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Honduran Unionists Back Presidential Election Recount »

December 7, 2017 | John Walsh

Hondurans went to the polls November 26 to elect a president, national congress, and local authorities.

My Quarter-Million-Dollar Baby »

December 7, 2017 | Alexandra Bradbury

Call her our $250,000 baby.

In July my uneventful pregnancy took a turn—I developed a serious condition called preeclampsia and had to deliver a month early. Paloma weighed less than five pounds at birth, and spent a week in neonatal intensive care.

Ontario Workers and Students Notch Biggest $15 Win Yet »

December 5, 2017 | Jonathan Rosenblum

Mainstream politicians often claim that we have to elect progressives to office first, before workers can win big legislation. Ontario workers and students just proved otherwise.

Resources for the Rank and File: An Interview with Robert Schwartz »

December 4, 2017 | Robert M. Schwartz

Labor lawyer Robert M.

Viewpoint: Electrical Workers Talk Sexual Harassment over Coffee »

December 1, 2017 | Erin Sullivan

Some days the men I work with amaze me. It was just about time for coffee when the Matt Lauer story broke. [NBC fired the "Today" co-host November 29 over allegations of sexual harassment. -Ed.] So one of the guys says, “Why now? Why are all these women coming out now?

Jersey Library Workers Get Loud to Win $15 »

November 30, 2017 | Jim McAsey

The best way to increase union membership on the eve of the Janus decision? Build a fighting campaign in your workplace. If there’s no fight, there’s nothing to join.

Health Care Splits Rail Crafts »

November 28, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

After nearly three years of bargaining with the nation’s top freight carriers, railroad unions are at odds over a contract settlement that will set the pattern for 135,000 rail workers.

Motion towards Medicare for All at AFL-CIO Convention »

November 27, 2017 | Traven Leyshon

While they didn’t get everything they wanted, single-payer health care advocates are celebrating progress getting the AFL-CIO to embrace Medicare for All.

Reform Slate in North Pole Elves Union Challenges Cozy-with-Santa Leadership »

November 24, 2017 | Alexandra Bradbury

Tennessee Campus Workers Foil Billionaire Governor's Outsourcing Scheme »

November 22, 2017 | Thomas Walker, Jessica Buttermore, and Jeffrey Lichtenstein

Two years ago Tennessee’s billionaire governor Bill Haslam, then the richest elected politician in the country (now it’s Trump), quietly initiated the largest and most radical restructuring of public services in the state’s history.

Facing Wisconsin-Style Attack, Iowans Stick to the Union »

November 16, 2017 | Dave Kamper

Never let a good crisis go to waste. Iowa’s Republican legislative majorities assumed that an aggressive anti-union law would persuade public employees to abandon their unions. Instead they created a backlash, sparking unions to reconnect with members and their communities.

Fighting a Co-Worker's Deportation at Our Hospital »

November 14, 2017 | John Pearson

When our hospital bargaining team learned that our co-worker Maria Mendoza Sanchez and her family were to be deported in less than a week, we were shocked. Though we knew it might be too late to act, we decided we had to do something.

Relieving Racial Resentment in Our Unions »

November 10, 2017 | Jane Slaughter

An electrical workers local in San Francisco found itself in a mortifying situation: one of its members was outed as an active white supremacist. Wireman John Ramondetta had traveled to Charlottesville this August to march alongside Nazis and the KKK.