There’s some sense that recent successes seen by working families are due to fallout from COVID-19. But as Charlie points out, the success of the 2018 teachers union strike shows that the resurgence of Labor’s influence predates COVID.
While one might see the effort to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama as a failure, that effort has set the stage for other Amazon workers to push for better wages and working conditions. Continue Reading →
Perhaps the strongest voice for civic engagement is … Erik Hagerman himself. In that Times story, Hagerman says, “I had been paying attention to the news for decades and I never did anything with it.” Well, that’s your first problem, Erik. You should’ve done something.
Because as my friend Miriam Kashia likes to say, “Action is the antidote to despair.” Continue Reading →
“With crisis after crisis that has hit our nation and our state,” writes Charlie Wishman in his Labor Day message, “it is always workers who are making sure our communities continue to run. With the devastating storms that just blew through Iowa, it is working class workers, public and private sector, that are cleaning up damage, restoring power as quickly as possible, and ensuring that our streets and neighborhoods are safe.” Continue Reading →
Check out coverage of SF 2235’s passage and write a letter-to-the-editor in response. Contact Ed Fallon if you need to know more about what’s involved with submitting your letter. If Continue Reading →