By Steve Boyce, Jake Edwards and Tom Wetzel – published in Ideas & Action #7, Summer, 1986
Note: As the COVID-19 crisis endangers us in our work places, we fight in solidarity with workers who face this virus with
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Statement on the United For Respect organization
This guest column of Labor Pains is written by the Target Workers Unite! an independent initiative run by rank and file Target team members.
Introductory comments by a TWU member
Here’s our account on how one specific NGO undermined our …
Read moreAmerican Labor Isn’t Dead – But Definitely Needs to Wake Up
By David Fernández-Barrial
At the dawn of the Trump era, Labor is a sleeping giant with the ability to unite diverse swaths of American society and ultimately transform it.
For many years now, a widespread cry has been raised of …
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The (End) Work Zone: Tales of Spontaneous Rebellion in the Workplace – Part II
The normal course of a person’s working life typically produces a plethora of stories where the boss got one over on the employees and faced no retribution; countless unfair firings, anomalies with the paycheck, bullying, mistreatment and abuse. Hidden within, …
Read moreThe state of the union is …unequal
By Mike Harris
OK, so the “little person” has been fighting against wage theft, low wages, and harsh working and living conditions for years. Sometimes alone and lonely, sometimes collectively and in a self-managed way. For the past year or
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