Author Archive
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
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Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism
A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace. MORE
Views · November 6, 2019
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How To End the Tyranny of the Nonunion Workplace
To overcome right to work, we need rights at work. MORE
Features · July 18, 2018
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The Janus Decision Was Never About the First Amendment. It Was About Destroying Labor.
There is nothing about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME, overturning 41 years of precedent and declaring that agency fee/fair share is unconstitutional, that surprised... MORE
Working · June 27, 2018
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The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism
It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front. MORE
Features · November 10, 2016
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A Ballot “Blank-Out” Is Not a Strategy for Black Power
The Black electorate needs to think far beyond November 8—and to lead the progressive electoral movement. MORE
Features · September 27, 2016
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Why Today’s Neoliberal Global Order Is Incompatible With Democracy
A new book by Jerry Harris explores the transformation of global capitalism and its implications. MORE
Features · September 20, 2016
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What Activists Committed to the Long-Haul Fight Can Learn from the Life of Organizer Fred Ross
The biographies of icons frequently fall into one of two categories. On the one hand they may be laudatory, in some cases turning the subject into a saint. At the opposite end, they... MORE
Working · June 9, 2016
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The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case Was Not About Union Dues
This article first appeared at BeaconBroadside.com I was driving to a meeting listening to the news this morning and a special segment was announced. It was described as a discussion on ... MORE
Working · April 14, 2016
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From Hashtag to Strategy: The Growing Pains of Black Lives Matter
Movement activists discuss strategy and tactics in #BlackLivesMatter. MORE
Act Locally · September 23, 2015
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Jobs, Justice and the Planet
During Obama's second term, the Left cannot passively await changes from the Democratic Party. MORE
Features · November 22, 2012
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Guyana’s Post-Colonial Plight
Still beset by ethnic divisions 45 years after independence from Britain, the country's labor movement is now offering 'bold leadership,' according to scholar Perry Mars MORE
Features · August 13, 2010
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Bill Fletcher
"I am an unapologetic socialist. I believe that capitalism is destroying the planet," says longtime activist Bill Fletcher, co-author of the new book "Solidarity Divided." MORE
In Person With... · September 26, 2008