Unions

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zophia Edwards’ Book, “Fueling Development”
01 Apr 2026
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Zophia Edwards. Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins…
Stephen Millies
The War Against Black Workers
04 Mar 2026
Black workers built a strong U.S. labor movement. They now endure plant closings, deindustrialization, and low-wage work as a result of neo-liberal policies.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Zohran Mamdani and the Left
07 Nov 2025
Lance Hawkins joins us from New York City to discuss the recent election of Zohran Mamdani, who will take office as the mayor of New York City on January 1. Lance Hawkins is a community, labor, and…
Tamara Gausi
ITUC-Africa General Secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms”
28 May 2025
As workers across Africa face growing challenges, the leadership of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation remains crucial in the fight for labor rights and…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Tennessee Ride Share Workers Protest Uber and Lyft Labor Practices
06 Sep 2024
We are joined by Cecilia Prado, the Chairperson of A Luta Sigue who is working with the drivers to organize the Tennessee Drivers Union strike and others on labor organizing in Nashville and Memphis…
Luis Feliz Leon
Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Vote Union
24 Apr 2024
The vote by Volkswagon workers in Tenessee to unionize with the United Auto Workers union is a clear indication that it is possible to organize in the South.
Peoples Dispatch
87% of Service Workers in the US South Were Injured on the Job Last Year
12 Apr 2023
Southern service workers allege that South Carolina’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration discriminates against Black workers.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: A Talk with Sylvia Woods, 1974
15 Mar 2023
An inspiring interview with Sylvia Woods highlights the role of Black women in labor organizing and demonstrates that Black women should always be at the forefront.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: To the Point of Production: An Interview with John Watson of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, 1969
07 Sep 2022
A 1969 interview with a founder of Detroit’s League of Revolutionary Black Workers reminds us of the radical genius and hope of Black labor.
King Downing and Frances Madeson
Labor Must Make Defense of Black Lives Its Own Imperative
16 Sep 2020
Some local unions have started to stand up to militias in much the same way as they have against police brutality.