labor notes
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Stephanie Luce: The Coronavirus Crisis Exposes How Fragile Capitalism Already Was
With various states moving to “re-open” the economy and bring things “back to normal,” it benefits us to look at what we might return to — and how the conditions we’ve come to accept as “normal” played such a significant role in getting us to the current crisis. In Labor Notes last month, SLU professor…
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Will COVID-19 Be Our Triangle Fire?
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire has gone down in history as a significant turning point for the labor movement. Back in 1911, 146 workers were killed by a fire at their workplace in lower Manhattan — many blocked from the exits by bosses attempting to avoid workplace theft, left to burns to their death. From…
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Prof. Stephanie Luce in Labor Notes: “It Didn’t Have to Be Like This”
Here we are: the economy has been shut down, resulting in massive job loss to some and unsafe working conditions for others. This, writes SLU professor Stephanie Luce in Labor Notes, was the result of a horrible decision — lock ourselves down, or put tens of millions of people at risk. But, she writes, “It…
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Labor Notes Shares Vision for Organizing in Post-Janus America
Since the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME declared required agency fees for public sector unions unconstitutional, many in the labor world and media are scrambling to ask the question: Can labor unions bounce back after Janus? According to Labor Notes, the answer is yes — but it will require thought and a plan. The…
