Unions
Joe Biden is Leading The Battle to Reopen Schools, But Teachers Are Fighting Back
There is bipartisan unity around reopening schools thanks to the alliance between Joe Biden, local officials, and national union leadership. It’s time for teachers to fight.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
February 9, 2021Philly Teachers Defy Unsafe Reopening
On Monday morning, Philly teachers defied the school district and refused to enter unsafe buildings. More battles lie ahead.
Jason Koslowski
February 9, 2021Amazon Workers in Alabama Started Voting Yesterday — They Could Make History
This week, Amazon workers near Birmingham started voting about joining a union. This could be a historic change for an anti-union company.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 9, 2021Building a Union at Alphabet: Interview with a Google Software Engineer
Workers at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, publicly launched a “minority union” last month. Left Voice interviewed a software engineer at Google to learn more about the union, its implications, and advice for tech workers.
Left Voice
February 9, 2021Class Struggle in the Biden Era
Now is the time for bold working-class action, not class collaboration.
Jimena Vergara
February 7, 2021The Biggest Unionizing Struggle in Amazon’s History is Happening in Alabama
Just outside Birmingham, Alabama, warehouse workers are mounting the largest unionization fight in Amazon’s history. Their victory will be a win for the entire working class.
Jason Koslowski
January 30, 2021“This is Our House”: Voices from the Hunts Point Market Strike
"Right now, there are 60 trucks out there and they don’t have people to unload them. Why? Because they need us."
Tatiana Cozzarelli
January 22, 2021Does Having a Former Labor Bureaucrat Run the Labor Department Help Workers? Biden Picks Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
Marty Walsh’s record as Boston mayor and labor bureaucrat shows a solid commitment to the liberal politics of compromise and appeasement typical of Biden’s other cabinet choices.
James Dennis Hoff
January 11, 2021Google’s New Union Is a Historic Moment for Labor
Workers at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, publicly launched a “minority union” this week. They remind us that the power of the working class is not given to us by the state — an organized faction of tech workers can now disrupt commerce and make demands, whether or not the National Labor Relations Board says they can.
Rose Lemlich
January 7, 2021On This Day: The Little Falls Textile Strike of 1912
On January 3, 1913, workers across New York won their demands after eighty-seven days on strike.
Zed Simon
January 3, 2021