Chris Brooks is a labor journalist and organizer. He currently works as the field director at the NewsGuild of New York.
Labor
How Amazon and Starbucks Workers Are Upending the Organizing Rules
Workers are leading. Unions should support them or get out of the way.
Chris Brooks
Labor
The Wealthy Bosses and Right-Wing Ideologues Behind the Rush to “Reopen”
Chris Brooks
Labor
Noam Chomsky: The Rich Aren’t Waiting To Build a New World. Why Are We?
Chris Brooks
Labor
Exclusive Transcripts Show Disgraced UAW President Strongarmed Board To Pick His Own Successor
Chris Brooks
Labor
How the UAW Went From a Militant, Trailblazing Union to a Corrupt, Dealmaking One
Chris Brooks
Feature
How the UAW Went From a Militant, Trailblazing Union to a Corrupt, Dealmaking One
The 50-year decline that led to Gary Jones' indictment.
Chris Brooks
Labor
Yes, the UAW Lost Again in Chattanooga. But a Rank-and-File Movement Could Win.
Chris Brooks
Labor
How Volkswagen Has Gotten Away With Union-Busting
Chris Brooks
Labor
As Tenn. Workers Gear Up for Another Union Campaign, Local Media Shows Anti-Union Bias
Chris Brooks
Labor
Volkswagen Workers in Tennessee Won’t Give Up the Fight for Unionization
Chris Brooks
Labor
Meet the Militant Taxi Drivers Union That Just Defeated Uber and Lyft
Chris Brooks
Labor
Here’s How Tech Workers and Flight Attendants Are Resisting Immigrant Family Separation
Chris Brooks
Labor
Beware the Janus Fix That Relies Too Much on Bosses
Chris Brooks
Feature
How Corporations Plan To Use Janus To Turn Workers Against Their Own Unions
A union buster may be coming to your door.
Chris Brooks
Dispatch
From Sewer Socialism to Server Socialism: Appalachia’s Internet Revolution
Chattanoogans are pioneering public broadband.
Chris Brooks
Labor
Why We Shouldn’t Fall for the Members-Only Unionism Trap
Chris Brooks
Labor
Following the Nissan Loss, What Will It Take for Labor to Organize the South?
Chris Brooks
Labor
The Slippery Slope of “Buy American” Campaigns
Chris Brooks
Labor
“Don’t Dictate—Negotiate!” Illinois State Workers Authorize Strike
Chris Brooks
Labor
The Volkswagen Defeat Wasn’t Inevitable—and Labor Can Still Win in the South
Chris Brooks
Labor
Taxi Workers Strike Over Muslim Ban—And Uber Takes Advantage
Chris Brooks
Labor
VW’s Company Union Can’t Attract Even 15 Percent of Workers
Chris Brooks
Labor
SEIU’s “Future Fighters”: “We need a plan for racial justice in every union”
Chris Brooks
Labor
Indiana Truck Workers Jump-Start Their Union—And Reverse Two-Tier Wages
Chris Brooks
Labor
IKEA Workers in Massachusetts Walk Out on One Day Strike Amidst Drive to Unionize
Chris Brooks
Labor
“My Boss Would Yell At Me Every Day Until I Cried”: Lean Production at Volkswagen’s Tennessee Plant
Chris Brooks
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