A strategic alignment of major networks of unions and community groups in Minnesota have worked together for more than a decade to leverage their collective power.
In a historic breakthrough, Starbucks and its workers announce they’ve come together. In a joint announcement Starbucks and Workers United agreed “to begin discussions on a foundational framework designed to achieve…collective bargaining agreements.”
Labor and community organizations who have been aligning for years are escalating their fights at the same time.
The NLRB ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players are university employees and can host a union election.
“In good times, organizations wrest and secure our gains. In bad times, they help withstand the inevitable chaos from backlash, repression and sectarianism.”
“SEIU members understand that working people often feel the impact of war most deeply and bear the brunt of its terrible consequences.”
Recent victories of today's progressive social movements show us real change is possible if we use smart, rigorous strategies. The right has known this for years. It's past time we catch up.
A Q&A with a veteran building cleaner on what’s at stake for her workplace, her union, and her city’s working class.
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