Saqib Bhatti is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and Director of the ReFund America Project.
Stephen Lerner is a fellow at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. He is also the architect of Justice For Janitors campaign.

Labor
Why Now Is the Perfect Time For a Radical Labor Movement
Saqib Bhatti and Stephen Lerner
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.