by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/make-the-damn-masks/, on 14 April 2020 This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on Workers vs. Coronavirus. The previous commentary “I Talk to Workers Every Day – They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die”[1] described how workers are being affected by the pandemic and what their… Read More »
“Make the Damn Masks!”
“I Talk to Workers Every Day – They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die”
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/i-talk-to-workers-every-day-theyre-afraid-theyre-going-to-die/, on 09 April 2020 This is the second in a series of commentaries on Workers vs. Coronavirus. The first, “Strike for Your Life,” describes how in recent weeks workers in diverse industries and regions have initiated more than a dozen strikes to demand better protection… Read More »
Strike for Your Life!
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/strike-for-your-life/, 02 April 2020 There have been more than a dozen strikes in the past two weeks by workers striking to protect themselves against infection by the coronavirus. They have already won increased protection. What do they portend for the future? hoto: One Detroit Center in… Read More »
Momentum Builds for Green New Deal Jobs
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/momentum-builds-for-green-new-deal-jobs/, on 30 March 2020 This is the third in a series of commentaries proposing an Emergency Green New Deal. The first, “As Workers Fight Coronavirus, They Are Laying the Basis for an Emergency Green New Deal”, describes the need for emergency employment to meet the… Read More »
An Emergency Jobs Program for an Emergency Green New Deal
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/an-emergency-jobs-program-for-an-emergency-green-new-deal/, on 24 March 2020 This is the second of a series of commentaries proposing an Emergency Green New Deal. The first, “As Workers Fight Coronavirus, They Are Laying the Basis for an Emergency Green New Deal,” describes the need for emergency employment to meet… Read More »
In Coronavirus Fight, Workers Are Forging an Emergency Green New Deal
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/in-coronavirus-fight-workers-are-forging-an-emergency-green-new-deal/, on 16 March 2020 This is the first of a series of commentaries on the Green New Deal. It argues that in the face of government and employer failure, workers and communities must take the lead to protect ourselves and each other from the… Read More »
Send in the Adults!
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/send-in-the-adults/, on 11 March 2020 This, the fifth in a series of posts on the Future of Climate Strikes, describes how student climate strikers appealed for adult support and organized the largest climate action in world history. For the entire Future of Climate Strikes series see here…. Read More »
Student Strikes for Climate
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/student-strikes-for-climate/, on 10 March 2020 This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on the Future of Climate Strikes. It describes how the determined action of one young woman – and the determination of millions of other youth to act on climate — led… Read More »
First U.S. Union-Authorized Climate Strike?
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/first-u-s-union-authorized-climate-strike/, on 29 Februrary 2020 Above: Thousands of Minneapolis cleaning workers walked off their jobs and struck their downtown commercial high-rises. Among their key demands was that their employers take action on climate change. Quite possibly the first union sanctioned strike in the U.S. for… Read More »
The Future of Climate Strikes
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/the-future-of-climate-strikes/, on 06 February 2020 This is the first in a series of commentaries on the Future of Climate Strikes. This introductory commentary asks whether strikes and forms of mass direct action “people power” might help halt climate destruction and bring about a Green New… Read More »
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