UNITE HERE, the 2020 Elections and Beyond
Many weeks after Democrats swept the Georgia Senate runoff elections, the right-wing extremists’ January 6th assault on Congress saturated the news cycle. The.
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Jenny Carson’s A Matter of Moral Justice; Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice
Lisa Phillips spoke to Jenny Carson about her new book, A Matter of Moral Justice, on Black.
- by Lisa Philips
- September 29, 2021
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Jacob Zumoff on The Red Thread; the Passaic Textile Strike
Welcome to Labor Online’s first on-screen interview with an author of a recently published book. We’ll be continuing to do author interviews in.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- September 23, 2021
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Forum on John French’s Lula and His Politics of Cunning
Labor Online is pleased to present the entire forum on John French’s new book, Lula and His Politics of Cunning:From Metalworker to President.
- by Alex Lichtenstein
- September 6, 2021
In Memoriam
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Richard L. Trumka (1949 – 2021)
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, died on August 5, 2021 at the age of 72 after a lifetime of service dedicated to America’s working.
- by Lane Windham
- August 29, 2021
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Emmett Till & United Packinghouse Workers by Matthew Nichter – Free Access til August 1
This recent issue of the Labor: Studies in Working Class History features a terrific essay “Did Emmett Till Die in Vain? Organized Labor.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- May 24, 2021
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Teaching Labor’s Story: Writing Workshop
Teaching Labor’s Story: Writing Workshop Saturday, May 22 Session B: 10:45 – 12 PST/12:45-2 CST/1:45-3 EST Are you committed to bringing labor and.
- by Nikki Mandell
- May 17, 2021
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The Legacy of Bessemer: The Amazon Campaign is a Gift to the Labor Movement
RWDSU Critics Have Misrepresented the Facts and Missed the Point Ever since the RWDSU’s election lost to Amazon in the most-watched union campaign.
- by John Logan
- April 23, 2021
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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.
- by Michael Goldfield
- April 13, 2021
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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