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Time for Labor to Up Our Game on Racism »

October 26, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

The most important actions by union members this fall are happening on, of all places, the football field.

Jersey Day Spooks Kroger Management »

October 20, 2017 | Chris Brooks

According to Kroger, sports partisanship on the job is OK but union partisanship is not.


The grocery chain has long allowed employees to wear team jerseys of their choice on designated “game days.” NASCAR and NFL teams are among the honorees.

Review: No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age »

October 19, 2017 | Mike Parker

Jane McAlevey’s No Shortcuts is an exciting book. It tells the stories of important struggles and it tackles the big questions facing the labor movement.

Canada GM Workers Strike, but Can’t Get Guarantee on Jobs »

October 18, 2017 | Gerard DiTrolio and Doug Nesbitt

As negotiators from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico carry out secretive talks aimed at fixing NAFTA, a strike at an Ontario auto plant shows how difficult it can be to challenge the power amassed by corporations thanks to the trade deal.

No Casting Couch for Low-Wage Women, But Lots of Sexual Harassment »

October 13, 2017 | Jane Slaughter

Sexual harassment doesn't happen just to glamorous women in glamorous industries.

Labor's Stake in the Fight for Veterans' Health Care »

October 12, 2017 | Suzanne Gordon and Ian Hoffmann

In January President Trump delivered on his promise to shrink the federal government: he announced a hiring freeze, despite thousands of federal job vacancies.

New York Teamsters Block Union-Busting Move »

October 10, 2017 | Zachary Smith

New York City-area movers packed up the inflatable rats—all three of them—and declared victory in late August.

Public Sector Right to Work: Gateway to Combating All Unions »

October 6, 2017

Corporations are making the most headway on their anti-worker agenda by buying state legislatures, argues Gordon Lafer in his new book, The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a

Interview: The Billionaire Battle Plan »

October 6, 2017 | Gordon Lafer

It's national politics that get the headlines, but corporations are making the most headway on their anti-worker agenda by buying state legislatures.

Building Power before Janus–And After: Lessons from CUNY »

October 3, 2017 | Luke Elliott-Negri

As recently as 2014, just 22 percent of my co-workers were members of our chapter in our big wall-to-wall union. The rest—some 1,242 employees—paid the “agency fee,” which for us is the same as membership dues. The chapter had been defunct for several years.

Review: The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream »

October 2, 2017 | Ryan Haney

Truck drivers seem to have re-entered the public consciousness in 2017—but today our understanding of the occupation is far from the freewheeling “cowboy of the highway” image of the 1970s. It’s also no longer synonymous with “Teamster” or even seen as a desirable job.

Bring the Union Meeting to the Members »

September 28, 2017 | Joe Fahey

How many members attend your union meetings? And how do you feel about that?


Whether it’s just a handful or a hundred, no activist is ever satisfied.

From Indonesia to Honduras: How Anti-Sweatshop Activists and Unions Made Severance Pay Mandatory »

September 27, 2017 | Sarah Newell and Gabriela Rosazza

In August last year Iris Montoya came to work at the Rio Garment factory in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where she had worked as a sewing machine operator for 11 years. At 11 a.m., the factory lights shut off and management escorted the workers outside, locking the doors behind them.

Big Business, Political Allies Look to Turn Hurricane Crises to Their Advantage »

September 25, 2017 | Samantha Winslow

You have to hand it to Big Business and their minions: in every storm cloud they find a silver lining.

What We're Reading »

September 22, 2017 | Labor Notes

Homegoing, a novel by Yaa Gyasi, follows 300 years of history through the stories of the descendants of two sisters torn apart by the African slave trade. One sister stays in Ghana and one is brought to the U.S.

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