Did Wall Street Just End the Class War?
By Les Leopold / Substack All workers can become capitalists, all workers can become rich! That’s the future of the economy according to the infamous Wall Street buyout firm, KKR,…
After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By As Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A…
1 in 10 US Workers Belong to Unions — A Share That’s Stabilized After a Steep Decline
By Jake Rosenfeld / The Conversation The share of U.S. workers who belong to a union fell slightly to 10% in 2023, from 10.1% a year earlier, according to the…
Hospital Workers Fired After Protesting Short Staffing Sue for Damages
Nine Lynwood St. Francis Medical Center staffers say they were fired as retaliation for leading union protests against staff cuts.
Massachusetts Teachers Illegal Strike Wave Rolls On
By Barbara Madeloni / Labor Notes A wildly successful, illegal three-day strike by the Andover Education Association in November has reverberated statewide for educators in Massachusetts. The lowest-paid instructional assistants…
Milei’s Shock Therapy and the Workers’ Response
Milei’s right-wing government has launched an all-out attack on workers’ rights and an economic program tailored to business’ interests. A tumultuous period of class struggle lies ahead, for which the…
Kaiser Workers Win Big After Largest Healthcare Strike in US History
After mobilizing over 75,000 workers in a three-day strike this October, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions won a new contract for hundreds of healthcare facilities around the country.
Next on United Auto Workers’ To-Do List: Adding More Members Who Currently at Nonunion Factories to Its Ranks
By Marick Masters, Wayne State University and Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State University / The Conversation Having negotiated “record contracts” with the Big Three – and seen the bulk of…
What’s Next for India’s ‘Manual Scavengers’ After Major Legal Victory
In a major movement win, India’s Supreme Court ruled to eradicate dangerous sanitation work and rehabilitate workers. However, the struggle is far from over.
Considering Bandcamp’s Changing Role in Music Industry Amid Layoffs
With ownership changes, what happens to an unparalleled source of underground music?
Facebook Workers in Kenya Say Meta Hasn’t Paid Them for 6 Months Amid Legal Case
Meta and its contractor have now been accused of contempt of court by a group of content moderators
US Auto Workers and Activists in Michigan Show Up for Fired VU Manufacturing Workers in Mexico
Amid the ongoing UAW strike, US auto workers are standing up for their Mexican brothers and sisters at VU Manufacturing, which shut down a newly unionized facility along the Mexico-US…
Auto Workers Escalate: Surprise Strike at Massive Kentucky Ford Truck Plant
By Keith Brower Brown / Labor Notes Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which…
The Price of Amazon’s “Prime” Business Model Is Our Bodies
The billion-dollar company profits off pushing workers like me to our physical limits — only to ignore us when we’re hurt on the job.
Labor Is Back and Standing Tall
The rise in organizing efforts around the country have demonstrated Americans’ strong desire to be fairly compensated as workers and humans.