by Jeremy Brecher | Dec 23, 2024 | Articles
“Champions” features current and historic figures who can inspire the struggle for a worker- and climate- safe world. W.E.B. Du Bois, born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts was a sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist whom the Encyclopedia...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher,Senior Strategic Advisor, LNS Co-Founder Listen to the audio version >> “Polycrisis” is a word that has recently come into use to characterize the way crises in many different spheres – ranging from geopolitics and economics to climate and...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
Jeff Johnson is the retiring chair of the LNS board. He has been a board member since 2018 and will continue in that role. For many years he was president of the Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO. He joined the labor movement in 1979 as a member of Local 2190,...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
In response to the results of the elections, LNS issued the statement “Our Next Steps Together . . .” It said in part: We as a nation awoke to the confirmation that Donald Trump will be serving a second term as president. For those of us who strive for climate justice...
by Jeremy Brecher | Nov 23, 2024 | Articles
Excerpts from statement by President April Sims and Secretary Treasurer Cherika Carter, Washington State Labor Council on the 2024 election: The election of Donald Trump is a gut punch for Americans committed to unity, equality, and workers’ rights. Eight years ago...
