Rules To Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations
"Rules To Win By" is a tried-and-tested guidebook on participatory social change from Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor, organizer and labor lawyer. Read More
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"Rules To Win By" is a tried-and-tested guidebook on participatory social change from Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor, organizer and labor lawyer. Read More
This jointly organized (UCLA & UC Santa Barbara) free conference will include workshops on applied skills for new and experienced union and labor movement researchers. Come join California’s union researchers in discussions about the future of labor research and organizing! Jane McAlevey will deliver the keynote on Saturday. Read More
Jane McAlevey talks with Gordon Lafer and Adolph Reed Jr. about the impact of negotiations as political education, for building strong unions and for rebuilding democracy. Read More
In the past year and a half, start-up unionization efforts such as those at Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe’s, and Apple have been satisfying to witness for those of us hungry for social justice in the United States. We have their backs, and we’ll continue to root for them. Read More
Jane dives into the challenges of the unionization process, with union-busting remaining prevalent well after a successful vote and throughout the bargaining processes, the importance of having community support and solidarity to bolster the long and draining battle, and the networks community organizing can create. Read More
The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract. Read More
How to organize mass numbers of new workers into unions that wage mass strikes to fight employers and revive the labor movement. Read More
In this right-to-work state where only 7.9 percent of the workforce are covered by union contracts, the members of Local 1447 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) beat back racist divide-and-conquer proposals by management last November to win a great contract. But their victory relied on method—not luck. Read More
Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Stephanie Luce, and Peter Olney tackle the big labor organizing questions of the day: What is the relative strategic importance of organizing workers at the commanding heights of the 21st century economy versus organizing workers whose solidarity is strong, yet whose structural power within the economy is weaker? And in a society teetering on the precipice of authoritarianism, what should be the scope and mission of labor organizing today? Read More
Jane McAlevey joins Tavis Smiley to discuss her new book "Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations." Read More
Adam Conover talks with Jane McAlevey about why organizing is the only way for unions, workers, and activists to win gains. Read More
With the nation’s second biggest school district on strike today as labor struggles and union organizing at Trader Joes, Starbucks, Amazon and others get national attention, Ian Masters & Jane McAlevey assess what it will take to reinvigorate the lethargic U.S. labor movement. Read More
Brian Lehrer talks with Jane McAlevey about how her book "Rules To Win By" draws on case histories of successful negotiations to offer blueprints for other unions. Read More
Whether a union is new and independent or long-established, the questions of how to negotiate, and how to get to the bargaining table, represent strategic choices. The question is: Can they learn the lessons that most legacy unions have failed to understand? It’s power that workers and their communities absolutely need to win the real improvements that propel yet more workers to take the risk of unionizing. Read More
“We’re relying on the Democrats and Congress to change labor law,” McAlevey says. “Come on! When we do that, it’s a cop-out and it’s an excuse. We’re not in control of that. How we run campaigns and how we negotiate contracts — that’s what we’re in control of." Read More
Paul Jay's extensive 8-part video interview with Jane McAlevey. They discuss the roots and initial successes of Jane's organizing strategies & efforts; her travels from Nicaragua to Tennessee, learning how to organize to win the right to dignity and more; workers must face up to race to unite the class. Fighting for a just transition; the workers' movement is critical to any chance of having an effective climate policy. Hard bargaining in Las Vegas hospitals. Mobilizing is not organizing and why we need strong militant unions to win; we cannot afford to leave one ounce of power on the table. A strike can force recognition of a union; a supermajority strike is powerful when bargaining; a strike with mass support can be a political weapon to change society. Read More