The ongoing organizational renewal and substantial growth of UE is one of the most remarkable stories in the U.S. labor movement in decades. Of the 42 unions who comprised the founding roster of the CIO in 1938 only eight survive intact today.
They say they’re “bringing back jobs,” but what they really want is a desperate, powerless workforce with no healthcare, no unions, and no future — just the way Wall Street likes it…
Florida is not the first state to loosen child labor protections, or even the most aggressive in that effort. Last year eight states, all led by Republicans, did so, according to a tracking by the labor-affiliated Economic Policy Institute.
This article concludes our 4-part series, Defying the Odds: How Southern Workers Organize, a co-production of NPQ & the LIFT Fund. In this series, authors share some ways how workers are successfully organizing & why these efforts merit support.
Stacy Davis Gates, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now!
In a major labor victory, the Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools Monday night that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, and gives veteran teachers a raise.
Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno, Benjamin Y. Fong and Scott Jenkins
Jacobin
Organizing Amazon workers is both an existential challenge and an opportunity for labor. But the company’s cash advantages and operational flexibility mean that traditional union tactics won’t be enough. We need strategies that combine disruption and
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