Blogs

  • Why the Millionaires Tax Was Worth Fighting For
    Mark Brenner
    March 27, 2012

    The tax compromise made by the California Federation of Teachers resulted in major improvements to the ballot initiative that could be in front of voters in November. But there are compelling reasons why proponents of the millionaires tax should have bucked the governor's deal and continued their struggle to reverse endless austerity.

  • Help Us Blow Out the Candles
    Mark Brenner
    February 20, 2012

    Hard to believe, but a scrappy rank-and-file magazine and organizing institute, founded in 1979 to bring together leaders from an inspiring string of wildcat strikes and union reform caucuses, turns 33 today.

    Labor Notes has grown a lot since then, training thousands of activists at 10 regional Troublemaker Schools last year and publishing a daily stream of unique news and analysis about unions and work, from labor's point of view.

    Labor Notes is more than a website and magazine.

  • Guess What, Fox News: Public Workers Didn’t Start this Fire
    Mark Brenner
    February 25, 2011

    You know what, Fox News? Public workers didn’t start this fire, but they’ll be damned if it consumes their communities and leaves generations of workers in cinders.

    I was back on the Faux network Friday to talk about the revolt surging through Wisconsin. The host kept arguing that taxpayers have been bled dry, repeating Governor Scott Walker’s talking point that the state has no alternative but to take the hatchet to teachers, nurses, lifeguards, clerks—all the many unionized public workers.