The UAW (United Auto Workers) hosted a workshop by day and book talk by evening, each featuring my work and my long-time colleague Jonathan Rosenblum’s new book (Beyond $15!—great book). Read More
In late April, the AFT held a national convention about the crisis in higher education. Particularly special for me was that my PhD advisor Frances Fox Piven and I were each keynote speakers, a day apart. Read More
he Royal College of Nursing is the name of the UK’s nurse’s union. They are almost 500,000 strong and largely concentrated in one employer, the National Health Service of England. Read More
A team of Irish trade unions, including the Communications Workers Union (CWU), Mandate (retail workers union), and SIPTU (general workers union), sponsored a book launch in May. Read More
Talk about being in the bullseye in the most anti-government administration, ever, the union representing federal government workers under trump deserve all of our full support. Read More
Jane is offline and not doing any public talks or interviews in August and the first half of September. She was accepted as a writing fellow at the Blue Mountain Center, in upstate New York. Read More
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators, FPSE, from Canada, sent staff to Philadelphia, PA last October to help with the first contract negotiations I was helping to lead—a great act of cross border solidarity. Read More
Progressive trade unionists in Quebec will gather to discuss strategy. I will share a panel with some terrific organizers followed the next day by deeper discussions in workshops. Read More