Blue Collar: A 1978 Film for 2009
While catching up on my long-neglected film reading, I found this fascinating article by Saul Austerlitz about Paul Schrader’s debut film, Blue Collar, which stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, and...
View ArticleRumpus Round-Up: The Fight to Unionize a Bookstore
Late last month, employees of Book Culture, an independent New York City bookstore, voted to unionize. Five employees were promptly fired.Punitively firing employees who participate in labor unions...
View ArticleAdjunct Faculty Plan Walk Out
Adjunct college faculty are at last taking a stand against abominable work conditions and low pay by planning a national walk out on February 25, 2015. Unlike their tenured counterparts, adjuncts lack...
View ArticleJob Insecurity 101
At California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland, adjunct faculty have been trying for two years to win their first union contract. They are part of the Service Employees International...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
Staff at McNally Jackson Bookstores, a mini-chain based in New York City, voted to unionize. Check out these four affordable indie bookstores in Louisville, Kentucky. Detroit has a new pop-up bookstore...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
Check out these author events from Independent Bookstore Day, now available online. Employee unions at independent bookstores are taking on new and important meaning for workers. A Romanian bookstore...
View ArticleSuffragette City: On the Delicacy and Charm of Women
*** Biographical and source note: Rose Schneiderman (1882-1972) was union leader known for saying, “The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her...
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