This piece was originally published on Salon on February 2, 2012. Unions are in a death spiral. Private sector unionism has all but vanished, accounting for a measly 6.9 percent of the workforce. Public sector workers are being hammered by government cutbacks and hostile media that blame teachers, nurses and firefighters for budget crises. To more »
This interview by Sarah Jaffe was originally posted on AlterNet on December 22, 2011 Earlier this year, long before Occupy Wall Street turned Zuccotti Park into Liberty Plaza, Stephen Lerner, a longtime labor organizer with SEIU and mastermind of the Justice for Janitors campaign, wrote in New Labor Forum of “large-scale sit-ins, occupations, and other forms more »
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Worker Organizing
November 1, 2011 0Maria Poblet and Rose Arrieta of CJJC share knowledge and insights about the organizing process of the Oakland General Strike.
Community Organizing / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Urban Struggles / Worker Organizing
November 1, 2011 0At a time when city after city is holding back austerity measures, organizers in Chicago are asking policy makers to stop making cuts.
Community Organizing / Immigrant Rights Movement / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Worker Organizing
June 1, 2011 0Excluded Workers Congress organizers dialogue with scholars about the relationship developing between the EWC and the traditional labor movement.
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Immigrant Rights Movement / Poor Peoples Movements / Worker Organizing
May 1, 2011 0Excluded Workers Congress organizers dialogue with scholars about the importance and limitations of fighting for policy reform and symbolic victories.
During the 2011 Left Forum, organizers from the Excluded Workers Congress came together with scholars for a dialogue about historical exclusions.
Stephanie Luce was engaged in the recent struggle in Wisconsin. In this piece, Stephanie draws out some of the core lessons from that struggle.
Kabzuag Vaj and Lee Abbott draw connections between attacks on public sector unions, cuts to public services and racial justice issues in Wisconsin.
Immigrant Rights Movement / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Urban Struggles / Worker Organizing
February 1, 2011 1During the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, nine sectors of excluded workers came together to found the Excluded Workers Congress.
