Rank-and-file rebellions and AFL interference in the affairs of national unions: the Gompers era An essay about the AFL and how they handled dissidents.
Organized labor and the black worker in the 1970s - Philip S. Foner An essay by Philip S. Foner about the relation between the AFL-CIO unions and Black Americans in the 1970s.
Documents of the Knights of Labor Letters from the South Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, revealing that the color line still remained a serious problem, and that the Knights did not succeed in breaking down the wall separating white and black. They also throw light on some of the special problems facing the KoL when it moved into the South.
A CIO organizer in Alabama, 1941 Reports from an organizer involved in efforts to organize a Goodyear plant in Alabama in 1941.
Toward a history of the CIO: a bibliographical report An essay by Robert H. Zieger on some of the various writings on the CIO up to 1985.
A martyr to his cause: the scenario of the first labor film in the United States The background and script to A Martyr to His Cause, the first labor film, made in 1911 in defense of the McNamara brothers,who were accused of bombing the Los Angeles Times during a labor dispute.
Can fast food organising breathe new life into a dying labour movement? A piece on the recent fast food campaigns launched by SEIU – their origins, means, and prospects for…
Fight Forward: Why the Fast Food Strikes Are Important to Housing Justice As the fast food strikes heat up, there are a lot of reasons housing justice activists should come…
The anti-capitalist revolution in the west - Amadeo Bordiga In this concise1953 programmatic text presented at the Genoa Meeting of the International Communist…
Class Struggle/Supply Chains, Los Angeles, Nov 29 & Dec 14 Presentations: Class Struggle Along Global Supply Chains, Parts I & II. If you are in or near…
Punishing the poor: The neoliberal government of social insecurity - Loïc Wacquant As well as serving an economic function, Loïc Wacquant argues that the transformation from welfare…