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Future Fighters Go to the Mat for Black Lives »

August 18, 2016 | Chris Brooks

If you’ve attended a Fight for $15 rally or a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago recently, chances are you’ve seen members of Future Fighters.

How Massachusetts Nurses Are Reducing Workplace Violence »

August 16, 2016 | Andrea Fox, Cindy Chaplin, Marilyn Hernandez, Rachelle Kiley, Cady Spencer, and Erin Johnson

For too long, health care workers have suffered from the assumption that workplace violence is just part of the job.

Teamsters United One Step Closer »

August 15, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury

As of July 1, the challengers for Teamster leadership are officially nominated. Now their supporters are out seeking votes among the union’s 1.3 million members.

Postal Contract Narrows the Gap between Tiers »

August 12, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury

They didn’t end three-tier in a single blow. But in a new contract covering 200,000 members, the American Postal Workers Union made serious headway and fended off most concessionary demands, including the Postal Service’s effort to create yet another tier.

Interview, Part 2: Labor's New Sources of Leverage »

August 12, 2016 | Chris Brooks | Kim Moody

Where’s our economy headed? This is part two of our interview with Kim Moody, co-founder of this magazine and the author of many books on U.S. labor.

Postal Workers Stare Down Canada Post »

August 11, 2016 | Sonia Singh

After staving off a lockout threat last month, 50,000 Canadian postal workers are turning up the heat with public demonstrations and creative actions at work.

For Unions, Sometimes a Lockout Is Better Than a Strike »

August 9, 2016 | Peter Olney

With careful planning and a little jujitsu, workers can turn a lockout to their advantage.

Book Review: Organizing against the Toxins Lurking in Our Schools »

August 2, 2016 | Hyung Nam

As news about the lead poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan, has reverberated across the country, many cities and schools have been discovering that their own problems with lead are just as bad, if not worse.

Portland Teachers Expose Lead in Schools »

August 2, 2016 | Samantha Winslow

The school superintendent in Portland, Oregon, has resigned amid a widening scandal, after news broke that the district waited months to tell the public that drinking water at two elementary schools had tested positive for lead.

Viewpoint: California Voters Disenfranchised by SEIU’s Shady Deal with Employers »

July 28, 2016 | Sal Rosselli

It’s an inside joke in the labor movement that Dave Regan, president of Oakland-based Service Employees-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), is better at organizing employers than he is workers. But recent developments make it clear that he’s not even good at that.

Police Violence Is a Labor Issue Too »

July 27, 2016 | Sonia Singh

After the latest fatal police shootings of Black men, captured in horrifying video footage, many of us are asking ourselves tough questions.

Interview: Busting the Myths of a Workerless Future »

July 26, 2016 | Chris Brooks | Kim Moody

Where’s our economy headed? Soon every factory worker will have to start driving for Uber, and the trucks will drive themselves—at least so the business press tells us.

Everyone in the Plant Was a Temp—Until They All Joined the Union »

July 25, 2016 | Dan DiMaggio

At an auto parts plant in Avon, Ohio, all 60 workers were temps—until they threatened to strike.

Cartoon: Here's How You Organize a Strike in 2016 »

July 22, 2016 | Daniel Mendez Moore

Teachers Arrested Protesting Police Brutality in the Twin Cities »

July 21, 2016 | Samantha Winslow

As teachers gathered in Minneapolis for the American Federation of Teachers convention, the two Twin Cities teachers unions led a march to protest the recent police killing of an African American man, Philando Castile, at a traffic stop..

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