All 16 articles by Joe Burns

• 30 May 12

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  Bad News for Labor: New Detroit Newspaper Strike Book Underscores a Broken System

  In the mid-1990s, 2,500 newspaper workers at the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press engaged in a... MORE »

• 01 Nov 11

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  The PATCO Strike, Reagan and the Roots of Labor’s Decline

  If you ask any union activist what went wrong with the labor movement in the last several decades,... MORE »

• 13 Jul 11

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  The Real Issue in the Boeing Case: The Right to Strike

  To Republicans presidential candidates, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision to issue a complaint against... MORE »

• 27 Jun 11

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  Why the Labor Movement Is Not Just Another Protest Movement

  Washington Post columnist Harold Meyerson recently examined the developing trend in which unions abandon the workplace to become... MORE »

• 27 Jun 11

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  Reviving the Strike: Where Do We Go From Here?

  During the 1950s, American workers went on strike an average of 350 times each year. In the past decade,... MORE »

• 20 Jun 11

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  Reviving the Strike: Lessons from the Pittston Struggle

  During the 1950s, American workers went on strike an average of 350 times each year. In the past decade,... MORE »

• 13 Jun 11

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  Reviving the Strike: Labor’s Failed Search for Alternatives

  During the 1950s, American workers went on strike an average of 350 times each year. In the past decade,... MORE »

• 06 Jun 11

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  Reviving the Strike: Lessons of the 1930s for Today’s Labor Movement

  During the 1950s, American workers went on strike an average of 350 times each year. In the past decade,... MORE »

• 11 May 11

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  Look Past Public Workers—the Root of Labor’s Crisis Lies in Private Sector

  When I remember the heroic upsurge in Madison this winter, the subtitle of labor journalist Steve Early&rsquo... MORE »

• 26 Apr 11

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  It’s Time to Revive an Old Rallying Cry: Labor Is Not A Commodity!

  For America's labor movement to survive, it must recommit to—and defend—the principles that once... MORE »

• 14 Dec 10

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  When Workers Fought Back: The 1970s’ ‘Rebel Rank and File’

  Long before today’s quieted labor movement came the turbulent 1970s, with its militant picket lines and... MORE »

• 23 Nov 10

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  The Jimmy John’s Defeat and the Trouble With Union Elections

  On Friday October 22, workers at 10 Jimmy John’s franchises in the Twin Cities rejected formal recognition of... MORE »

• 28 Oct 10

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  How to Restore the Power of Unions?

  Julius Getman's latest book offers a compelling answer In the early 1990s, trade unionists in the United States... MORE »

• 16 Oct 10

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  Trade Unionists Speak Out Against FBI Attacks on Civil Liberties

  Important labor groups are speaking out against the recent spate of federal attacks on the civil liberties of... MORE »

• 06 Oct 10

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  Strikes Still Rare in America, Despite Employers’ Offensive in Rough Economy

  A survey of recent strike activity reveals employers are taking full advantage of the greatest economic crisis in... MORE »

• 12 May 10

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  Strike! Why Mothballing Labor’s Key Weapon is Wrong

  When the labor movement rises again, it will not be the result of improved methods of organizing house... MORE »