Amazon Package Drivers Rev Up Organizing To Become Direct Employees
Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in New York…
He Loved Working In Concrete. Now, He’s Dying From The Chemical Exposure
Maximillian Alvarez TRNN Because he was bullied in elementary school for being Native American, James Gardner’s friends lovingly call him “NDN.” His friends and family know NDN to be a…
Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
By Jonathan Rosenblum This article was originally published by Truthout Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move. The 18th-century notion…
Want to Fix the Economy? Triple Union Membership
Heidi Shierholz and Steve Greer Economic Policy Institute (EPI.org) This Labor Day, workers across the country are sending a clear message: They want a greater voice on the job. A…
Boycott of Starbucks Is Still On as Workers Press for $17 Wage and Protections
By Michael Arria This article was originally published by Truthout On the heels of their victory on silica-based powder, baristas are urging patrons to boycott until they win a contract.…
In First, Starbucks Workers United and Its 12,000 Members Call for Boycott
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout “t is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers,” the union said. In…
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Unskilled Work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 Years Later
Maximillian Alvarez TRNN In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face trying to get…
How Climate Change Is Making Bad Working Conditions Even Worse
Sarah Lazare, In These Times. Smoke, heat, storms. As wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes intensify, workers are increasingly fighting for basic protections on top of everything else. One morning, when…
After Years-Long Battle, California Rideshare Drivers Win Certification. Can They Win a Contract?
If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.…
Trade Unionists Launch Solidarity Organization With Filipino Labor Movement
Fight Back! News. Los Angeles, CA – On Sunday, July 26, over 100 activists from different organizations came together to celebrate the launch of Bulosan – a network fighting for…
Janitor Says Fear Kept Her Silent Before Joining Class-Action Lawsuit Against WinCo Foods
Alexandra Martinez Prism A former overnight janitor says fear of losing her job and fear tied to her immigration status kept her from speaking out for years about the conditions…
Vijay Prashad: Why the World Needs a Genuine Left
As a declining imperialist system lashes out to preserve its declining order, working-class organisation becomes not only necessary for the oppressed of the world but indispensable to human survival. Dumile…
Chris Smalls Talks Class-Consciousness, International Solidarity In ‘When the Revolution Comes’
Adryan Corcione Prism In April 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chris Smalls worked at an Amazon warehouse in the Staten Island borough of New York City. With…
Steward’s Corner: Respect Is the Foundation of Organizing
Ellen David Friedman Labor Notes Solidarity among co-workers is your source of power against the employer. And one essential ingredient for solidarity is respect. In the workplace we typically don’t…
List-Building 101, or How to Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker
Lisa Xu Labor Notes Effective troublemakers need many skills. One of the most important, though not the most glamorous, is list-building. If you otherwise have the fundamentals of organizing in…