Jane Slaughter (journalist)

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Jane Slaughter
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Slaughter in 2019
BornJanuary 9, 1949
Education American University
OccupationCo-Founder of Labor Notes
Years active1970s–present
Organization Democratic Socialists of America
Known forLabor Organizing & Activism
Notable work
  • Concessions and How To Beat Them (1983)
  • Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept (1988)
  • Working Smart: A Union Guide to Participation Programs and Reengineering (1994)
  • Secrets of a Successful Organizer (2016)

Jane Slaughter (born January 9, 1949) is an American journalist who writes frequently on labor affairs. [1] Her writing has appeared in The Nation , [2] The Progressive , Monthly Review , and In These Times . She is based in Detroit. [2]

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Early life and education

Jane Slaughter was born in Scott Depot, West Virginia, in 1949. She moved to Washington, D.C. to study at American University. There, she became a member of the New American Movement and later joined the October League.

Career

Slaughter joined the International Socialists and moved to Detroit to work in telecommunications. Shortly thereafter, she left her job to join the UAW at Chrysler, where she worked for several years. While working at Chrysler, she worked on the UAW's union newspaper. Finding the work enjoyable, she co-found the labor magazine Labor Notes , where she was an editor until retiring in 2014. Since then, she occasionally writes articles for the magazine. [3]

Publications

Slaughter is the author of Concessions and How to Beat Them and co-author, with Mike Parker, of Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept and Working Smart: A Union Guide to Participation Programs and Reengineering. She is also the editor of Troublemaker's Handbook 2. Additionally, she co-wrote Secrets of a Successful Organizer with Alexandra Bradbury and Mark Brenner.

Personal life

She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and is part of that organization's Bread and Roses caucus. [4] [5]

References

  1. Obeid, Frank (March 13, 1989). "Workers see decline in power". Michigan Daily . Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Author Bios: Jane Slaughter". The Nation. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. "YDSA Rank and File School". DSA USA Zoom. March 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  4. "Books by DSA Authors" (PDF). Democratic Left. Democratic Socialists of America . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. "Written by: Jane Slaughter". Socialist Call. Retrieved 2025-04-07.