Jane Slaughter is an American journalist who writes frequently on labor affairs. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, Monthly Review, and In These Times. She is based in Detroit. A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... The Nation is a weekly leftist periodical devoted to politics and culture. ... The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. ... The Monthly Review is a socialist magazine published in New York City. ... In These Times is a biweekly magazine of news and opinion published in Chicago. ... This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. ...

Before becoming a freelance journalist, Slaughter worked for several years as a UAW activist. The United Auto Workers (UAW), officially the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union, is one of the largest labor unions in North America, with more than 700,000 members in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico organized into approximately 950 union locals. ...

Slaughter is the author of Concessions and How To Beat Them and co-author, with Mike Parker, of Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept and Working Smart: A Union Guide to Participation Programs and Reengineering.