Robert Ovetz

Robert Ovetz is a senior lecturer in political science and the Master of Public Administration program at San Jose State University, labor scholar, and rank-and-file organizer for the California Facul

4 articles

Minneapolis police in confrontation with members of Teamsters Local 574 during the citywide 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike. Credit: Hennepin History Museum collections.

May/June 2025

Salting the Public Sector at UC Berkeley

An uptick in salting—which is when an experienced labor organizer takes a nonunion job in order to organize a

Robert Ovetz Jun 1, 2025

Issue 369

AI and the Future of Work

Workers’ struggles will determine how the latest round of automation will affect labor.

Robert Ovetz Nov 1, 2023

Issue 363

Majority Checked

Why the Inflation Reduction Act won't benefit workers or save the planet.

Robert Ovetz Nov 1, 2022

Issue 362

Taylor's Digital Stopwatch

What the U.S. labor movement can learn from European workers who are organizing against "algorithmic management."

Robert Ovetz Sep 1, 2022

Mamdani Needs to Catch the Value Capture Bus

More Babies or Better Care for Newborns?

Interview: Military Keyensianism, Then and Now

Salting the Public Sector at UC Berkeley

AI and the Future of Work

Majority Checked

Taylor's Digital Stopwatch