Jane McAlevey

Jane F. McAlevey (born October 12, 1964) is an American union organizer, author, and political commentator.Since June 2019, McAlevey is a Senior Policy Fellow of the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center. She was also named Strikes correspondent for The Nation magazine.McAlevey has written four books about power and strategy and the essential role of workers and trade unions in reversing income inequality and building a stronger democracy: No Shortcuts - Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age (Oxford University Press, 2016), Raising Expectations and Raising Hell (Verso Books, 2012), A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy, (Ecco Press, 2020), and Rules to Win By: Power and Participation in Union Negotiations| (with Abby Lawlor)(Oxford University Press, 2023).