Hamilton Nolan is a labor journalist, author, and organizer, who has been writing about labor issues for over 2 decades. As well as writing for In These Times, the Guardian and elsewhere, he organized the first on-line writers union In 2015, while working at the Gawker site. He has a substack blog under the tag, How Things Work.

His book, THE HAMMER: POWER, INEQUALITY, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF LABOR, was published by Hachette in February, 2024. We spoke with him on August 5, 2024 via Skype.

Articles pertinent to this interview:

Unions and Antitrust Are Peanut Butter and Jelly https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/unions-and-antitrust-are-peanut-butter

How the “Working Class Republican” Scam Works https://substack.com/home/post/p-146882549

Capitalism’s Washing Machine https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/capitalisms-washing-machine

You Patsy https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-patsy

‘Stand your butt up’: Republican senator challenges Teamsters chief to fight during hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWN0zbjdDVA

A Transcript of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts’ Speech About Our “Second American Revolution” https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/a-transcript-of-heritage-foundation

Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War! https://inthesetimes.com/article/national-conservatism-conference-2024-trump-gop

Housing Is The Economy https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/housing-is-the-economy

Dissident Group Wins Amazon Union Leadership Vote https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/30/business/economy/amazon-labor-union-election.html

Trump claims he’s pro-worker. Project 2025 will gut labor rights https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/04/project-2025-trump-unions-overtime-pay

US chip factory workers say it’s a ‘struggle to survive’ on their wages as industry booms https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/05/chip-factory-workers-wages

13,500 US hotel workers hold strike votes over pay and conditions https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/06/hotel-workers-strike-vote

Randy Kehler, 80, Dies; Peace Activist Inspired Release of Pentagon Papers https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/us/politics/randy-kehler-dead.html

High School Project on Genocide Was a Portent of Real-Life Events https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/education/23education.html