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Alex Riccio argues against a popular idea among the labor left

Nate Holdren explains how the very legislation that gave workers the right to strike also ensured strikes would become less frequent.

Matthew Dimick reflects on how strikes are measured and why workers strike.

Rasmus Hästbacka of the Swedish syndicalist union SAC suggests how big and complex workplaces might be organized, using the example of a university.

An old pamphlet holds some contemporary wisdom, argues Marianne Garneau.

Caroline Leigh describes her experience working in the stripping industry and the urgency of organizing it.

Matthew Dimick challenges the notion that the Wagner Act was a gift to labor power that was only later undermined.

Ben Purtill reviews Huw Benyon and Ray Hudson’s The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End of Industrial Britain.

The modern IWW has experimented with different approaches to organizing, including occasionally signing collective agreements. Nick Driedger looks at how these measure up against union contracts elsewhere.