Labor history

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April 16, 2026

The history of labor organizing in pro wrestling

Pro wrestlers face dangerous conditions without basic protections or representation. See how close some wrestlers have come to winning more than the belt.

December 15, 2025

The decline of union membership and lessons from the past

Unions must invest in new organizing if the labor movement will survive. We should consider a cautionary tale of the 1990s AFL-CIO.

August 28, 2024

Labor law is won through struggle

The rights we have now are the rights our labor ancestors fought for. And the rights we fight for now are the rights our labor descendants will have.

May 30, 2023

Reflections on organizing with 9to5

May 1, 2023

The scary S word: deconstructing America’s Red Scares

February 6, 2023

Working-class hero of the week: Lucy Parsons

January 9, 2023

How the ruling class utilized “whiteness” to divide the working class

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee newsletter includes the latest news on our organizing efforts, resources to organize your workplace, and updates on upcoming events.

December 19, 2022

Working-class hero of the week: Angelo Herndon

December 5, 2022

The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

June 25, 2021

‘We took care of each other’: A maritime union’s hidden history of gay-straight and interracial solidarity

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May 14, 2021

A brief history of union-busting

May 1, 2021