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Workers gather in front of a CWA background.

How Spray Tan Technicians and Sugaring Aestheticians Built the First Salon Chain Union in the Country »

September 4, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Most of us have had a manager we see too much of. For workers in the salon industry, that can take on a whole new meaning.

Filipino workers rally outside Kawasaki Motors.

Kawasaki Workers Are on Strike in the Philippines—And We Need Your Solidarity »

September 4, 2025 | Richard Balberan

Kawasaki is trying to bust our union.
A group of 7 workers look excited and raise fists in front of a “BlueOval SK” sign

Kentucky Battery Plant Joins United Auto Workers in Close Vote »

August 28, 2025 | Luis Feliz Leon

Kentucky battery plant workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park (BOSK) in Glendale have voted to join the United Auto Workers. The workers make batteries to power Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck and E-Transit cargo van.
About 15 smiling people hold identical signs saying “ARISE for Higher Para Pay”

How NYC Teachers Ran a Slate to Build Member Power »

August 27, 2025 | Olivia Swisher

Teachers measure time in school years, not calendar years. As the new school year begins, I’ve been reflecting on my experiences from last year as an unexpected candidate for president of the 200,000-member United Federation of Teachers in New York City.

Six picketers hold signs in the rain, including, “Ground our rights? Ground the planes!”

Defying Back to Work Order, Air Canada Flight Attendants Secure Tentative Agreement »

August 25, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Flight attendants with Air Canada and subsidiary Air Canada Rouge walked out early August 17. As expected, the Liberal government ordered them back to work 12 hours later, declaring their strike unlawful.
A crowd fills the street holding signs, some of them shaped like coffins.

New Jersey Temps Fight Agency Efforts to Block Their Rights »

August 21, 2025 | by Reynalda Cruz and Liana Katz

It’s 5:30 in the morning and the warehouse is already buzzing. Workers are unloading trucks, breaking down pallets, folding boxes, and packing orders to be shipped to local stores.

A book cover of “What the Boss Doesn’t Want You to Know” is shown on a background of workers meeting

Uncover How Your Employer’s Power Flows »

August 19, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Review of What the Boss Doesn’t Want Us to Know: Discovering Power and Winning Campaigns by Tom Juravich, Olivia Geho, and Andrew Gorry (PM Press, 2025)
Workers in red shirts march outside the Washington Post's office, carrying signs with slogans including "Flexible RTO" (which stands for return to office) and Washington Post Tech Guild Unite!

Member-Organizers Drive a NewsGuild Surge »

August 18, 2025 | Randy Furst

The news industry has undergone a sea-change in the last two decades. Print readership of newspapers has declined sharply, while their digital readership has edged up slowly. Local newspapers have consolidated into ever larger chains controlled by private equity and vulture funds.
Cover of book is superimposed on Starbucks workers with fists in the air.

Salts and Peppers Build a Union at Starbucks »

August 13, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Review of Jaz Brisack, Get on the Job and Organize (Atria/One Signal, 2025).

Columbia Tries to Undermine Its Unions, Hire Scab Instructors »

August 13, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Imagine you get a letter from your manager a week before you are set to teach classes, removing you from teaching duties but saying you’ll get paid anyway.
20 flight attendants in uniform hold red signs saying “unpaid work won’t fly” in both French and English

Air Canada Flight Attendants Vote 99.7 Percent to Strike »

August 12, 2025 | Adam D. K. King

More than ten thousand Air Canada flight attendants could soon be on strike if a deal isn’t reached by August 16.
Workers hold signs reading "fair contract now" and "Mauser Teamsters on Strike"

‘Toxic’ Laundry, Melting Aprons: Mauser Strike Hits Two Months »

August 7, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Many employees at Chicago’s Mauser Packaging Solutions dread laundry day, and not for the usual reasons. The workers, who recondition steel drums used in the transport of materials like acetone, ammonia, and paint, say they have inconsistent access to uniforms and protective equipment.

Several people in UAW for Zohran T-shirts laugh together with the candidate.

Why the UAW Endorsed Zohran When Other New York City Unions Held Back »

August 7, 2025 | Sam Feldman

Zohran Mamdani’s shock victory in this year’s New York City Democratic mayoral primary upended New York politics and called into question the effectiveness of big local unions, which mostly lined up behind loser Andrew Cuomo.

Four people sit in a row at school desks, the third is making a point to others off camera

Steward’s Corner: Help Members Know Their Contract »

August 5, 2025 | John Green

Union contracts can be dense, legalistic, and shaped by unwritten past practices. Sometimes they’re not even in the first language of most employees. Yet if union members don’t know what their contract says, employers can rob workers of rights that the union won at the bargaining table.

A group of around 30 canvassers pose with signs and fliers.

Zohran’s New York City Primary Win Shows People Are Ready to Organize »

August 4, 2025 | Danielle Smith

Back in February, few New Yorkers were thinking about the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary, and even fewer had heard of the New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

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