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Report: On Right-to-Work Laws and State Unions
By: A Worker in the US South If the National Labor Relations Act was the “carrot” for state unionism in the US, the Taft-Hartley Act, passed in 1947, was the stick. It aimed to put limits on the legally-recognized powers of the state unions; included in the act was the right for states to pass… Read more
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Re-Publishing State Unionism in the US
With this post we are simply re-publishing the piece State Unionism in the US, originally written by the Southern New England Labor Council (SNELC) back in early Fall 2023. This piece served as a key part of the theoretical impetus and basis for the foundation of New Labor Press, and now the New Labor Organizing… Read more
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Statement: Introduction to the New Labor Organizing Committee (NLOC)
This is a public announcement of the formation of the New Labor Organizing Committee. This is a committee for coordinating the work of different labor organizations. The founding organizations are the following: New Day at UPS, New Day at Amazon, Organization of Class-Conscious Service Workers (aka The Service Worker, the organization’s shop paper), Strike the… Read more
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Translation: Two Documents from the Centro de Autoeducación Obrera – José Carlos Mariátegui
We at NLP are excited to present two previously untranslated documents from the Centro de Autoeducación Obrera – José Carlos Mariátegui. The Centro de Autoeducación Obrera – José Carlos Mariátegui (Workers’ Self-Education Center – José Carlos Mariátegui), was a generated organism of the Communist Party of Peru during the 1970s-1990s period focused on revolutionary theoretical,… Read more
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Our History: The 1970 Postal Workers Wildcat Strike
“Power is the only language Washington understands” – Postal Worker, March 1970 Nearly fifty-five years ago, a strike that started as just 30 rank-and-file postal workers picketing outside Grand Central Station Post Office in Manhattan, New York, would transform over the course of eight days into the largest wildcat strike in the history of the… Read more
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Compilation: NLP Selected Writings 2023-2024
For a long time now we at NLP have received requests from readers and supporters for some kind of compilation of our major works to make it easier to find, share and read our more major texts. Through the collaboration of these supporters and our editorial board we are happy to present a formatted volume… Read more
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