Steve Early was involved in organizing, bargaining, and strikes at AT&T and Verizon for 27 years, while serving as a Boston-based CWA International representative and, later, administrative assistant to the vice-president of CWA District 1, the union’s largest. He is an active member of the NewsGuild/​CWA Freelancers Unit in the Bay Area and is supporting Sara Steffens for CWA president. He has written five books about labor or politics and can be reached at Lsupport@​aol.​com

Labor
What Today's Labor Activists Can Learn From the Legacy of Ron Carey
The late Teamsters reform leader Ron Carey succeeded in turning around a corrupt and conservative union. Today’s labor reformers looking to revitalize their own unions can take lessons from his career.
Steve Early and Rand Wilson
LaborViewpoint
Remote Work Among the Issues at Play in CWA Election
At their national convention, communications workers are set to decide on a new president—and the future of work-from-home arrangements could be on the table.
Steve Early
Labor
What Today's Labor Reformers Can Learn From a Rank-and-File Coal Miners' Victory 50 Years Ago
Labor militants ousted entrenched leadership at the mine workers’ union in 1972. Current organizers can take lessons from both the challenges and successes of the historic campaign.
Steve Early
Dispatch
Diverse, Radical and Ready to Resist: Meet the First in the New Wave of Local Progressive Officials
At Local Progress's 150-person meet-up, left-leaning politicians from around the country share plans to build rebel cities.
Steve Early
Feature
Seattle’s Lessons for Bernie Sanders Activists After the Elections
A new book gives some pointers on taking Sanders' revolution to the local level.
Steve Early
Labor
A Tale of Two Teamsters: Building a Community-Minded Union in Mid-Century St. Louis
Steve Early
Labor
​Why Labor Should Get Behind Bernie Sanders in the Primary Elections
Steve Early
Labor
Vermont Activists Battle Democratic Governor for Single-Payer Health Care
Steve Early
Labor
In 3,800-Worker Strike, the Ghost of Tony Mazzocchi Still Haunts Big Oil
Steve Early
Labor
Hawaiian Health Care Workers Push Back Against Health Care Giant Kaiser Permanente
Steve Early
Labor
Railroad Conductor: ‘Railroading Has Changed So Much’
Steve Early
Labor
For Labor, an Open Shop Doesn’t Have to Mean Closed Doors
Steve Early
Labor
Police Officer: ‘Policing Mostly Became a Response to the 911 Call Machine’
Steve Early
Labor
After Surviving Pirates, the Real-Life Captain Phillips Fights Job Cuts
Steve Early
Feature
The Big Do-Over at Kaiser
Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor.
Steve Early
Labor
CNA and NUHW Join Forces Against SEIU in California
Steve Early
Labor
Bargain to Organize: From Boon to Embarrassment
Steve Early
Feature
Torie Osborn Crashes the Party
The spirited California Assembly candidate battles the Democratic establishment.
Steve Early
Feature
Out of the Margins, Into the Fray
The Vermont Progressive Party wields outsized influence on state politics.
Steve Early
Labor
The IBT on Reality TV: Boston Union Teams Up With Mark Wahlberg
Steve Early
Labor
100 Years After Lawrence Strike, the Cry for ‘Bread & Roses’ Still Resonates
Steve Early
Labor
End of the Newt & Andy Show? Breaking Up Is So Hard…
Steve Early
Labor
A ‘Stewards Army’ Uprising Brings Regime Change to CWA Local 1101
Steve Early
Labor
Goodbye to the ‘Middle Class’? A Lesson for Labor From Occupy Wall Street
Steve Early
Labor
Whither Change to Win?
Steve Early
Labor
Verizon Showdown Calls for New Strike Tactics
Steve Early
Labor
Kaiser Election Results KOed: Judge Orders Rematch Between SEIU and NUHW
Steve Early
Labor
Insurgent Sandy Pope Nominated for Teamster Presidency
Steve Early
Labor
Viva Las Vegas? Teamsters Gather in Sin City for Old-School Convention
Steve Early
Labor
Sisters In The Union Brotherhood: Still Struggling For Recognition
Steve Early
Labor
GOP Targets Fragile Gains of Home-Based Caregivers
Steve Early
Labor
Does Labor Need Another Wimpy?
Steve Early
Labor
Made in Dagenham: Lessons for Today From the Golden Age of Factory Unrest?
Steve Early
Labor
Scoundrel Time At Kaiser, as SEIU/NUHW Election Showdown Continues
Steve Early
Labor
This Labor Day, Let’s Salute All Union Stewards
Steve Early
Labor
Calif. Union Rebels Demand Biggest Labor Board Vote In Seven Decades
Steve Early
Labor
Mary Kay Henry and Smoke Signals From the Purple Vatican
Steve Early
Labor
SEIU’s Mega-Local Meltdown: Size Matters, But Members Matter More
Steve Early
Labor
The Night They Drove Old EFCA Down
Steve Early
Labor
Call for Participants: Home-Based Worker Organizing Forum in April!
Steve Early
Labor
NYC Reformers Rise Again—In Transit And Teamsterdom
Steve Early
Labor
Union Hypocrisy and Calif. Health Workers’ Fight For ‘Free Choice’
Steve Early
Labor
Principle and Power Plays: the Situational Ethics of Union ‘Raiding’
Steve Early
Labor
Specter In Pittsburgh: Punishment and Reward at AFL-CIO Convention
Steve Early
Labor
Another Hail Mary Pass From Labor’s Latest Quarterback
Steve Early
Feature
Talking Shop
Union reformers huddle at Labor Notes conference.
Steve Early
Feature
What Went Wrong?
The campaign money scandal of Teamster President Ron Carey.
Steve Early