A Conversation about the Current UC strike and more: Union organizer and on-strike UC Academic Researcher Jane McAlevey and UC Labor Historian Nelson Lichtenstein

• November 30, 2022
• Posted in Class Struggle, Interviews, Labor Movement, Organizing, Strikes, Unions

[NOTE that the actual conversation begins at minute 14:50] Nelson Lichtenstein and I had a conversation online the evening of November 29th. We discussed the history of the UAW first, as he is a top expert on the union and Walter Reuther, and then brought that history forward to inform the current strike by UAW – UC workers (I am one of the 48,000 on strike!). Read More

The People’s Guide To Power: The Power Of Labor: How Labor Movements Are Involved In Our Political System

• October 24, 2022
• Posted in Class Struggle, Elections, Interviews, Labor Movement, Strikes, Unions

WNYC/Gothamist senior political reporter Brigid Bergin hosts a conversation about how organized labor fits into our political landscape. Organized Labor And The Working Families Party Labor unions represent workers in conversations with their employers. Can a political party represent workers in our government? Sochie Nnaemeka, director of the New York Working Families Party, talks about some of the policies and politics behind the party’s agenda. Read More

It’s Time for Unions to Go On the Offensive: Unions need to be far more aggressive in their demands to deal with our mounting political and economic crises

• October 22, 2022
• Posted in Interviews, Jacobin, Labor Movement, Organizing, Strikes, Unions

Jacobin’s Jen Pan talks with Jane McAlevey where they discuss the state of the labor movement and how it needs to be far more aggressive in its demands to deal with our mounting political and economic crises, including inflation, the U.S. Supreme Court, failure of the national unions to respond, and much more. Read More

The Next Steps For Union Organizing; How Lansing Chipotle Got A Union: The mass growth in organized labor action in the wake of the heightened tensions of 2020 is discussed.

• September 16, 2022
• Posted in Labor Movement, Organizing, Strikes, Unions

Sam and Emma host Jane McAlevey, Senior Policy Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley’s Labor Center, to discuss her recent video for The Nation “You Voted To Form A Union. Now What?” Then they are joined by T.J. Kitchen, Organizing Director for the Teamsters Joint Council #43, to discuss the recent organizing efforts at a Chipotle franchise in Lansing, Michigan. Read More

The state of unions in America » WDET 101.9 FM: Author and scholar Jane McAlevey talks concerning the state of the labor motion in 2022.

• April 28, 2022
• Posted in Elections, Interviews, Podcast, Strikes, Unions

Union membership has continued to say no in recent times after a long time of abrasion. However there have been some high-profile labor wins that would reverse the development. Listen here >> Read More