Tag: Labor Organizing
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Durham, NC Event Announcement: Building Independent Unions in the South & Beyond
Join members of the Durham, NC local of Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) for an in person event on labor organizing and building independent unions. The event will feature a presentation on BRRN’s labor strategy, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A featuring a former organizer with Blue Bottle Independent Union and a rank-and-file member of…
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Webinar Announcement: How to Keep ICE Out of Your Workplace
Join Black Rose / Rosa Negra for a workshop on organizing our workplaces to prepare for immigration raids. Details and registration link below. When: Sunday, November 9th at 4 Pacific / 5 Mountain / 6 Central / 7 Eastern Where: On Zoom – Registration required Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes Registration: https://bit.ly/ShuttingTheDoor ICE has…
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Organizing to Keep ICE Out of Your Workplace
This article was written by a member of Black Rose / Rosa Negra (BRRN) with experience in both workplace organizing and neighborhood based organizing against ICE. Drawing on this background, the author describes a series of steps you can start taking today to defend yourself and your coworkers from ICE. by Keith Robertson Introduction When…
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Online Event Announcement: Labor Lessons from the South
Many in the US labor movement are fearful as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle legal protections granted to unions by the National Labor Relations Act and regulated by the National Labor Relations Board. Many see a dismantling of the NLRA as a terrible blow that could topple the US labor movement as it is…
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It Will Take Collective Direct Action to Stop the Abductions
The Trump administration has begun disappearing international students and workers from university campuses. This article, written by three academic workers, argues that this escalation was made possible by a campaign of repression initiated by universities themselves. After analyzing where we are and how we got here, the authors put forward their answer to the pressing…
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #6 – Restaurants
This is the sixth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, #3 with a metal worker, #4 with a public librarian, and #5 with a public school teacher. In this interview we speak to GK, a restaurant worker in Michigan. As the…
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #5 – Public Schools
This is the fifth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, #3 with a metal worker, and #4 with a public librarian. In this interview we speak with Shan, a public school teacher in North Carolina. As the title suggests, this series…
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #4 – Public Libraries
This is the fourth installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker, #2 with healthcare workers, and #4 with a metal worker. In this interview we speak to Alex, a public library worker in North Carolina. As the title suggests, this series…
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Report on Labor Notes 2024
This somewhat belated report captures Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor Committee’s participation in the 2024 edition of the Labor Notes Conference. Prepared by the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Labor Committee. Background on Labor Notes The 2024 Labor Notes Conference was held from April 19th to 21st in Chicago, bringing together some 4,700 unionists from around the United…
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Anarchists in the Labor Movement #3 – Metalworking
This is the third installment in our Anarchists in the Labor Movement series. Click through the links to read installment #1 with an education worker and #2 with healthcare workers. In this interview we speak to Daniel Bovard-Katz, a metalworker in a midwestern U.S. state. As the title suggests, this series engages with anarchists who…