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Faye Guenther’s multiyear plan to revolutionize the grocery workers union.

Faye Guenther’s multiyear plan to revolutionize the grocery workers union.

Labor reporting has something in common with labor organizing: Nobody is going to do it except us.

Modest goals won’t get us where we need to go. We need to think big. The labor movement needs, before anything, genuine ambition for a new America...We need labor leaders who see their jobs as climbing mountains no matter how high they are.

The regulatory climate for unions is good. What will they do with it?

Minnesota just banned captive audience meetings, presumably understanding that it is unreasonable to force working people to attend mandatory meetings at which their boss delivers to them the equivalent of an Ayn Rand book reading.

The contract that the writers are striking for could set a powerful precedent that AI must work for people, rather than being used to marginalize people to juice profits.

The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger’s mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling.

No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

Our infallible crystal ball reveals that 2022 will make workers want to holler.