Bring Back the Hammer: Why the Labor Movement Must Get Militant Again

Bring Back the Hammer: Why the Labor Movement Must Get Militant Again

We Were Built for Militancy A century ago there was no need for such a case to be made. Unions acted as the hammer of the working class, beating down the bosses and nailing down victory upon victory for workers. It is a sad day when the labor movement loses its militancy as that means that the working class has lost one of its weapons in the fight for its lot. As a class born out of contradiction and born into conflict, workers have deplorably f…