Author Bios

Robert Lavitt is a partner with the firm of Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP, in Seattle, Washington, which represents the union - the Machinists - which is …

David Donovan is the creator and managing editor of Independent Australia. Donovan has a several years experience in the media as a freelance journalist and also as media director …

Britney Schultz is Truthout's production manager. She lives in Ohio.

Jennifer Medina is an education reporter for The New York Times.

JOSH EIDELSON is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. He received his MA in political science from Yale and worked as a union organizer for five years. His website …