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Neal Meyer discusses the impact of the Gaza war on US politics, the recent rise in labour activism, and the current state of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The Labor Notes book, "Secrets of a Successful Organizer" (available, in whole or in part, at labornotes.org), distills generations of workplace organizing knowledge.  Lesson #3, read by Jamie Partridge, called "Map Your Workplace and Its Leaders" takes up these challenges -- People are already organized.  Tap into existing groups. Beware of divide and conquer. Look for

Did the Republican primaries even matter?

Minnesota rally in solidarity with Wisconsin union protester via By Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Major contract fights in 2023 at UPS, the Big 3 automakers, and Hollywood studios set the tone for next year’s contract campaigns. Impressive gains and increased transparency got members of other unions asking, “Why can’t my union be like that?” The bar will be high. Many of the contracts expiring next year date from before the pandemic, and before inflation started taking a bite out of paychec...

This story originally appeared in Labor Notes on Dec 18, 2023. It is shared here with permission. Major contract fights in 2023 at UPS, the Big 3 automakers, and Hollywood studios set the tone for next year’s contract campaigns. Impressive gains and increased transparency got members of other unions asking, “Why can’t my union be like that?” The bar will be high. Many of the contracts expiring next year date from before the pandemic, and before inflation started taking a bite out of payc...

“We owe it to ourselves to understand our opponents much better than we do.”

The DSA has been an integral component of the Democrats’ attempted rehabilitation of the UAW apparatus, while other pseudo-left organizations are coming forward as an additional line of defense.

The major parties on Capitol Hill like to boast about how much more “representative” their Congressional delegations have become in recent years. But that’s only in the most-discussed categories of diversity—race, age, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Working-class Americans rarely end up in the halls of Congress. Fewer than 2 percent of Congress members had

After 40 years, the labor movement is back. The large strikes this past year by the SAG-AFTRA, the Writers Guild of America, the United Auto Workers, Kaiser Permanente unions, Los Angeles hotel …