United for a Fair Economy
Supporting Durham City Workers’ Campaign for Fair Pay By Jen Douglas Durham city workers organizing with UE150—a member group of the UFE-coordinated Raising Wages NC coalition —are out in the streets and testifying at City…
Labor
May Day 2028 Could Transform the Labor Movement
—and the World By Shawn Fain Members of the United Auto Workers courageously fought corporate greed at Ford, General Motors and Stellantis last fall during the historic six-week Stand-Up Strike. Because of their determination and…
What If Labor Owned Its Workplaces?
An Interview with Alex Hemingway By David Moscrop Jacobin’s David Moscrop recently talked with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist and public finance policy analyst Alex Hemingway about his new cowritten report, Expanding Democratic…
Grocery Workers Challenge Union Bosses
The fight for a rank-and-file union By Hamilton Nolan On February 6, 1919, 25,000 Seattle workers from more than 100 different unions walked out in support of 35,000 striking shipyard workers. It was global news….
Tenants Organize State-Wide
By Greg Childress Two years ago, Crystal Towers residents in Winston-Salem successfully fought to prevent the sale of their public housing building, which is home to more than 200 low-income, elderly tenants. In Raleigh, Grosvenor…
UE Gaza Solidarity
Demand for ceasefire built on decades of membership education and debate By Carl Rosen Unions representing more than half of the U.S. labor movement have now called for a ceasefire in Gaza, as has the…
Our Class Has No Borders
Why the UAW Is Standing Up with Mexican Auto Workers By Brandon Mancilla The United Auto Workers announced February 23 that it will provide material support to Mexican auto workers organizing in the independent union…
NC Truck Workers Reach Deal with Daimler
By Jack Ewing The United Automobile Workers reached an 11th-hour deal on Friday, April 26 with Daimler Truck in North Carolina that gave workers 25 percent raises over the next four years and averted a…
Bus Drivers Strike with Climate Activists
in 57 German Cities By Berit Ehmke and Yanira Wolf Public transit workers across Germany have broken new ground by coordinating our contracts—nearly all of them nationwide have expired over the last four months—and shutting…
These Hands
Solidarity in tapestry for Volkswagen workers Commentary by Tabitha Arnold Last weekend, I brought my new tapestry to the big community rally for Volkswagen workers ahead of their much-anticipated union vote. Just minutes before I…