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November 15, 2022

Illinois Votes To Protect Collective Bargaining Rights in State Amendment

John O'Connor Associated Press via PBS

The measure in last week’s election was closely watched in Illinois and beyond as a gauge of public support for the labor movement, which has lost ground for years in conservative-led states.

November 14, 2022

Building Worker Power

Daniel Judt The Forge

Worker Power is a new political organization with deep roots in the work of UNITE HERE Local 11, the hospitality workers local in Southern California & Arizona. They are bringing union organizing tactics to door-knocking and political power building.

November 13, 2022

HarperCollins Union Workers Go on Strike Over Pay ‘For As Long as It Takes’

Alaina Demopoulos The Guardian

Workers at the only ‘big four’ publisher to have a union authorize indefinite strike over low wages and diversity

November 12, 2022

Pre-Majority Unionism

Colette Perold and Eric Dirnbach Emergency Workplace Organizing

Models for Building a Union When There's No Clear Path to a Majority or a Contract

November 11, 2022

Unionizing Is Now on Track To Be a Constitutional Right in Illinois.

JEFF SCHUHRKE Working In These Times

4 men holding a sign that reads YES TO WORKERS RIGHTS

In Tuesday’s midterm elections, a majority of Illinois voters backed the Workers Rights Amendment which will enshrine the ability to organize. A coalition of unions, along with socialists, helped propel the campaign.

November 10, 2022

D.C. Voters Approve Measure Phasing Out the Tipped Minimum Wage

Amanda Michelle Gomez DCist

Support for Initiative 82 was decisive. Every ward in the city overwhelmingly approved the measure, even wealthy Ward 3, which turned down a previous Initiative.

November 9, 2022

Following National Trends, Nebraskans Vote To Increase the State’s Minimum Wage

Will Bauer Nebraska Public Media

Nebraskans who make minimum wage will be paid $15 per hour in 2026, as voters approved a hike Tuesday night.

November 8, 2022

Why Music Supervisors Are Clashing With Netflix

Wendy Lee Los Angeles Times

Music supervisors requested Netflix and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers voluntarily recognize their union earlier this year, which would have skipped the step of a formal election, but they declined.

November 7, 2022