Democracy is muscle memory, and when we lose it at the workplace, we lose it in our government.
International
The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years
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These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century United States.
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Every Life Is a World: Sarah Jaffe on the Power of Collective Grief
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An argument for public memorialization as a path through the crises of capitalism.
Book Review
Labor’s Reckoning: What We Can Learn From the Cold War History of the AFL-CIO
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An interview with the author of ‘Blue-Collar Empire,’ a forthcoming book that uncovers the AFL-CIO’s Cold War-era involvement in undermining left-wing and anti-imperialist labor movements abroad.
International
The Chicago Teachers Union Wants to End Student Homelessness at the Bargaining Table
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In its next contract, the CTU is demanding housing for up to 15,000 unhoused students.
Book Review
Expand or Perish: Hamilton Nolan’s Simple Message to the Labor Movement
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A conversation with a labor journalist and author eager to see labor seize on the post-pandemic surge of union enthusiasm.
International
The Auto Workers Who Stand with Gaza
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More than half of organized labor in the US is part of a union that has called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. One worker explains why.
International
These Teachers Want the Largest Union in the Country to Rescind its Biden Endorsement Over Gaza
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This article was jointly produced by Workday Magazine and The Nation. When Israel escalated its military operations against Gaza in October, Rahaf Othman was so distraught, she said, she “couldn’t think straight.” The 45-year-old Palestinian American, who teaches social studies at Harold L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Ill., recalled that she “started getting nightmares from my own experiences when I was in Palestine. I was functional at work, but barely functional. My brain was mush. I was getting traumatized every time I turned on my phone.”
“For the first month, people were asking me what we should do, but I couldn’t think, couldn’t focus.” While in this state, she said she discovered that she could lean on some of her colleagues.
Commentary
“The World Depends On Us”: Our Favorite Labor Stories of 2023
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A year chronicling worker struggle.
International
This Union Is Famous for Opposing South African Apartheid. Now It’s Standing With Gaza.
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In 1984, ILWU Local 10 refused to unload goods shipped from South Africa. Today it’s demanding a cease-fire.
International
Why These Teachers Unions Are Demanding a Cease-fire
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A flurry of state and local teachers unions have passed ceasefire resolutions, but few national unions have followed.