The Future of the Labor Movement
The Future of the Labor Movement
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The Future of the Labor Movement
We need the labor movement to win the world we want. It’s up to all of us to remake it.
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Editor’s Note: The Future of the Labor Movement
We hope this issue is a jumping off point for more discussion, collaboration, and debate about the strategic questions labor needs to tackle to build a movement that can win a greener, more caring, and more just future.
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Lawrence Glass Company Town 2.0: Fighting Authoritarianism from the Workplace to the White House
For worker justice movements to play their part in the takedown of authoritarian presidents and authoritarian companies like Amazon, we need to look beyond the confines of bargaining units, sectors, or industries to build the biggest possible community of interest.
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Everyone’s a Labor Organizer These Days. We Need Even More.
The future of labor hinges on making organizing an accessible, popular mechanism for contesting power on the job.
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Organizing for the Economy We Want
We must flip the script pitting jobs against the environment by organizing workers in the rising green energy industry.
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Building Strategic Blocs to Demand a People’s Recovery
With state governments facing a catastrophic budget crisis, fighting unions can develop working-class power for the long haul by building strategic blocs to demand a People’s Recovery.
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Union Perspectives: The Labor Movement We Need for The Future We Want
This fishbowl panel with organizing directors at some of the country's most ambitious and creative unions explores how they are wrestling with broken labor law, declining unionization rates, and the challenges and opportunities of organizing in this moment.
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COVID-19 and the Fight for an Economy that Works for Everyone
The current economic and public health crises have made at least two things clear: we all depend on each other and having a job does not guarantee economic stability or a dignified place in our society.
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Joseph Gruber We have the power. It’s time to start using it.
This crisis in capitalism is an opportunity to build new infrastructure and platforms and bring new people into the movement.
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Unbossed: Black Domestic Worker Organizing is Redefining the Future of Work
If we can win power for Black domestic workers, we can win power for all workers.
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The Labor Movement We Need to Win the Future We Want
The choice is ours: organize a unified worker movement with bold leadership, or tell stories about the good old days.