Labor Organizing

Striking teachers hold a rally outside City Hall in Oakland, Calif.

The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement

These educators won big—and showed how to use a strike to better society as a whole.

May 19, 2023 / Cecily Myart-Cruz

Cherelle Parker speaks at a podium

Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Will Almost Certainly Be a Black Woman

Yet, for all her claims to history, primary winner Cherelle Parker was the status quo candidate in a city where the status quo is badly broken.

May 18, 2023 / Gene Seymour

Demonstrators shout slogans and hold placards during a protest at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minn., on December 14, 2018

Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers

Passed over strenuous opposition from the company, the new law is the fruit of a long campaign by Amazon workers and the local community.

May 17, 2023 / Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman, and Erin Murphy

Tanner Fischer speaks in front of UPS workers in Iowa.

Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like

In Des Moines, Iowa, the militant Local 90 is preparing for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history.

May 15, 2023 / Sarah Lazare

people hold flags at a may day rally in Brazil

With Lula in Charge, What’s Next for the Brazilian Left? With Lula in Charge, What’s Next for the Brazilian Left?

Brazilian labor leaders Artur Henrique and Marcio Pochmann share their thoughts on the continuing danger of the far right in Brazil.

May 15, 2023 / Q&A / Bill Fletcher Jr. and Bill Gallegos

Big Bill Haywood, Adolph Lessing, and Carlo Tresca, Paterson, New Jersey, 1913.

The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union

A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW.

May 15, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

WGA strikers on the picket line

These Unions Are on the Front Lines Fighting Against the Uberization of Us All These Unions Are on the Front Lines Fighting Against the Uberization of Us All

Some long established unions are challenging Silicon Valley’s agenda by pushing back on AI, surveillance, and wage theft.

May 12, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey

Members of the Writers Guild of America East on the picket line outside of the Peacock NewFront on May 2, 2023, in New York City.

Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why. Writers Like Me Have Shut Down Hollywood. Here’s Why.

The Writers Guild of America is on strike because Hollywood bosses have treated our demands for fair and sustainable working conditions with contempt.

May 4, 2023 / Josh Gondelman

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.

May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz

Striking Starbucks coffee shop worker

Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions? Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?

For May Day, we talked to young workers—in tech, retail, food service, and more—about what brought them to the labor movement.

May 1, 2023 / StudentNation / Paige Oamek

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