Labor Organizing

Minnesota teachers strike

Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good

With public schools in limbo nationwide, the stakes couldn't be higher.

Mar 8, 2022 / Eric Blanc

locked baseball stadium gate

Listen to Bernie Sanders and End the Bosses’ Baseball Lockout Listen to Bernie Sanders and End the Bosses’ Baseball Lockout

This is not a strike. The corporate greed needs to stop.

Mar 4, 2022 / Dave Zirin

A man walks past a shop window with the REI logo on it,

Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Talking Union at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)

The outdoors equipment company says it believes “in putting purpose before profits.” So why is the CEO trying to keep employees from joining a union?

Feb 28, 2022 / Dave Leshtz

Boston Reds Players League

Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity

Learning from the 1890 Players League.

Feb 25, 2022 / Robert Ross

Starbucks union pins spill out of a bag onto union flyers

Starbucks Baristas in Philly Are Brewing Up a Union Starbucks Baristas in Philly Are Brewing Up a Union

Workers at four locations have joined the organizing wave, and the beverage behemoth is about to learn what happens when you mess with Philly.

Feb 16, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Nina Turner Is Still Mad As Hell, and Running for Congress (Again)

Nina Turner Is Still Mad As Hell, and Running for Congress (Again) Nina Turner Is Still Mad As Hell, and Running for Congress (Again)

If you thought the former Ohio state senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate was going to quietly fade into the background after her primary loss last year, think again.

Feb 11, 2022 / A. Bryan Johnson

Congressional Staffers Are Organizing a Much-Needed Union

Congressional Staffers Are Organizing a Much-Needed Union Congressional Staffers Are Organizing a Much-Needed Union

Members of Congress need to activate key provisions of the Congressional Accountability Act for the organizing effort to move forward. 

Feb 11, 2022 / John Nichols

An older woman with blood running down her face

Journalist Mary Heaton Vorse Spent Decades on the Front Lines of Labor Journalist Mary Heaton Vorse Spent Decades on the Front Lines of Labor

The Progressive Era labor journalist, feminist, and war correspondent devoted her long and uncompromising career to giving poor and working people a voice.

Feb 8, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee” Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enoug...

Feb 7, 2022 / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

Three Black women in formal dress pose for a photo

Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale

The Panamanian garment worker turned labor organizer, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonial activist advocated for US and African workers amid a Cold War freeze.

Feb 4, 2022 / Kim Kelly

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