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The Laundry Workers’ Uprising: The Fight to Build a Democratic Union in the Twentieth Century

Get PDF of this article Jenny Carson profiles some of the dynamic early leaders of the New York laundry workers union uprising of the 1930s, and how their fight for...

“We Just Want A Democratic Workplace”: Can the NLRB Protect Starbucks’ Pro-Union Workers?

Get PDF of this article John Logan updates us on the spunky Starbucks workers campaign against the Goliath of union avoidance, asks what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is...

A Victory for Hope: A Note about the ALU Victory with References

Get PDF of this article It has been an exciting weekend for the North American labor movement with the Amazon Labor Union victory taking centre stage – adding to the...

What’s Old is New Again: Some Initial Thoughts on the Amazon Workers Victory

Get PDF of this article In the past twenty years, I have been told time and again about how it is nearly impossible to organize Amazon, Starbucks, Wal-Mart and so...

Mill Mother’s Lament: Keeping Ella May Wiggins’ Legacy Alive

Get PDF of this article Karen Sieber tells us of the effort to honor the memory of slain union organizer Ella May Wiggins and the struggle for power by textile...

The Odyssey of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial

Get PDF of this article Editor: On March 25, 2023 a new memorial will be placed at the site where 123 women and 23 men garment workers, mostly recent immigrants,...