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GM Strike at the Crossroads: the Strength is in the Picket Lines

Almost 50,000 striking UAW members at General Motors may return to work in the next few days, but much is uncertain. Does the (still secret) Tentative Agreement between GM and the union represent the type of gains workers have sacrificed so much for over the last month? Or will the agreement represent yet another bureaucratic sell-out?

Thaddeus Greene

October 16, 2019

Insurance Companies Are Bad for Our Health: A Case for Medicare for All

We need free, universal, comprehensive health care in the US. The first step is to eliminate health insurance companies, which all put profits over patients.

Left Voice

September 24, 2019

Mexican GM Workers Send Solidarity to Striking GM Workers

Mexican GM workers and Mexican students sent solidarity with the ongoing GM strike.

Left Voice

September 23, 2019

This is What Happens When the Boss Controls Your Health Care

The decision by General Motors executives to stop funding the health insurance of striking employees is yet another example of the way that employers can use such benefits as a cudgel to punish workers. A system of free and universal public health care is the only solution.

James Dennis Hoff

September 19, 2019

UAW Workers Need Solidarity… and a Strategy to Win

The nationwide strike at GM can change the landscape of class struggle in the US. GM has escalated by cutting workers’ health benefits. A strategy to win would involve empowering the rank-and-file, democratizing the decision-making, and building international links with GM workers fighting abroad.

Thaddeus Greene

September 19, 2019

Will CUNY Go on Strike?

On Wednesday, September 11, members of the CUNY Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress union passed a resolution calling for an immediate strike authorization campaign; several other chapters are set to follow this month. Could this be the beginning of a bigger movement toward a strike, or will the PSC leadership once again squander the opportunity and settle for another weak contract?

James Dennis Hoff

September 16, 2019

“No Pay, We Stay”: Blackjewel Miners’ Struggle Enters Second Week

The Blackjewel miners’ fight shows the power of worker self-organization, but it also offers a glimpse into the profound need for a fair and just transition away from coal that protects workers as well as the environment.

James Dennis Hoff

August 7, 2019

New Museum Workers Protest for a Better Contract

Earlier this week, museum workers at New Museum mobilized for a better contract.

Clifford Soloway

June 28, 2019

Starbucks Is No Trans Ally

The world's largest coffee chain has built an image as a pro-LGBTQ+ company. But it has failed to even prevent discrimination within its own stores.

Autumn Rain

June 10, 2019