Unions and the Political Machines
Are modern American unions doomed merely to succumb to dealmaking with business Republicans and centrist Democrats?
6 Articles by: Rich Yeselson
Rich Yeselson worked for twenty-three years in the labor movement as a strategic campaigner. He is now a writer in Washington, DC.
The Defeat at Amazon and the Union Fights to Come
The union loss in Bessemer, Alabama against Amazon was a crushing defeat. It’s a reflection of a disjunction between “laborism,” the intellectual and activist infrastructure supportive of organized labor, and the labor movement itself.
John Sweeney: The Man Who Wanted to Be a “Big Labor” Leader
Despite the best efforts of former AFL-CIO leader John Sweeney, organized labor has continued its decline. Not only have we been politically defeated, but our very historical memory of struggle is under assault. We desperately need to find a way to make “big labor” truly big again.
A Victory in Chattanooga
For a hurting labor movement, last week’s successful unionization vote in Chattanooga was a small but significant win.
Six Points on the Midterm Elections
What should we take away from Tuesday’s election results?
After Chattanooga
Examining the roots of the United Auto Workers’ defeat at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant.