The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working.: The UAW’s “stand-up” strike strategy, which targets portions of the Big Three simultaneously, was a gamble. But the approach has worked so far...

• October 4, 2023
• Posted in Class Struggle, Jacobin, Labor Movement, Mobilizing, Organizing, Strikes, Unions

  (excerpt) First, bargaining is very public. Members know what’s happening at the table, which is novel enough. The tradition in North American labor relations has long been to bargain in private; members are brought in when an impasse or a tentative agreement is reached. Employers prefer it this way. GM CEO Mary Barra confirmed this on September 29 in her statement on negotiations, asserting that “serious bargaining happens at the table, not in public.” Read More

What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike: With so much riding on the outcome, it’s time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps.

• September 28, 2023
• Posted in Class Struggle, Labor Movement, Mobilizing, Organizing, Strikes, The Nation, Unions

For the current strike to move us forward, workers need to lay the foundation for more power: more control over technology in the workplace, and better terms for building a broader base of power among newly organized workers. The billionaires and their Republicans will try their best to set the terms of this fight in their favor, as they have with their Supreme Court and their Electoral College. Read More

Bloomberg Markets: The Close 09/18/2023: Jane McAlevey talks about the UAW strike and other labor actions

• September 20, 2023
• Posted in Class Struggle, Interviews, Labor Movement, Strikes, Unions

Starting at 13:10, Jane McAlevey talks about labor news, including the  UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today. Read More

Labor Unions Latest -The Brian Lehrer Show: Jane McAlevey talks about labor news, including the latest on the WGA and SAG AFTRA strikes and the UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today.

• September 8, 2023
• Posted in Class Struggle, Interviews, Labor Movement, Strikes, Unions

Jane McAlevey, organizer, senior policy fellow at the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, columnist at The Nation and co-author of Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations (Oxford University Press, 2023), talks about labor news, including the latest on the WGA and SAG AFTRA strikes and the UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today. Read More

The NLRB’s Recent Decisions Are Good News for Workers: But while both are worth celebrating, there are still no shortcuts to the hard organizing work needed to win life-changing contracts.

• September 4, 2023
• Posted in Class Struggle, Labor Movement, Mobilizing, Organizing, Strikes, The Nation, Unions

It’s important to take the right lessons from this dynamic moment: The hard work of building durable worker power and organization can’t ease up just because it seems like, officially, it should be getting easier. The hard work of building durable worker power and organization can’t ease up just because it seems like, officially, it should be getting easier. Read More