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Socialists and Strike Support: Perspectives and Politics

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Socialists and Strike Support: Perspectives and Politics

by Joe Allen | December 16, 2021January 6, 2022

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

Fear Doesn’t Put Food on the Table: An Interview with an El Milagro worker

by Vicko Alvarez | October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
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

A Budding Midwestern Labor Struggle: Colectivo Coffee Employees In The Middle Of Historic Vote To Unionize

by Lillie Therieau | March 24, 2021March 24, 2021
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

Mindful Revolution: Relaxation Exercises in the Workplace Shouldn’t Distract from Labor Abuses

by Vivien Schwarz | February 7, 2021
Wellness and self-care are currently in vogue, and anyone who has kept up…
Illinois Nurses Association on Strike: An Interview with Kristen Perez

Illinois Nurses Association on Strike: An Interview with Kristen Perez

by Jordan Weber and Carlos Enriquez | September 25, 2020September 25, 2020
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

What Restaurant Workers Want is Respect for Their Labor: An interview with ROC-United Organizer Ali Baker

by Marco Rosaire Rossi | August 21, 2020August 24, 2020
MRR: You work for an organization called the Restaurant Opportunity Center-United [ROC-United]. Tell…
My Year Organizing at Whole Foods

My Year Organizing at Whole Foods

by Michael Ehrenreich | July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
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 Auto Worker Unions and the Auto Industry: A Reading List

by Joe Allen | November 6, 2019November 6, 2019
The six week strike by the UAW against General Motors ended on Friday,…
What Happened to Labor in Jill Lepore’s America?

What Happened to Labor in Jill Lepore’s America?

by Joel M. Batterman | September 6, 2019September 9, 2019
In these troubled times, Americans need to know our history more than ever.…
Salting and Peppering

Salting and Peppering

by Greg Chern | July 15, 2019July 16, 2019
Within the discussions about how DSA can relate to and build the workers’…
Rachel Zibrat speech at Debs-Parsons-Randolph Dinner 2019

Rachel Zibrat speech at Debs-Parsons-Randolph Dinner 2019

by Midwest Socialist | May 23, 2019July 8, 2019
Chicago DSA presented Benita Ulisano with the Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Community Organizing Award…

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