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Organizers with substantial, direct experience in the field have an entirely different focus than authors who have not been involved in campaigns: we focus on how the work gets done (methods), and how to win.

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Los Angeles, CA Teachers Overwhelming Authorize Strike!

September 4, 2018
Posted in In These Times, Labor Movement, Organizing

Last Friday, August 31st, after seven full days of school-by-school votes in over 950 schools, educators voted overwhelmingly to authorize their first strike in nearly thirty (30) years. Read the full article » Read More

Chicago public school teachers and their supporters picket in front of the Chicago Public Schools headquarters

From #MeToo to Real Women’s Liberation

December 31, 2017
Posted in In These Times, Published work

In mid-December, In These Times editors asked me to write a piece about sexual harassment inside the labor movement. Like most women, I have experienced my share. But I am more interested in the larger question of how to move from naming and shaming to real solutions. For all of the limitations of today’s unions, they remain the best, if not only, solution to the crisis for the vast majority of working class women. Read More

WritingOrganizers with substantial, direct experience in the field have an entirely different focus than authors who have not been involved in campaigns: we focus on how the work gets done (methods), and how to win.

Los Angeles, CA Teachers Overwhelming Authorize Strike!

From #MeToo to Real Women’s Liberation

Writing
Organizers with substantial, direct experience in the field have an entirely different focus than authors who have not been involved in campaigns: we focus on how the work gets done (methods), and how to win.