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Organizing for Power (O4P) is a free online training and networking program for organizers worldwide. More than 10,000 workers from 6 continents and 70 countries have joined O4P trainings in the past 18 months. Workers Rising Everywhere is the fourth training in the O4P series led by labor organizer and educator Jane McAlevey, and hosted by the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. Read More
The NLRB announced the results of the vote on whether workers at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., would join a union. It’s bad news, but it doesn’t mean workers in future Amazon campaigns won’t or can’t win. They can. The results were not surprising, however, for reasons that have more to do with the approach used in the campaign itself more than any other factor. Read More
Pertinent to the vote by Amazon workers in Alabama, the workers at Smithfield struggle to unionize is a lesson for all. That almost no workers elsewhere know this story is a travesty. An excerpt from my No Shortcuts book, this chapter demonstrates how motivation and strategy may have more to do with failure and success across all sectors of workers than previously thought. Read More
There is a massive power play taking place right now, being led by some of the biggest titans of industry—particularly in Silicon Valley—who seek to avoid having to contribute to society at all by rewriting the legal status of their workers. Read More
Jane McAlevey recently sat down with Blue Tent to talk about the necessity of “good” relational organizing, why the most exciting union organizing is going on at the local level, why unions need to look beyond workplace issues, and how no one reads those mass email blasts that are supposedly from Michelle Obama. Read More
Unions need to expand their base if Democrats are to stand any real chance in the future; simultaneously, they need to provide deep political education, especially when the right wing and the Trump forces continue to mobilize. Read More
DISSENT magazine gathered their favorite thinkers on labor and unions for a live recording of their 212th episode. With the help of Jane McAlevey, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Rebecca Dixon, they look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers. Read More
Meagan and Micah talk to labor strategist and writer Jane McAlevey about Tuesday's presidential election and what unions and the Left should do to prevent an undemocratic right-wing power grab. Read More
Anyone who thinks civil unrest isn’t coming on November 3 isn’t paying attention. The most important lessons from Florida in 2000 and Germany in 2019 have a common thread: ordinary people need to be willing to defy Democratic Party leadership, and even some trade union leadership, to save the country from an even worse misery. Read More
It’s so important to teach the difference between organizing and mobilizing, and to focus on teaching the skills required to move the hardest-to-move people in order to bring about the kind of solidarity and unity required for a successful strike. Read More
For decades, intractable social and economic problems have been eating away at the social and political fabric of the United States. There is a single, obvious weapon whose effectiveness has been proven repeatedly throughout US history: unions. Read More
Professors, police advocates, and organizers on the best books to learn about the future of work. Jane McAlevey's "A Collective Bargain" is included. Read More
"Jane McAlevey has organized hundreds of thousands of workers on the frontlines of America’s labor movement... This conversation ran long, but it ran long because it was damn good." Read More
