Labor

Hannah Borstel, a Verizon Express retail worker in NW Portland, explains why she and her co-workers are organizing a union with the Communications Workers of America.  Part of a national wave of retail organizing, these workers face similar conditions and are inspired by ea... Read more

Portland and other Oregon municipalities are required to inventory their employment land periodically as part of the comprehensive planning process.  For decades the city has decided during each inventory process that it needs more industrial land. In the past, Portland ann... Read more

This is a panel discussion of Joe Burn's new book Class Struggle Unionism at the 2022 Labor Notes Conference in Chicago. In his new book, Joe Burns argues that a Class Struggle Unionism approach is essential if we are to build the power for radical transformation. Hear wor... Read more

Class Struggle Unionism: Here is a clip from the Class Struggle Unionism panel at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago 6/17-19. Joe Burns describes the principles of Class Struggle Unionism and what distinguishes the class struggle perspective from the business unions and ... Read more