Unions
Remembering Clara Lemlich, The ‘Fiery Girl’ Who Revolutionized New York’s Labor Movement
Lemlich’s team of “farbrente Yidishe meydlekh” — “fiery Jewish girls” — reinvigorated the early 20th-century labor movement.
Louis B. Mayer Created The Oscars To Combat Hollywood Unions
The Academy Awards have nefarious origins: They were apparently created by Hollywood’s creative class to combat unionization.
Strike! Harvard Jewish Students Back Union, Citing Labor Roots
Harvard University dining workers are celebrating a victory after a strike that gained them a $35,000 minimum yearly income and stable health-care costs in their new contract. And Jewish students on campus are, by and large, celebrating with them after taking a prominent role at the forefront of the push to support their demands.
Iconic Hasidic-Owned Electronics Store B and H Faces Growing Worker Revolt
Workers at the iconic camera store B and H say they face unsafe labor conditions and are looking to unionize.
A Labor Agenda for the 21st Century: Less Work
Labor is focused on organizing low-wage workers and safety issues, especially after recent horrific factory tragedies. But maybe unions should push for all of us to work a little less.
Knesset Kerfuffle: Spare the VAT, Spoil the Sabbath
Israel’s Jewish Home party, for those still trying to follow these things, is a new body that reunites the main elements of the old National Religious Party (NRP, Hebrew Mafdal), which represented the Modern Orthodox / Religious Zionist constituency in the Knesset for a half-century.
Bangladesh Factory Collapse, Like Triangle Fire, Should Bring About Change
The tragic collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh has now claimed more than 1,000 lives. Like the Triangle fire, will it bring real reform to labor standards?
Anger Is Missing Ingredient in Making Unions Strong Again
Why are unions incapable of making an impact? Leonard Fein thinks it has to do with our fundamental inability to get angry and do something about it.
Echoes of Triangle Fire in Bangladesh
In the ashes of the Bangladesh factory blaze that killed more than 500, American Jews naturally see the long shadow of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist fire.
