Nelson Lichtenstein is the author of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor, as well as a biography of Walter Reuther.
Labor Organizer of the Year
The Indispensability of the Labor Organizer
Why the work of the 2025 Labor Organizers of the Year is so critical.
Nelson Lichtenstein
Labor
UAW Members Have an Historic Opportunity to Democratize Their Union
The UAW has been a one-party union for decades. That could all change.
Nelson Lichtenstein
Interview
Nelson Lichtenstein
Nelson Lichtenstein
Feature
Why Wal-Mart Workers Need the Employee Free Choice Act
America's largest private employer has systematically harassed and fired pro-union workers.
Nelson Lichtenstein
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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