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Community organizer Fred Ross Sr was a key figure in progressive activism during the 20th century. He started in the 1930s farmworker camps that inspired John Steinbeck’s novels and went on to pioneer methodical tactics that transformed American orga

The outcome of the election will ultimately hinge on the 41 challenged ballots. The union called those ballots “illegitimate,” and called on Ford to “drop their anti-democratic effort to undermine the outcome of the election.”

Rallies from Alaska to Hawaii will highlight cuts to wages, unions and social safety nets under Trump policies

Although labor education educates the individual, it also organizes the individual. It’s a kind of learning that progresses in sudden leaps and bounds, as people get the idea of the power of concerted collective activity and the whole group changes.

Labor for Zohran was created by J.P Patafio, a Transport Workers Union Local 100 official, in the days after the primary as a way to unite people invested in promoting Mamdani’s candidacy and policies across unions.

Labor organizations in the Golden State likely have seen greater stability because of the pro-union political leadership here and the creativity and energy of organizers.

The national day of action aims to stop the ultra-rich and the Trump administration from union-busting, attacking working families. 

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with SpaceX earlier this week, ruling that the National Labor Relations Board’s current structure is unconstitutional. The decision will keep the agency hamstrung until the case makes its way to the Supreme Co

The Fifth Circuit has done the mogul’s bidding and neutered the National Labor Relations Board, in a move that will likely substantially damage workers’ rights.

The victory surrounds back wages and the dangerous work cleaners undertook during the Covid-19 pandemic.