Labor Movement
“Our Big Push Was for Union Democracy and a Plan to Win”: An Interview with the Amazon Labour Union Democratic Reform Caucus
Two years after the historic victory at JFK8, Amazon workers voted in a referendum in their union. They want to hold new elections and revise the constitution, as part of a struggle to make ALU more democratic and militant. Left Voice spoke with two organizers to discuss the struggle in ALU.
Luigi Morris
March 20, 2024CUNY Faculty and Staff Have Gone One Year Without a Contract — It’s Time to Strike
CUNY workers have been without a new contract for a full year and the university has yet to make any economic offers. It's time to take action.
Olivia Wood
February 29, 2024U.S. Higher Education Is Being Gutted, but We Can Fight Back
Across the United States, higher education is being gutted through program eliminations and budget cuts. We must prepare to fight these attacks with everything we have.
Olivia Wood
February 28, 2024CUNY Workers Launch New Strike Campaign
As Governor Hochul proposes another $528 million in cuts, workers at the City University of New York are fighting back.
Olivia Wood
February 12, 2024AFL-CIO’s Ceasefire Call Shows Power of the Movement for Palestine
The AFL-CIO has called for a ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza. The labor movement must go further for Palestinian liberation and break with the bipartisan regime.
Otto Fors
February 11, 2024After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By as Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A reminder that under capitalism the only way for workers to get what they need is self-organization, independent of the union bureaucracy, Democrats and Republicans.
Emma Boyhtari
February 2, 2024The UAW’s Endorsement of “Genocide Joe” Is a Betrayal of Palestinians and Workers
The UAW has endorsed “Genocide Joe” for president, betraying Palestinians and workers. It’s time for labor to break with the Democrats.
Otto Fors
January 29, 2024If Palestinian Lives Matter, the UAW Should Not Endorse Biden
The UAW bureaucracy is meeting in Washington DC, where they are discussing, among other things, whether to endorse Joe Biden for president. If the UAW cares about its own call for a ceasefire in Gaza, it should refuse to endorse Biden (as well as Trump).
Daniel Nath
January 23, 2024The Hollywood Strikes Showed That a New Kind of Class Consciousness Is Growing
The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes showed a new type of solidarity in the labor movement and reflected a growing class consciousness around labor. We must build on these lessons as the labor movement heads into 2024.
Sybil Davis
December 21, 2023CUNY Union Joins Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
The PSC CUNY union, which represents more than 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York has joined dozens of other major unions to demand a ceasefire in Gaza. This is a great first step, but U.S. labor has to back up its demands with action.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
December 15, 2023