by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles
A report by the global labor federation the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) finds that the large corporations Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard, and Glencore are undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 1, 2024 | Articles
By LNS California Organizer Veronica Wilson On October 16th, news broke that Phillips 66 will shut down its Los Angeles refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025. The company gave notice of plans to close the refinery that has roughly 600 employees and a few hundred more...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> Globalization has been the hallmark of the economic world in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Since the Great Recession of 2008, however, globalization as we knew it...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
Kevin Young teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is a vice president of the faculty-library union. His top organizing priority is making climate sustainability and justice more central to the work of the labor movement. On campus he...
by Jeremy Brecher | Sep 30, 2024 | Articles
A recent headline from the Machinists union proclaims “IAM Takes Bold Steps in Addressing Climate Crisis and Embracing Green Technologies.” It reports that the 2024 IAM Grand Lodge Convention in August passed a groundbreaking climate resolution: “Members passed...
