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Philly 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, 2021

Amazon 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, 2021

Building 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, 2021

Class Struggle in the Biden Era

Now is the time for bold working-class action, not class collaboration.

Jimena Vergara

February 7, 2021

The 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, 2021

Does 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, 2021

Google’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, 2021

On 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