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L.A. teachers in red rallying during their January 2019 strike.

Less Messaging, More Action »

June 5, 2019 | Barbara Madeloni

You’re at a union meeting, brainstorming for a campaign, when a hand shoots up. “What we need is better messaging. Can we get a billboard? Maybe we could make a meme.”

Eight teacher leaders from the Unions We Deserve slate pose together, smiling and giving thumbs-up. T-shirt slogans include "flree minds," "Black lives matter at school," "Baltimore schools for Baltimore students," and "build one Baltimore"

Baltimore Teachers Unseat Incumbents, Who Demand a Do-Over »

May 31, 2019 | Samantha Winslow

What happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.

A crowd with signs saying "Millwrights Local 1554 support UAWVW workers," "IUPAT Local 226 supports UAWVW workers," "Solidarity," "Union Yes," "Ver.di," "UAW"

As VW Election Nears, CEO Stokes Fears over Plant Closing from 1988 »

May 31, 2019 | Chris Brooks

The new head of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant led two all-plant captive-audience meetings on Tuesday, a day before the National Labor Relations Board announced it has scheduled a union election.

Strike by Drivers Disrupts Uber Launch »

May 31, 2019 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Rideshare drivers around the world rallied and struck May 8, the day Uber went public. Joined by unions in London and in Melbourne, Australia, drivers from at least 12 U.S. cities participated in the first globally coordinated protest against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft.

People sitting in the front row at the Stop & Shop workers UFCW 1459 contract ratification.

Strike Empties the Shelves at Stop & Shop »

May 28, 2019 | Griffin Buell

Thirty-one thousand workers at New England grocery giant Stop & Shop struck for 11 days in April, beating back concessions with a display of power that took management by surprise.

UE Faces Down Two-Tier in Erie »

May 24, 2019 | Dan DiMaggio

Members of Electrical Workers (UE) Locals 506 and 618 rallied with supporters May 17 in Pittsburgh outside the Wabtec shareholders’ meeting.

A Tumultuous Week for Chattanooga Volkswagen Workers »

May 24, 2019 | Chris Brooks

In a week of frenzied developments in the organizing drive at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the National Labor Relations Board tossed out the union's election petition, the Auto Workers (UAW) immediately refiled it, and the company announced it is removing the plant's unpopular...

Controversial Settlement Divides New York Nurses »

May 23, 2019 | Chris Brooks

After a strike threat and a contentious ratification vote, 13,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association settled a contract that achieved gains but fell short of the union’s goal of winning safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.

Winnipeg Bus Drivers Go on One-Day Fare Strike »

May 20, 2019 | Emily Leedham

Originally published at rankandfile.ca.

Larry Hanley: A Union Force of Nature »

May 17, 2019 | Chris Townsend

Larry Hanley spent 40 years in the Amalgamated Transit Union, and he died at his post on May 7 after serving almost nine years as the international president.

Rest In Power, Larry Hanley »

May 17, 2019 | Bruce Hamilton

“How many more funerals do we have to have before we put a stop to assaults on bus drivers?” Larry Hanley asked in 1978. “Managers show up at every funeral with boxes of Kleenex, and then do nothing until the next funeral.”