Organizing at Grinnell: "whether that’s for an autoworker in Detroit, a Grinnell student worker, a Teamster or a teacher or a journalist it doesn’t matter. We’re all in the same fight together" (jacobin.com)
Unionizing archaeologists fight blacklisting, union-busting law firms, firing of organizers, and reclassification of employees as ineligible (jacobin.com)
Finland: "three hundred thousand workers, from lorry drivers and electricians to kindergarten teachers and white-collar office workers, across the country were on strike" (jacobin.com)
Tech Titans Are the Robber Barons of Our Gilded Age (jacobin.com)
The Starbucks Workers’ Union Has Finally Broken Through (jacobin.com)
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom? (jacobin.com)
Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom?::The idea that we are entering an era of techno-feudalism that will be worse than capitalism is chilling and controversial. We asked former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to elucidate this idea, explain how we got here, and map out some alternatives.
How Union Reformers Took Over the Vermont AFL-CIO (jacobin.com)
Kenya: Facebook hides behind subcontractors to skirt labor law, employees unpaid for over 8 months (jacobin.com)
A Philly Sex Shop Fired Its Workers When They Started a Union (jacobin.com)
Last month, Passional Boutique and Sexploratorium, a Philadelphia sex shop with a reputation for “inclusivity,” laid off its entire staff after they asked the store to recognize their union. Jacobin spoke with one of the workers....
Workers at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park Are Unionizing (jacobin.com)
On the Quebec general strike: fighting back against right-wing government's austerity policy (jacobin.com)
it's an election year. don't vote shame. (jacobin.com)
It's an election year, so the usual suspects are going to be screaming that any good person will vote party line Democrat and if you don't you're letting the fascists win and you're a a bad person and a bad liberal/leftist/anarchist/communist/whatever....