Some unions are making huge efforts to talk to members about the stakes of the 2024 election. Rather than sit by while union members hear pro-Trump messages, unions like the UAW and UNITE HERE are taking leadership and engaging voters on the issues.
Just released National Labor Relations Board data shows a large increase in U.S. union elections and wins, as a three year labor movement surge continues.
Founded in 1964, the CAIMAW was a militant trade union, committed to international solidarity, that pushed the Canadian labour movement into progressive places …. even if that progress came at the cost of significant animosity.
Clark Atlanta University has launched a new institute focused on labor issues and training a new generation of leaders to help Black Southern organizing and collective bargaining efforts.
Fast-food corporations opposed a California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just scaremongering.
IAM District 751 and W24 Machinists voted by 64% to reject the contract and continue to strike. Boeing’s decision to strip workers of their pensions and refusal to return them remains at the heart of this strike for many.
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