by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> As we grapple with how to live through and ultimately terminate the nightmare of the second Trump regime, we can gain a lot from examining the myths and the realities of...
by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
Richard (Rich) Kowalczyk was voted to be the first president of AFSCME Local 3599 when it was started in 2018 and continues to serve in that capacity. Rich had also been active as an executive board member at the chapter level for many years prior to Local 3599 being...
by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
Not only are government unions protectors of the environment, they have also been strong advocates for climate-friendly policies. Here are some examples: American Federation of Government Employees The AFGE “Worker Bill of Rights” demands “The right to work on control...
by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
By Jeremy Brecher, co-founder of the Labor Network for Sustainability and author of the labor history Strike! In 2019, government workers and their supporters forced an end to President Trump’s shutdown of the government and used the threat of a general strike to keep...
by Ming | Feb 28, 2025 | Articles
By LNS Transit Organizer Bakari Height Our annual Transit Equity Day featured people from around the country taking action for better, more reliable, and more equitable transit. Our livestream for the event also showcased many little-known local transit justice...
