trade unions

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Sustainable work and just transition

Dario Azzellini — The radical transformation of production and consumption patterns alone will not lead to the required social and ecological transition. Employment and the labor markets are changing and we have to make sure that work itself becomes sustainable in all its aspects.
Jahmoor

Pakistan: Labour Qaumi Movement — Organizing at the margins of the 21st century workforce

Umair Rasheed traces the evolution of one of Pakistan’s most successful textile labour unions through radical action against the united onslaught of state and capital.
Railroad Germany

Germany: Nationwide strike reveals class and environmental dimensions

Karel Ludenhoff — The increased willingness to strike in both the public and private sectors is not surprising given that an enormous wage theft is taking place in Germany. Yet we can observe elements in these trade-union-led actions that go beyond the merely economic sphere, especially in the common ground concerning union and climate struggles.

Bargaining over corporate investment: innovation or trap?

By Sam Gindin and Herman Rosenfeld September 7, 2016 —

Strike strategy today

Verizon workers on strike in Washington, DC in August 2011