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Luis Feliz Leon
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union
24 Apr 2024
The vote by Volkswagon workers in Tenessee to unionize with the United Auto Workers union is a clear indication that it is possible to organize in the South.
Peoples Dispatch
87% of Service Workers in the US South Were Injured on the Job Last Year
12 Apr 2023
Southern service workers allege that South Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration discriminates against Black workers.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: A Talk with Sylvia Woods, 1974
15 Mar 2023
An inspiring interview with Sylvia Woods highlights the role of Black women in labor organizing and demonstrates that Black women should always be at the forefront.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: To the Point of Production: An Interview with John Watson of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, 1969
07 Sep 2022
A 1969 interview with a founder of Detroit’s League of Revolutionary Black Workers reminds us of the radical genius and hope of Black labor.
King Downing and Frances Madeson
Labor Must Make Defense of Black Lives Its Own Imperative
16 Sep 2020
Some local unions have started to stand up to militias in much the same way as they have against police brutality.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Lessons, Successes, Failures of the West Virginia Teachers Strike
08 Mar 2018
The 9 day West Virginia school strike was a long time coming, and contains a number of useful, if not new lessons.