This is the first installment in a series from the Chicago DSA Labor Branch entitled “Strike Support Perspectives.” Each piece represents a different view of how DSA should engage with ongoing strikes….
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Fear Doesn’t Put Food on the Table: An Interview with an El Milagro worker
On Thursday, September 30, workers at the popular Chicago tortilla company El Milagro…
A Budding Midwestern Labor Struggle: Colectivo Coffee Employees In The Middle Of Historic Vote To Unionize
All across the Midwest, employees at Colectivo Coffee are in the middle of…
Mindful Revolution: Relaxation Exercises in the Workplace Shouldn’t Distract from Labor Abuses
Wellness and self-care are currently in vogue, and anyone who has kept up…
Illinois Nurses Association on Strike: An Interview with Kristen Perez
Last week, more than 800 nurses with the Illinois Nurses Association (INA) walked…
What Restaurant Workers Want is Respect for Their Labor: An interview with ROC-United Organizer Ali Baker
MRR: You work for an organization called the Restaurant Opportunity Center-United [ROC-United]. Tell…
My Year Organizing at Whole Foods
I’ve been meaning to write a retrospective on my time trying to organize…
The Auto Worker Unions and the Auto Industry: A Reading List
The six week strike by the UAW against General Motors ended on Friday,…
What Happened to Labor in Jill Lepore’s America?
In these troubled times, Americans need to know our history more than ever.…
Salting and Peppering
Within the discussions about how DSA can relate to and build the workers’…
Rachel Zibrat speech at Debs-Parsons-Randolph Dinner 2019
Chicago DSA presented Benita Ulisano with the Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Community Organizing Award…