Erik Forman has been active in the labor movement for over a decade as a rank-and-file organizer, at the forefront of campaigns to unionize the U.S. fast food industry. He currently works as a labor educator in New York City and is pursuing a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Follow him at twitter.com/_erikforman.
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How Unions Can Solve the Housing Crisis
The labor movement once built thousands of low-cost co-op apartments for working class New Yorkers. It could do so again.
Erik Forman
Labor
“Salting” Built the Labor Movement—It Can Help Rebuild It, Too
Erik Forman
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An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders on Turning His Campaign Into a Movement
If Bernie's campaign is going to become the catalyst for long-term transformation that many hope it will, some changes are in order.
Erik Forman
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Disrupting the Disruptors
Working at Amazon.com sucks. Can unions do something about it?
Erik Forman
Labor
In a Blow Against Austerity, Legal Services Strikers Win Contract
Erik Forman
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A Turkish Spring?
The roots of the revolt in Taksim Square and the future of rebellion
Erik Forman
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Striking Back at the Sequester
In the first major workplace action against the sequester, hundreds of New York City legal-aid workers picketed yesterday.
Erik Forman
Labor
The Organizing Model: As American as Apple Pie
Erik Forman
