Reading Struggles

Collected works of author, labor educator, and union organizer Kevin Van Meter.

New Applied Research Report! The State of the Unions: Organized Labor in Maine, 2022-2024 (2026) Joseph van der Naald and Kevin Van Meter "The State of the Unions: Organized Labor in Maine, 2022-2024 provides a look into Maine’s labor movement. The report analyzes both historical and contemporary union membership patterns in the state of Maine, their implications for the conditions of workers and their wages, as well as recent union organizing efforts in the state." The Take

Labor scholars and organizers Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter joined Professor Richard Wolff on Economic Update for a show titled "Resurgent Labor Organizing" this week. Rick interviewed Robert and Kevin about Marx's "A Workers' Inquiry," labor organizing in the US, and contemporary struggles of the working-class. Take a watch! Don't miss part one of this two part episode with our colleagues Alexander Pyne of the Blue Bottle Independent Union and economist Anastasia Wilson

“Amplifying forms of informal and formal organizing the workplace, amplifying and circulating struggles and informal practices of time theft or insubordination, all those things can only be understood from the perspective of the workers themselves.” For my second appearance on the Library Punk Podcast , I join Justin and Jay  to chat about The American Worker pamphlet, Grace Lee Boggs and Phil Singer, Karl Marx and CLR James, workers’ inquiry and organizing in the US, and ne