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Farmworkers fought for years to have the legal power to unionize in New York State. Finally, in 2019, the state passed the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act, which gave agricultural and farm workers the right to collectively bargain.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a time to honor the people of the land that we live on as well as the work that Indigenous people continue to contribute to our labor history.

The Michigan Nurses Association, which beat back a raid by the AFT, is the largest union for registered nurses in the state.

Catholic Health has spent the pandemic buying real estate instead of fixing understaffing issues that overburden workers and put patients’ lives at risk. Mercy Hospital workers have walked off the job to demand new priorities.

Union took issue with company’s threats to outsource jobs from the US to Mexico if workers refuse to accept their proposals.

That North Carolina has failed its labor force so comprehensively ever since the 1930s is a stain on our state’s moral character. As Robert Reich has observed, what is the point in having an economy unless most people benefit from it?

A long-time DSA member and former local-union president, Tambor writes about how his socialist worldview played a role in more than thirty years of union work.

The Covid-19 pandemic undercut feelings of job security at cultural institutions. Now there’s an uptick in efforts to organize.

A key government official declared that players are actually employees, but the league is still avoiding worker protections – just like gig economy companies around the nation.

Amazon tripled its profits during the pandemic while its workers experienced sickness and stress. Workers at the company are fighting back by launching a unionization drive that could reshape Canada’s labor movement.