Our unions and other organized groups that are fighting for immigrant justice, tenant rights, and a fair economy, as scattered and weak as they may be—are the vehicles we have to organize a fightback against Trump's attacks on working people.
UAW called for unions to synchronize contract expirations on May 1, 2028. How can we harness this compression point to coordinate our movements?
An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories. The Twin Cities saw a series of labor actions, premised on the belief-the more disparate groups of workers unite in common cause, the more they can win.
We have continued to practice organizing models that are not designed to organize the emerging monopolies and mass employment enterprises of these times.
A community coalition employs an alternative approach at an Alabama bus plant. (Co-published by Newsweek).
Members of Unite Here Local 23 union and African Communities Together have circulated a rent strike petition to residents of a complex’s five buildings.
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize — and win. Strikes always require sacrifice, risk, and preparation.
Workers, people of color, Native peoples, and the poor have borne and will continue to bear the brunt of this crisis if we don’t find the means to avert it. We must forge alliances that can fight for climate justice, a sustainable, resilient future.
Cynthia Nixon did not defeat Andrew Cuomo. But her policy director argues in an interview that her campaign opened up new spaces for progressives and the Left in New York politics.
The area has seen dramatic actions by and on behalf of workers in the past few months. Activists are hoping what’s happened here has implications far beyond the Puget Sound.
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