by Jeremy Brecher | May 18, 2020 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher, LNS Research and Policy Director This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on Workers vs. Coronavirus. The first, “Strike for Your Life,” describes how in recent weeks workers in diverse industries and regions have initiated strikes to demand...
by Jeremy Brecher | May 6, 2020 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher, LNS Research and Policy Director This is the fourth in a series of commentaries proposing an Emergency Green New Deal. Mass unemployment, misery, and impoverishment require emergency response not only to the medical pandemic but to the economic...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 28, 2020 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher, LNS Research and Policy Director Warning: I have gone viral and seized “Jeremy Brecher’s Corner.” When I look at the so-called “world order” of the human race, I lick my chops. In the good old days, my ancestors used to be able to conduct...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 20, 2020 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher, LNS Research and Policy Director When young people around the world began their Climate Strikes, organized workers began joining in, contributing to the September 20, 2019 tally of more than seven million participants worldwide. Many unions were...
by Jeremy Brecher | Apr 14, 2020 | Strike!
By Jeremy Brecher, LNS Research and Policy Director This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on Workers vs. Coronavirus. The previous commentary “I Talk to Workers Every Day – They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die”[1] described how workers are being affected by...
