOctober 6th, 2014 Can recent experiments with alternative forms of organizing, such as worker centers and minority…
Jobs with Justice: A Labor Notes Review
By Alexandra BradburyLabor NotesDecember 11th, 2013 It’s no secret that the last 30 years have seen a brutal corporate assault…