Strikes

Joe Burns joins the show to discuss the role militant traditional labor strikes have in revitalizing the labor movement.

Marianne Garneau discusses her article in Organizing.Work, "You Say You Want a General Strike?" Re-issued with improved audio quality.

Hamilton Nolan argues that the right to strike is the only thing that gives working people power, and unions need to stop bargaining it away

Union demands for social justice are bread-and-butter issues, and GEO's strike shows how such demands builds engaged membership.

You can't calculate everything and predict the outcome in advance. You have to experiment and see what's possible for workers.

The social relations in which we are in need to fundamentally change. The worksite is key not just for better wages but to end exploitation.

We spoke with Marianne Garneau, editor of Organizing Work, on why for strikes to be effective they must have specific targets tied to...