In a previous Strike! Commentary I proposed a strategic perspective for defending society against MAGA tyranny. It outlined a “Social Self-Defense” based on combining civil resistance in social institutions and the streets with political resistance in the institutions of government. Social Self-Defense cannot be based on a preconceived plan; it will have to be created by the people who make it. We can learn lessons – both positive and negative – from past struggles against autocracy. But we also have to adapt those lessons to the unique conditions we face in the second Trump era.
The Chicago Teachers Union, long an advocate for climate protection, has just won language in its new contract spelling out climate and climate justice provisions for students and educators.
Can your employer cancel your union’s right to bargain by issuing a press release? On March 7 the Department of Homeland Security announced plans “ending collective bargaining” for TSA’s transportation screening officers by issuing a press release.
America’s two largest unions, the National Education Association and the Service Employees International Union, are among dozens of sponsors of a nationwide mobilization April 5 “to stop the most brazen power grab in modern history.”
Washington trade unions, including UFCW and AFT, have begun organizing a campaign for the state to divest its pension and other funds from fossil fuels. As Jeff Johnson, a former President of the Washington State Labor Council and a longtime member of the LNS board recently wrote…
