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Argentina: Workers Occupy Printing Plant »

January 23, 2017 | Jane Slaughter

Printing plant workers in Buenos Aires showed up for their 6 a.m. shift as usual last Monday, only to find locked doors, police, and private security blocking their way. Grupo Clarín, the biggest media group in Argentina, had locked them out.

Strikes by Janitors and Dining Hall Workers Inaugurate Trump Era »

January 20, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

Dozens of retail janitors who clean Home Depot in the Twin Cities are on strike today to protest poverty wages and incoming President Donald Trump’s anti-worker agenda.

Teachers Protest Trump, DeVos in 200 Districts »

January 19, 2017 | Samantha Winslow

This morning teachers kicked off the Trump inauguration protests with a day of actions in 200 school districts around the country.

Viewpoint: What’s Coming for Unions under President Trump »

January 19, 2017 | Penny Lewis

With the election of Donald Trump as president and Republican majorities in both the House and Senate, we are entering a period of existential crisis for unions and our organized power.

MLK's Advice on Strike Strategy Still Relevant Today »

January 18, 2017 | Rand Wilson

Adapted from remarks by Rand Wilson on January 16 at the Capital District Area Labor Federation's 20th Annual MLK Labor Celebration in Albany, New York.

In Connecticut Hotels and Cafeterias, Recruiting a Rank-and-File Army of Organizers »

January 17, 2017 | Chris Brooks

How much stronger would our unions be if they didn’t rely so heavily on staffers with little or no experience in their industries? What if more organizing was done by the members themselves?

Where to Find Better Candidates? Oregon Unions Are Growing Their Own »

January 13, 2017 | Sara Ryan

Election night 2016 was bittersweet for me. I spent most of the day with Oregon legislative candidate Teresa Alonso Leon, a Service Employees (SEIU) member.

At the Birthplace of Auto Workers' Sit-Down Strikes, Locked Out for Eight Months and Counting »

January 12, 2017 | Dianne Feeley

Last week auto workers from Chicago and Detroit made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of auto workers' sit-down strikes to lend solidarity to workers who’ve been locked out for eight months and counting.

Chattanooga Auto Workers to Host Strike Meeting »

January 6, 2017 | Chris Brooks

At its monthly meeting this weekend, United Auto Workers Local 42 will be informing Volkswagen workers about their right to strike and access to strike benefits.

Turning an Issue into a Campaign: How Minnesota Public Employees Stood Up for Paid Parental Leave »

January 3, 2017 | Joan Treichel, Steph Meyer, and Johanna Schussler

Many unions agonize over how to get young workers involved. At the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE), we did it with a fight over an issue that mattered to younger members—paid parental leave.

Let's Make 2017 the Year of the Slingshot »

December 22, 2016 | Chris Brooks

Fast food CEO Andrew Pudzer for Labor Secretary… Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Energy Secretary… Billionaire Betsy DeVos, enemy of public schools and public workers, to head Education…

Five Ways to Defend Immigrant Members »

December 19, 2016 | Sonia Singh

As the reality of a Donald Trump presidency sets in, unions and workers centers are gearing up for a massive fight to defend immigrant members, building on lessons from the past decade.

A Ph.D. in Organizing »

December 19, 2016 | by Dawn Tefft and Jeff Schuhrke

Newly armed with the right to collective bargaining, teaching assistants, graduate assistants, and research assistants at private universities are organizing to join the ranks of the unionized.

Hotel Workers Defeat Boss Tactics to Win Union »

December 16, 2016 | Samantha Winslow

While many union members needed time to recover from the presidential election results, a group of Santa Monica, California, hotel workers didn’t have time to spare. News of Donald Trump’s victory only pushed them to fight harder to win their union election at a beachfront hotel.

In Election Squeaker, Teamsters United Nearly Topples Hoffa »

December 15, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury

For the first time in nearly two decades, reformers have won seats on the Teamsters’ international executive board—and come within a hair’s breadth of unseating the incumbent administration led by President James P. Hoffa.

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