Welcome to our story hub—a place where every voice, experience, and perspective comes together. Here, you’ll find all the stories we’ve shared across the site, from inspiring journeys and insightful interviews to behind-the-scenes moments and community highlights. Whether you’re looking to catch up, explore something new, or simply get inspired, this is your gateway to everything we’ve been talking about.
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Low-Wage Workers and the Solidarity Strike
By Steve Brier Following more than a decade of working-class militancy and organizing successes in the 1930s, one of the first targets of the anti-union Taft-Hartley legislation in 1947 was the solidarity strike, what the great labor leader and Socialist Eugene V. Debs once characterized as the “Christ-like virtue of sympathy” among workers. Class unity…
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Barbara Smith Event – Livestream
The Murphy Institute invites you to a forum cosponsored with 1199SEIU & Cornell University’s Worker Institute: The Barbara Smith Identity Politics event will be livestreamed on this page. The video will be below this line – starting Friday morning at 9.30am. Until then, please help us spread the about this important event! Identity Politics: A Foundation…
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News Round-Up
One step closer to Right-to-Work in Wisconsin, ACA comes before the Supreme Court once more, the Feds release a report on policing in Ferguson, and more… Wisconsin takes a big step closer to becoming a right-to-work state as the State Assembly passes legislation barring unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues The…
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