Real News Network Interview on Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law
I spoke with the Real News Network about Michigan’s Right-to-Work law. Read More
Interview: Meet Jane McAlevey, labor’s hell-raiser
Interview by Blair Braverman, Waging Nonviolence wagingnonviolence.org/feature/meet-jane-mcalevey-labors-hell-raiser What lessons in the labor movement do you think other movements should pick up on? I don’t think there is any way out of the mess in America if we don’t reengage in a structured, strategic, smart discussion with millions of Americans. Because I think millions of Americans are with us on damn near every issue. Read More
Interview: How Organizing for Change Is Very Different Than Winning Elections
I sat down with AlterNet’s Sarah Jaffe to talk about organizing and my book Raising Expectations. Read it on AlterNet. Sarah Jaffe: You start the book out with the aftermath of the 2000 election in Florida, and of course we just finished a presidential election where organized labor went all-out to elect President Obama. Read More
KBOO-FM in Portland, Oregon: Jane McAlevey on Making Unions Matter Again
Host Cecil Prescod interviews labor activist Jane McAlevey about the state of the labor movement and how to make unions matter again. McAlevey has been an organizer in the labor and environmental justice movements for the last twenty years. She is a PhD candidate at CUNY Graduate Center and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read More
Interview: CounterSpin Radio
On December 14th, just after Michigan voted to go right-to-work-for-less, I sat down with CounterSpin at FAIR.org. Click here to listen online. Read More