Rules To Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations
"Rules To Win By" is a tried-and-tested guidebook on participatory social change from Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor, organizer and labor lawyer. Read More
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"Rules To Win By" is a tried-and-tested guidebook on participatory social change from Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor, organizer and labor lawyer. Read More
An O4P interview with Jane McAlevey, touching on her life story, organizing methods, biggest wins and losses, and theory of change for the world to come. Free. On Zoom. También en español e português. Read More
Jane McAlevey explores what we can learn from the UAW’s incredible militancy, and addresses the biggest errors she sees facing modern unionization attempts. Read More
The renowned organizer and theorist has a terminal-cancer diagnosis. But she has long been fighting the clock. Read More
The UAW’s “stand-up” strike strategy, which targets portions of the Big Three simultaneously, was a gamble. But the approach has worked so far, allowing the union to gradually escalate pressure on companies while empowering rank-and-file workers. Read More
With so much riding on the outcome, it’s time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps. Read More
Jane McAlevey talks about labor news, including the UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today. Read More
Jane MvAlevey talks about labor news, including the latest on the WGA and SAG AFTRA strikes and the UAW negotiations, and the overall state of organized labor today. Read More
But while both decisions are worth celebrating, there are still no shortcuts to the hard organizing work needed to win life-changing contracts. It’s important to take the right lessons from this dynamic moment: The hard work of building durable worker power and organization can’t ease up just because it seems like, officially, it should be getting easier. Read More
LA Times interview with Jane about how workers can win more--focusing on lessons from her new book, Rules to Win By: Power & Participation in Union Negotiations. Read More
How can we move from clawing back losses into actually changing the terms of the game in workers’ favor? Read More
On this episode of “Start Making Sense,” Jane McAlevey talks about unions, and John Nichols comments on the politics of education. Read More
The court's ruling could have been much worse—and soon will be. Workers and unions need to be prepared. Read More
Jane McAlevey talks with Gordon Lafer and Adolph Reed Jr. about the impact of negotiations as political education, for building strong unions and for rebuilding democracy. Read More
Adam Conover talks with Jane McAlevey about why organizing is the only way for unions, workers, and activists to win gains. Read More
Paul Jay's extensive 8-part video interview with Jane McAlevey. They discuss the roots and initial successes of Jane's organizing strategies & efforts; her travels from Nicaragua to Tennessee, learning how to organize to win the right to dignity and more; workers must face up to race to unite the class. Fighting for a just transition; the workers' movement is critical to any chance of having an effective climate policy. Hard bargaining in Las Vegas hospitals. Mobilizing is not organizing and why we need strong militant unions to win; we cannot afford to leave one ounce of power on the table. A strike can force recognition of a union; a supermajority strike is powerful when bargaining; a strike with mass support can be a political weapon to change society. Read More