Eric Blanc discusses the union’s success in winning a five percent pay raise for all state workers, a temporary freeze on health insurance premiums, and the significance of their wildcat strike for the broader U.S. labor movement. Eric is also a doctoral student in the sociology department at New York University who covered the nine day West Virginia teachers strike.
West Virginia Teachers Strike, One of the Most Important Labor Victories in Decades
Interview with Eric Blanc, a contributor to Jacobin Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris

