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Marchers bundled in coats, one carries printed sign: "The time is now!"

This Year, Let's Coordinate Our Contract Fights to Bargain for the Common Good »

March 1, 2022 | Cecily Myart-Cruz and Greg Nammacher

A wave of worker activism has shaken the labor movement and captivated the public’s attention as the pandemic stretched into its second and third year—and this wave couldn’t have come at a more important time.
A big crowd of workers in matching green T-shirts hold up printed signs reading "PRO(FESSIONAL) UNION DRIVER"

Here's What's in the New Bill Jointly Backed by Uber and the Teamsters in Washington State »

February 25, 2022 | Luis Feliz Leon

Uber’s lobbyists, after clinching an agreement with UFCW Canada to launch a charm offensive at the Ontario provincial government for employee-like benefits on be

Richmond Educators Are First In Virginia to Win Bargaining Rights »

February 24, 2022 | Vernon Snow

Teachers and other public school employees in Richmond, Virginia, won a major victory in December when the city’s school board, in an 8 to 1 vote, approved a resolution granting them collective bargaining rights.
People march in the street on a snowy day. Those at the front carry two huge banners: MFT banner has blue union logo and hundreds of tiny images of members holding signs. SFPE one is red. Others in crowd are holding up beautiful hand-painted signs on sticks with messages like "Educators: the heart of the community" (with a fist/heart image) and "Educators for Black lives"

Twin Cities Teachers and School Employees Gear Up for Strike »

February 23, 2022 | Barbara Madeloni

Three contracts, two unions, one voice. On February 18, three groups of educators in the Twin Cities all announced strike authorization votes.
Several woman hold blue and yellow signs that read "Pass the Pro Act: Build Back Better with Unions."

We Can't Just Keep Saying 'Pass the PRO Act.' We Have to Organize. »

February 21, 2022 | Jonah Furman

In January our movement got its annual punch in the gut from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose 2021 report shows 241,000 fewer union members than the previous year.

A New Union, At Last? Mexican Auto Parts Workers Get to Vote, Three Years After Strike Wave »

February 19, 2022 | Luis Feliz Leon

UPDATE, March 1: Workers at Mexico's Tridonex auto parts plant in the border city of Matamoros overwhelmingly voted for an independent union on February 28.
Six young workers in a Starbucks, wearing the trademark green aprons, look cheerfully or defiantly at the camera. Three are holding cups aloft.

Buffalo Baristas Touch Off a Starbucks Organizing Wave »

February 18, 2022 | Saurav Sarkar

Twenty-year-old Starbucks shift supervisor Gianna Reeve is a firebrand who doesn’t hesitate to speak up for the co-workers she loves.
A child and an adult paint signs. Behind them are many more signs hanging already painted.

VIDEO: What is Visual Strategy? Projecting Power in the Street »

February 17, 2022 | Sarah Hughes

Holding a union sign at a picket line or rally is a rite of passage for a fighting union. But how often do we stop to think about how we are using these moments of collective action to strengthen our sense of unity, pride, and power?

Laptop screen shows a map of the Northeast with lots of pushpins. Along the side are checklists of union names and campus job categories.

HELU: A National Strategy for Higher Ed Labor »

February 17, 2022 | Helena Worthen

We in the U.S. have never had a national strategy for dealing with the adjunct/contingent problem in higher education, even as this precarious workforce grew to nearly 75 percent of all faculty in colleges and universities.
A dozen cupcakes with rainbow colored sprinkles and cupcake toppers that read Hopewell Starbucks Workers United

How We Turned the Tables On Starbucks Union-Busters »

February 17, 2022 | Sara Mughal

A national wave of organizing has hit Starbucks' company-run stores in the last three months.

Community Campaign Boosts Portland City Workers »

February 16, 2022 | Jamie Partridge

A day before the planned strike by 1,200 City of Portland, Oregon, workers, members accepted the city’s last-minute offer in a 58 percent “yes” vote.
Black woman looks into the distance with a serious, determined expression. Behind her is a bus stop sign and a blue sky.

Transit Workers Deserve Hazard Pay »

February 15, 2022 | Joty Dhaliwal and Nathan Swedlow

Throughout the pandemic, transit workers have kept our cities in motion. In California’s East Bay, even when most residents were isolating at home, AC Transit bus operators were on the front lines ensuring that people could get where they needed to go, including to other essential jobs.

Farmworkers and Firefighters Are on the Front Lines of Climate-Fueled Catastrophe »

February 14, 2022 | Lin Nelson

Despite the short flurry of support (it seems so long ago) for workers on the front lines, many of the folks who help hold our health and the economy together feel abandoned and used up. The Covid calamity and the escalating climate crisis are creating worker sacrifice zones.
Young people of various races, fists in air, all masked. Some wear yellow "Gig Worker United" shirts and those in front hold a big banner with the group's logo and the initials of the Canadian postal union.

Viewpoint: Gig Workers Deserve Real Labour Rights, Not Backroom Deals Like This One Between Uber and UFCW Canada »

February 11, 2022 | David Bush

Less than 12 hours after co-sponsoring a labour-led discussion on the rights of gig workers, United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) announced it had come to a deal with Uber to represent 100,000 of its workers.
Man in cap and vest in orange shirt at top center. Three tubs of lobsters below him and others around him as well. Window at top center. Blue drum at top center.

How Lobstermen Formed a Union Co-op to Claw Back Fair Prices »

February 7, 2022 | Bernadette King Fitzsimons and Rebecca Lurie

When you think of workers hamstrung by the “independent contractor” label, you probably don’t think of Maine lobstermen.

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