Gwen Zi is a union organizer.
New York City made a killing off of taxi drivers who purchased medallions by driving them into enormous debt. Those drivers need debt forgiveness — but the city’s relief policies won’t provide it.
The pandemic has been brutal for graduate workers, but some have organized despite COVID. Case in point: graduate workers at Colorado State University, who, with help from the Emergency Workers Organizing Committee, demanded decent pay and treatment.
Union organizer Jane McAlevey on labor’s loss at Amazon in Alabama, what the future of labor organizing success depends on, and how organizers can win.