Tag: USA
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Lowest-Paid Workers in LA Schools Walkout: Teachers by Their Side
A massive three-day strike by school support staff and teachers recently shut down Los Angeles schools. They stand together to demand better wages and benefits for the school district’s most vulnerable workers. Keep reading »
How Corporations Hope to Eviscerate Workers’ Right to Strike
Joe Oliveira and his coworkers relied greatly on donations of food and gift cards after going on an unfair labor practice strike against multibillion-dollar specialty steelmaker ATI in 2021. They … Keep reading »
United Front or Bust
People lie. People cheat. People steal. Some get punished. Some wind up taking the punishment for someone else. That’s the way of this wicked world. But a wise man once … Keep reading »
Barred from Striking, Airline Food Workers Sit Down in Traffic
Melieni Cruz, who helps prepare the meals passengers eat on airplanes, went thousands of dollars into debt because she couldn’t pay her soaring medical bills. “When the doctor found cysts … Keep reading »
Donald Trump Is Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the payroll contribution rate is a stealth attack on Social Security. Even if the proposal were to replace Social Security’s dedicated revenue with deficit-funded general … Keep reading »
The Deconstruction of the American State /w Clyde Barrow
A month after Donald Trump took office as 45th President of the United States, his chief political strategist Stephen K. Bannon declared that “the new administration is in an unending … Watch video »
Workplace Struggles and Democracy: Challenges for Union Organizing
Jane McAlevey is everywhere these days. Recently appointed a senior fellow at Berkeley’s Labor Center, she is now also a regular columnist for both the Nation and Jacobin. Her webinar … Keep reading »
The US Strike Wave, the DSA, and Transforming the State
Episode 20: Oats talked with Eric Blanc about his recent book, Red State Revolt: The Teachers’ Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics. Listen to audio »
Teachers’ Strikes: A New Class Politics Emerging
Analysis of the wave of illegal teachers’ strikes that hit the American mid-west in 2018. Keep reading »
Another Stream of Martin Luther King’s Legacy
The Dodge Ram Trucks’ 2018 Super Bowl ad, harnessing the rousing oratory of Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to service, the “Drum Major Instinct” speech, to loving close-ups of 350-horsepower … Keep reading »
How New York Subways Got Broke, On Purpose
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing for a tax on the rich to fund desperately needed improvements to the crumbling subway system run by the Metropolitan Transportation … Keep reading »
The Summer of Fear for New York Subway Riders
After months of increasing delays at all times of the day and night, a series of incidents have now raised an even more urgent question: about the daily safety for … Keep reading »