charities
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Charity work is the most unproductive of labours
This is not about occasional volunteering on a Sunday. This article describes the state orchestrated, regulated and systemic expenditure of labour time in the sphere of charity work in order to compensate for the withdrawal of public services carried out by waged labour. I was asked to write an article on this subject by my… Continue reading
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Our Sad, Misunderstood Labor Unions By David Macaray
A union official I correspond with (the International Vice-President of a West Coast labor union) recently shared an interesting anecdote. He said that whenever he meets someone for the first time and they casually ask what he does for a living, he answers by saying he’s a “workers’ rights activist.” Continue reading