Mark Meinster is an International Representative for UE.

11.30.2020

• Mark Meinster

How Unions Can Lay the Ground for the Next Upsurge

Smart union organizing tactics can produce incremental growth for unions at some points, or at least slow decline. But those tactics don't lead to substantial increases in overall union density — those increases happen quickly, in moments of upsurge. Labor and the Left need to be ready for those moments.

04.16.2020

• Mark Meinster

“It’s Time to Engage in as Much Class Struggle as We Can”

The United Electrical workers’ union and the Democratic Socialists of America are teaming up to help nonunion workers organize during the coronavirus crisis. The goal: find workers who are already spoiling for a fight and help them win it.