by Justin | Aug 27, 2020 | Organizing, Social Issues
Players in four major American sports leagues went on a wildcat strike yesterday, with other leagues and sports watching closely. This strike began in the NBA. Players were responding to what they felt was the league’s inaction around issues of racial justice,...
by Justin | Aug 21, 2020 | Education, Social Issues
Follow Dave McKenna on Twitter Something I’ve learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have “improperly paid” workers by not paying, paying below...
by Justin | Aug 17, 2020 | Opinion, Social Issues
This month marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most powerful pieces of civil rights legislation in our history. The passage of the VRA into law was the result of decades of struggle and sacrifice and was truly a shining...
by Justin | Aug 11, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW Local 2865
SEIU California is a 700,000-member union made up of nurses, healthcare workers, janitors, social workers, security officers, in-home caregivers, school and university employees, court workers, and city, county, and state employees. The union joins an ever-expanding...
by Justin | Aug 4, 2020 | Social Issues, UAW History
In 1973, Arab-American workers in Detroit auto plants walked off the job in protest of the UAW’s investment in bonds from the state of Israel. The incident is little-remembered today, but it shows how workers can organize against racism and colonialism — including...
by Justin | Aug 3, 2020 | Social Issues, Support the Struggle
SUPPORT DETROIT FLEX N GATE WORKERSBLACK WORKERS’ LIVES MATTERCAR CARAVAN @ 2 –3 PM—THURS—AUGUST 6 Flex N Gate Detroit, a parts supplier for Ford, was built off the backs of Black community members on Detroit’s east side. Many lost their property on a promise that...
