Postmortem on Bessemer Amazon Defeat
First, we must recognize that the overwhelming vote against the union in Bessemer marks a decisive defeat, not to be under estimated. It.
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How Amazon’s Anti-Union Consultants Are Trying to Crush the Labor Movement
Workers at Amazon’s distribution center in Bessemer, Alabama are voting in a historic union election — whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and.
- by John Logan
- March 22, 2021
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Lauren Braun-Strumfels Essay on Italian Immigrant Gatekeeping – Free Access
News that hopeful immigrants continue to be transported across the border under the Biden administration at levels last reached in 2018 makes it .
- by Rosemary Feurer
- March 15, 2021
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12 Facts About Morgan Lewis, Amazon’s Powerful Anti-Union Law Firm
12 Facts About Morgan Lewis, Amazon’s Powerful Anti-Union Law Firm Unless the NLRB upholds Amazon’s recent appeal of a mail-in ballot, almost 6000.
- by John Logan
- February 2, 2021
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Collective Bargaining from All Sides in Higher Education
As we anticipate new political chances of addressing impediments to workers power, we offer this video of a webinar that took place on.
- by William Herbert
- January 18, 2021
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100-year anniversary of the Italian Hall Tragedy in Calumet, Michigan
This post was originally published in 2013. Today, Christmas Eve, 2013, marks the 100-year anniversary of the Italian Hall Tragedy in Calumet, Michigan,.
- by Aaron Goings
- December 23, 2020
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New Book Interviews
Jonathan Daniel Wells on his new book, The Kidnapping Club
Jonathan Daniel Wells’ The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War exposes the role of Wall.
- by Chad Pearson
- December 21, 2020
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Civil Rights Unionism and Democracy for Teachers: Nat LaCour’s Legacy
Nat LaCour connected civil rights unionism to teachers’ struggle to build union democracy. A remembrance and evaluation. The United Teachers of New Orleans.
- by Jesse Chanin
- December 14, 2020
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“They’re Not Alone”: An Oral History of the Pennsylvania Faculty Strike of 2016 with an update
We are glad to take this article from behind a paywall link at the Labor: Studies in Working Class History, and are grateful.
- by Gordon Mantler
- December 8, 2020
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Wishbone of The Good Lord Bird: Historical Fiction and Poetic Truth
Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird uses the events around John Brown’s 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry to weave a fictional tale incorporating some.
- by Mark Lause
- November 27, 2020