Today is Worker's Memorial Day. Conditions have improved from the days of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. But not by nearly enough.
Activists known as “salts” have been a key to recent successful organizing campaigns. And they say they’re just getting started.
Nearly a year after its victory on Staten Island, the Amazon Labor Union is grappling with election losses and internal conflict.
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In Kentucky, workers organizing for a union at Amazon's biggest air hub are demanding the rehire of fired activists. Despite the retaliation, "our activity has been contagious among our co-workers," writes Griffin Ritze. Workers in various departments have taken direct action for immediate demands.
Last year, the union membership rate fell by 0.2 percentage points to 10.1% — the lowest on record. The absolute number of American workers in unions did grow in 2022 — by approximately 200,000. But the number of non-union jobs grew faster.
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Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and U.S. labor union density is falling as a result.
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