Unions

“Salt” the South! Young Socialists Are Needed to Help Organize the Auto Industry.

“Salt” the South! Young Socialists Are Needed to Help Organize the Auto Industry. “Salt” the South! Young Socialists Are Needed to Help Organize the Auto Industry.

Time to say goodbye to icy winters and frozen fingers! If enough young activists and organizers follow the US industrial base south, a far more powerful working-class movement is p...

May 23, 2023 / Peter Olney and Rand Wilson

Members of the Bandcamp Union during a public campaign update on April 3, 2023.

Workers of the Music World Are Uniting—and Winning Workers of the Music World Are Uniting—and Winning

Last week, staffers at Bandcamp voted to form a union. It’s the latest sign that a real labor movement is starting to take shape in the music industry. ...

May 22, 2023 / Jael Goldfine

Tanner Fischer speaks in front of UPS workers in Iowa.

Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like Inside a Teamster Rebellion: This Is What Union Democracy Looks Like

In Des Moines, Iowa, the militant Local 90 is preparing for what could be the largest strike against a single company in US history.

May 15, 2023 / Sarah Lazare

people hold flags at a may day rally in Brazil

With Lula in Charge, What’s Next for the Brazilian Left? With Lula in Charge, What’s Next for the Brazilian Left?

Brazilian labor leaders Artur Henrique and Marcio Pochmann share their thoughts on the continuing danger of the far right in Brazil.

May 15, 2023 / Q&A / Bill Fletcher Jr. and Bill Gallegos

Big Bill Haywood, Adolph Lessing, and Carlo Tresca, Paterson, New Jersey, 1913.

The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union The Wobblies and the Dream of One Big Union

A new history examines the lost promise and fierce persecution of the IWW.

May 15, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

WGA strikers on the picket line

These Unions Are on the Front Lines Fighting Against the Uberization of Us All These Unions Are on the Front Lines Fighting Against the Uberization of Us All

Some long established unions are challenging Silicon Valley’s agenda by pushing back on AI, surveillance, and wage theft.

May 12, 2023 / Column / Jane McAlevey

Protester with sign

Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of? Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of?

Meet the Foundation for Government Accountability.

May 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power

Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.

May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz

Striking Starbucks coffee shop worker

Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions? Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?

For May Day, we talked to young workers—in tech, retail, food service, and more—about what brought them to the labor movement.

May 1, 2023 / StudentNation / Paige Oamek

Rutgers University Campus Strike

This May Day, Let’s Celebrate the Campus Labor Movement This May Day, Let’s Celebrate the Campus Labor Movement

Union organizers and student journalists in Michigan, Oregon, North Carolina, and Arizona document the ongoing labor campaigns at their universities.

May 1, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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