It's about power, not income equality
During the Cold War, the demand for higher pay became the demand for “income equality.” The reason appeared obvious: for the past five decades the income gap between the top and bottom has grown …
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During the Cold War, the demand for higher pay became the demand for “income equality.” The reason appeared obvious: for the past five decades the income gap between the top and bottom has grown …
Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet "the American Worker," its international impact and the significance of workers' inquiry.
Sergio Bologna on workers' historiography, first published in Common Sense no.11/12 in 1987.
Italian autonomist Sergio Bologna discusses the rise of Nazism and its relationship to the German working class.
Organizing our workplaces isn’t just about wages, hours, working conditions, and obtaining rights non-unionized workers lack—such as the right to have a steward present during disciplinary proceedings. It’s also about having a say during our workdays and in our working lives. As we build collective power with coworkers, negotiate with management, and make demands of employers, workplace democracy is a way of talking about having a say. But what does that mean?