Steve Early worked for 27 years as an organizer and international representative for the Communications Workers of America. He is the author of several books, including Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City (Beacon Press).
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What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago
Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.
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Diverse, Radical and Ready to Resist: Meet the First in the New Wave of Local Progressive Officials
At Local Progress's 150-person meet-up, left-leaning politicians from around the country share plans to build rebel cities.
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Seattle’s Lessons for Bernie Sanders Activists After the Elections
A new book gives some pointers on taking Sanders' revolution to the local level.
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A Tale of Two Teamsters: Building a Community-Minded Union in Mid-Century St. Louis
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Why Labor Should Get Behind Bernie Sanders in the Primary Elections
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Vermont Activists Battle Democratic Governor for Single-Payer Health Care
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In 3,800-Worker Strike, the Ghost of Tony Mazzocchi Still Haunts Big Oil
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Hawaiian Health Care Workers Push Back Against Health Care Giant Kaiser Permanente
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Railroad Conductor: ‘Railroading Has Changed So Much’
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For Labor, an Open Shop Doesn’t Have to Mean Closed Doors
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Police Officer: ‘Policing Mostly Became a Response to the 911 Call Machine’
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After Surviving Pirates, the Real-Life Captain Phillips Fights Job Cuts
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The Big Do-Over at Kaiser
Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor.
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CNA and NUHW Join Forces Against SEIU in California
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Bargain to Organize: From Boon to Embarrassment
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Torie Osborn Crashes the Party
The spirited California Assembly candidate battles the Democratic establishment.
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Out of the Margins, Into the Fray
The Vermont Progressive Party wields outsized influence on state politics.
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The IBT on Reality TV: Boston Union Teams Up With Mark Wahlberg
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100 Years After Lawrence Strike, the Cry for ‘Bread & Roses’ Still Resonates
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End of the Newt & Andy Show? Breaking Up Is So Hard…
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A ‘Stewards Army’ Uprising Brings Regime Change to CWA Local 1101
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Goodbye to the ‘Middle Class’? A Lesson for Labor From Occupy Wall Street
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Whither Change to Win?
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Verizon Showdown Calls for New Strike Tactics
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Kaiser Election Results KOed: Judge Orders Rematch Between SEIU and NUHW
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Insurgent Sandy Pope Nominated for Teamster Presidency
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Viva Las Vegas? Teamsters Gather in Sin City for Old-School Convention
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Sisters In The Union Brotherhood: Still Struggling For Recognition
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GOP Targets Fragile Gains of Home-Based Caregivers
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Does Labor Need Another Wimpy?
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Made in Dagenham: Lessons for Today From the Golden Age of Factory Unrest?
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Scoundrel Time At Kaiser, as SEIU/NUHW Election Showdown Continues
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This Labor Day, Let’s Salute All Union Stewards
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Calif. Union Rebels Demand Biggest Labor Board Vote In Seven Decades
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Mary Kay Henry and Smoke Signals From the Purple Vatican
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SEIU’s Mega-Local Meltdown: Size Matters, But Members Matter More
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The Night They Drove Old EFCA Down
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Call for Participants: Home-Based Worker Organizing Forum in April!
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NYC Reformers Rise Again—In Transit And Teamsterdom
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Union Hypocrisy and Calif. Health Workers’ Fight For ‘Free Choice’
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Principle and Power Plays: the Situational Ethics of Union ‘Raiding’
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Specter In Pittsburgh: Punishment and Reward at AFL-CIO Convention
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Another Hail Mary Pass From Labor’s Latest Quarterback
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Talking Shop
Union reformers huddle at Labor Notes conference.
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What Went Wrong?
The campaign money scandal of Teamster President Ron Carey.