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It surprised many when the National Union of Healthcare Workers—a quintessential service sector union—announced in February its intent to affiliate with the Machinists, which has an extensive industrial union history. An interview with three principal players delves into the thinking behind the...

Community supporters are turning out once again at a small grocery store in the Kensington neighborhood in Brooklyn to aid workers fighting for their union.

Organizing has fallen off the map in most conversations about labor’s future. Every day we shrink further and further. Every organizing drive is more difficult to win. What—if anything—is refreshing about our organizing?

After the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, much of labor issued a glowing reaction. But some unions said unhealthy provisions are hiding in the bill—and the court's decision.

The last four years have created some uncomfortable arithmetic for unions. Are we at a tipping point, where labor is no longer able to influence conditions and create a shared working-class common sense? If we are, where should we focus?

Postal and community activists began a hunger strike today to protest cuts that could devastate the Post Office.

A new coalition, Communities and Postal Workers United, announced the four-day fast to put heat on Congress for starving the U.S. Postal Service to the point where drastic...

As Chicago teachers express frustration with charter schools, those organizing meet stiff resistance. One school rallied to save their campus from closure after teachers announced a union drive.