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Unions have narrowed class and ideological divides to make Generation Z America's most pro-union generation.

Unions representing workers in the coal industry are generally not opposed to the realities of climate change. They know that the impending energy transition is inevitable – they just want to ensure that it is just.

An Amazon Labor Union lawyer called the punishment of Staten Island employees "a violation of workers' rights to join in a collective action about the terms and conditions of their employment."

Starbucks workers at Houston's first unionized store held an unfair labor practices strike on Saturday to demand the reinstatement of a worker they say was fired in retaliation for leading unionizing efforts.

The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil had six candidates win state and federal office in the Brazilian elections on October 2. (The presidential race its headed for a run-off).

The pay and treatment at GEICO can be uneven. Department heads are given a pot of money to distribute raises to the workers they supervise, and women and people of color tend to get left behind.

First and foremost, we must remember that our real power lies in our workplaces and in the streets.

There is growing interest in and a successful push for unionization in both chain and independent restaurants. Workers are being exposed not just to unions but to organizing. 

The left has failed to deepen democracy, even among the working class. It’s a wake-up call for everyone. How do we deepen democratic thinking and culture among the working class in a situation where the public education system has failed? 

In a major milestone for an organizing effort that began in 2018, full-time and part-time, non-tenure-track faculty and other Skidmore College staff voted this month in favor of unionizing.