The Young Organizers Survival Corps
Can the Young Wrest This Nation from the Clutches of Full-Throated Authoritarianism?
Ralph Nader: How Progressive Civic Groups Can Avoid Weakening Themselves
National and state progressive civic groups have more than their hands full challenging Trump’s wrecking of America, but they need to address the ways they are weakening themselves.
Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics
Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
In Hurricane Ruins, North Carolina Food Workers Organize and Fight
North Carolina’s service workers are demanding that recovery and rebuilding happen on their terms.
10 Victories for the Working Class in 2023
From the picket lines to state houses to the White House, champions in the fight against inequality landed huge wins.
UAW Becomes Largest US Union to Back Gaza Cease-Fire
"From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the Contra war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe," said United Auto Workers president…
Ralph Nader: Good News — Big Opportunities on the Horizon
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org In the midst of so much bad news in the media, it is always good to be alert to rays of sunlight that civic action…
Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign
By Charlie Saperstein and Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union,…
Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book…
How the Labor Movement Is Showing Up for LGBTQ+ Rights
At New York’s Queer Liberation March, unions turned out in an unprecedented way, signaling workers’ growing support for the LGBTQ+ community.
Starbucks and Other Companies Escalate War on Unions With Store Closures
Workers at “progressive” companies like Starbucks and Heine Brothers’ Coffee exercised their right to form a union. Now the companies are closing their stores.
2021 in Review: The Only Way Out is Through
While we celebrate this year’s strikes, we should be sober about how few they still were.