Chris Brooks
@chactivist.bsky.social
Former chief of staff @UAW & architect of 2023 Stand Up Strike. Previously @nyguild / @cwaunion & NEA & @labornotes.
The labor movement isn’t just weak, it’s approaching an event horizon: the point at which unions become so small they lose the political, cultural, and institutional mass to successfully reverse their own decline. 🧵 jacobin.com/2026/02/unio...
Unions Are Going to Die Unless Something Big Changes Soon
The labor movement isn’t just the weakest it’s been in a century. Without a radical and aggressive shift in organizing, US unions could effectively cease to matter in the very near future.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
The labor movement isn’t just weak, it’s approaching an event horizon: the point at which unions become so small they lose the political, cultural, and institutional mass to successfully reverse their own decline. 🧵 jacobin.com/2026/02/unio...
First article as a new columnist for @jacobinmag.bsky.social 👇
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Here’s what he learned from that process.
Four Lessons From the UAW’s Turn Toward Class Struggle
Chris Brooks, former chief of staff to United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain, was key to an attempt to transform a once mighty union hobbled by corruption and lethargy. Here’s what he learned from that process.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
First article as a new columnist for @jacobinmag.bsky.social 👇