Joe Allen is the author of The Package King: A Rank and File History of United Parcel Service, Vietnam: The Last War the U.S. Lost and People Wasn’t Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago (Haymarket, 2011). He has written for Jacobin, Socialist Worker and elsewhere.
Labor
Over 90% of UPS Teamsters Just Voted to Strike
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Labor
Making Sense of UAW’s Devastating Loss in Mississippi
Joe Allen
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20 Years On, What the UPS Strike Can Teach Us About Reviving a Dying Labor Movement
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A Big Win at UPS Would Help Build Union Support at Amazon
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The Teamsters Election Shows Hoffa’s Days Are Numbered
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UPS Has a Racism Problem
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Bernie Sanders Is Changing American Politics—But He’s Not Thinking Big Enough
Sure, Sanders has pulled the political conversation strongly to the Left. But he—and the activists involved in his campaign—are capable of much, much more.
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