Author: Steve Early

Steve Early is a labour journalist, lawyer, and organizer who has been active in unions since 1972. In the mid-1970s, he worked for the United Mine Workers of America and travelled widely in the U.S. coalfields He is the author, most recently, of The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor, from Haymarket Books, which chronicles the failure of labour law reform under President Obama. He can be reached at Lsupport_AT_aol.com.

AFL-CIO Convention: Leaving Existing Members Behind?

As American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) leaders packed up to leave Los Angeles last Wednesday, they basked in the glow of favourable media coverage of … Keep reading »

Labour, USA • September 18, 2013 • Steve Early
Ed Miliband At the Miners’ Gala

A Red Dawn Over Durham? Although their histories are quite different, the British Labour Party and the U.S. Democrats have one thing in common: both like to avoid too much public … Keep reading »

Labour • July 20, 2012 • Steve Early

Author: Steve Early

AFL-CIO Convention: Leaving Existing Members Behind?

Ed Miliband At the Miners’ Gala