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Outside rally among fall leaves with twenty happy people with Yes on 1 signs and t-shirts

Millionaire Tax Wins in Massachusetts »

December 16, 2022 | Max Page

For more than a century in Massachusetts everyone has paid the same income tax rate, from those who rake in millions to those working a minimum wage job. Until now.
An orange BNSF train passes in front of a mountain and forested hills

Frustrated Over Contract, Locomotive Engineers Vote to Oust President »

December 14, 2022 | Jonah Furman

This story was first published on More Perfect Union.
A group of workers and supporters hold signs that read STRIKE in front of a blue Amazon Prime truck.

Global Actions on Black Friday Unite Workers to ‘Make Amazon Pay’ »

December 14, 2022 | Peter Olney and Rand Wilson

Over the last 27 years Amazon has grown from a little-known online bookseller to a global sprawling logistics and delivery empire, overtaking brick-and-mortar retailers with its e-commerce offerings and threatening to make serious inroads on last-mile carriers like FedEx, UPS, and the Postal...
People sit in a classroom. Most are looking attentively at a person in the foreground who must be speaking, but has his back to us. He is wearing an interpretation headset and the back of his T-shirt says "Los Deliveristas Unidos," Spanish for united delivery workers.

'I Walked Away Like a Giant': New York Troublemakers School Draws 400 »

December 13, 2022 | Hannah Grimmett

Four hundred rank-and-file organizers gathered November 19 in a New York City high school at the largest Troublemakers School yet. The day was part learning opportunity, part celebration of shared struggle.
Workers in reflective yellow jackets work outdoors on railroad tracks, with heavy machinery, surrounded by rocky cliffs and forest

Rail Machinist Opens Bid for District Presidency »

December 9, 2022 | Jonah Furman

Rail workers have captured the nation’s attention since September, when their showdown with the Class I freight railroads reached a near-breaking point.
View from above of a sea of marchers outdoors, all carrying matching printed "UAW on strike" picket signs

Viewpoints: How Academic Workers’ Leverage Can Grow in a Long-Haul Strike »

December 9, 2022 | Jonathan Mackris and Abrar Abidi

Forty-eight thousand academic workers have been on strike across the 10 campuses of the University of California since November 14. It’s the biggest strike in the country this year.
Workers, many in ponchos, march briskly on a street. Some carry printed signs saying "Safer work," "Higher wages," or "Amazon hurts."

No Union? You Still Have a Right to Strike »

December 8, 2022 | Richard de Vries

Last year there were 87 strikes by non-union workers, according to Cornell’s Labor Action Tracker, accounting for one-third of all work stoppages in the U.S.

Challengers Win Big in UAW Elections; Presidency Headed to Run-Off »

December 2, 2022 | Jane Slaughter

See election results here.


What is the mood at United Auto Workers headquarters today? Day drinking? Shopping for retirement condos? Dunning staff for money to try desperately to win the run-off? Shredding documents?

What Would It Take For Rail Workers To Win? »

December 2, 2022 | Ross Grooters

On Thursday, Congress voted to impose a contract on 120,000 freight railroad workers and preempt the first national rail stoppage in 30 years.

Comic: Tales from Inside an Australian Amazon Warehouse »

December 1, 2022 | Sam Wallman

At the end of 2017, Amazon opened its first warehouse in Australia. The company’s reputation loomed large—it was clear that the monolith would reshape the landscape here.

Every Union Contract Right Now Should Be the Best Ever »

November 29, 2022 | Alexandra Bradbury

If your union goes into negotiations right now and doesn’t win its biggest raise ever, you’re leaving money on the table.


Soaring inflation means it takes a bigger raise just to break even. And with unemployment low, labor has extra leverage to win more.
Comic shows freight trains with the text: "Imagine, a complex network of just-in-time delivery, moving billions of dollars of material and merchandise, undergirding the entire American economy, pushed to the brink because: [shrugging man in suit, labeled "rail boss," speaks:] 'We just can't afford more paid sick days.'"]

Could We See a Rail Strike? »

November 24, 2022 | Jonah Furman

Despite fanfare from the White House and Secretary of Labor about averting a rail strike, some freight rail unions could walk out as soon as December 9.

Strikers march outdoors. The three in front, wearing neon vests of picket captains, are chanting energetically, two with fists in air, one holding bullhorn. Crowd behind them holds "UAW on strike" picket signs.

This Year's Biggest Strike Is by 48,000 Academic Workers at the University of California »

November 23, 2022 | Kenzo Esquivel

Across the prestigious University of California system, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job last week for the nation’s largest strike of 2022, and the largest strike of academic workers in U.S. history.
A diverse crowd of people, viewed from above, fills the frame. Most people are wearing red shirts. Many are Black. Many are lifting flags or raised fists and some hold "Organize the South" banners. Many little kids are in the front of the crowd.

Southern Service Workers Launch a New Union »

November 22, 2022 | Stephanie Luce

Hundreds of service workers from across the South gathered in Columbia, South Carolina, November 17-19 to launch the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), taking their fight to a new level.

'Above All, Don't Stay Quiet': Philly Immigrant Workers Organize to Change the Restaurant Industry »

November 18, 2022 | Melissa Moriarty

The first time Yuris Reyes asked for paid sick leave, she was turned down. “My bosses told me that paid sick leave was only for the managers and not something I was entitled to,” says the Philadelphia restaurant worker.

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