A Twelve Step Program to Restore Prosperity: The Bernie Sanders Plan
A summary of Bernie’s 2016 plan with a Randy Wray MMT twist.
Unions
Building the People’s Movement
If we hope to build an America that works in the interests of the working class, then we must transcend the partisan culture war and come together around working class issues.
Biden’s Train Wreck
The Biden administration is patting itself on the back, but the rank and file union workers have yet to agree to the deal, which does not meet their demands.
Burned Out by Covid and 80-Hour Workweeks, Resident Physicians Unionize
González mourned alone. His job as a doctor-in-training put him at high risk of catching the virus, and he didn’t want to inadvertently spread it to his family.
Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End
A first-person narrative of a truck driver with 20 years of experience of why nothing is going to change in the shipping industry.
No Place Like Home
If work is really to be a second home, each workplace must be organized, unionized at the bare minimum, and made into a real community where each worker does fulfilling work while receiving the full value of their labors.
But I like my Health Insurance…
I’ve recently been seeing *sigh* again, some people giving some “anecdotal evidence“ that suggests that health insurance companies “are just fine“.
Let’s Stop Ignoring The Benefits of Union Membership For All Workers, Not Just Union Members
On this Labor Day, let us not overlook the importance of unions in the fight for workers’ rights, and let us redouble our efforts to strengthen unions for the benefit of all workers in America.
Progressives Need to Understand Labor Day
In reality, Labor Day itself is a way to keep labor “under control’. As union membership has declined more than 50% over the past 40 years, the middle class of America has shrunk drastically.