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Building Trades Activists Stand Up to Trump »

April 5, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

When they heard President Donald Trump would address the Building Trades national legislative conference, activists from Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 569 knew they had to do something.

Building an Army to Fight Runaway Inequality »

April 4, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

How can unions help create a social movement to take on Wall Street’s economic and political dominance?

Interview: Organizing to Learn, Learning to Organize »

April 3, 2017 | Chris Brooks

If you’ve ever attended a Labor Notes Conference or Troublemakers School or picked up one of our books, you know that everything we do draws on the organizing know-how and creativity of rank-and-

Special Handout: Organized People Have Power »

March 31, 2017 | Labor Notes Staff

Cartoon: Trump Madness »

March 31, 2017 | Daniel Mendez Moore

Let's Make This a May Day to Remember »

March 28, 2017 | Sonia Singh | Alexandra Bradbury

The remarkable “Day without Immigrants,” when tens of thousands walked out February 16, sprang from the grass roots with little coordination by unions or worker centers.

Book Review: Refinery Town Political Revolution »

March 28, 2017 | David Cohen

On a snowy winter day, 25 people gathered in a library meeting room in Greenfield, Massachusetts, to hear how a movement of progressive activists had won elections and taken power in Richmond, California.

In Colombia, All-Women Childcare Union Emerges as National Player »

March 24, 2017 | Neil Martin

Sixty thousand women childcare workers in Colombia are on the verge of winning pensions and back pay, after decades of making just half the minimum wage.

Momentum Builds for May Day Strikes »

March 23, 2017 | Jonathan Rosenblum

Shop steward Tomas Mejia sensed something was different when 600 janitors streamed into the Los Angeles union hall February 16—far more than for a regular membership meeting. Chanting “Huelga! Huelga!” (“Strike! Strike!”), they voted unanimously to strike on May Day.

How We're Setting Our Contract Bargaining Tables to Advance Racial Justice »

March 15, 2017 | by Luster Howard, Maricruz Manzanarez, and Seth Newton Patel

Employers often use race to divide workers against one another. At University of California campuses and hospitals, we’re seeing the problem get worse now that President Donald Trump’s administration is unleashing new waves of racism and attacks on immigrants.

Are Strikes Dead, or Just Happening Under the Radar? Report Your Strike »

March 9, 2017 | Kim Moody and Sheila Cohen

Year after year, the official statistics tell us the strike is all but disappearing from the United States. But is this the whole story?


The Bureau of Labor Statistics only reports strikes of 1,000 or more workers. There were just 15 of those last year.

Breaking the Silence on Sexual Harassment »

March 8, 2017 | Sonia Singh

When we think of the biggest issues at work, wages and benefits usually top the list. But in many industries, sexual harassment and assault are huge concerns—even if nobody’s talking about it.

Workers Run This Hotel »

March 3, 2017 | Minsun Ji and Jane Slaughter

Fourteen years ago workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, occupied a downtown hotel that its owners had abandoned.

AT&T Mobility Workers Dial It Up »

March 2, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

AT&T Mobility workers are waging their largest-ever contract mobilization.

Tens of Thousands Strike on Day without Immigrants »

February 23, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio | Sonia Singh

Arkansas poultry workers, Brooklyn warehouse workers and house cleaners, Twin Cities roofers, and thousands of students in places like Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

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