Launching Worker-Owned Outlets By Angela Fu When staff at the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Business Journal decided to unionize in March, they were almost immediately hit with layoffs. The paper’s parent company, a…
Commentary by Les Leopold I just had a chat with an ATT office manager, a young Black man who is very attentive to his customers. After he learned that I worked with labor unions, he…
An Interview with Gayle McLaughlin By Steve Early for Green Social Thought Former Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin has one of the best municipal election success rates of any left-wing “elected” in California—as in five city…
“We’re Tired Of Being Treated Like Robots” By Kim Kelly With a rich history stretching back to 1682, Philadelphia boasts the nation’s first library, its first hospital, its first daily newspaper, even its first zoo….
By Kari Thompson It is the largest successful union election in recent memory: 10,000 nurses will be joining the Teamsters. They work for hospital conglomerate Corewell Health at eight hospitals and one outpatient facility, all…
Union Leaders Speak Out After November Trump Win By Jake Johnson The largest labor unions in the United States are ready for a fight. That much was made clear within hours of Donald Trump’s victory…
By Luis Feliz Leon A majority of the 1,000 auto workers at the car battery park Blue Oval in Glendale, Kentucky, have signed union cards to join the United Auto Workers. The battery park, a…
Gaming Workers in Georgia By Simon Rosenblum-Larson and Andrew Tillett Four thousand workers at the online gaming company Evolution in Tbilisi, Georgia, walked off the job in July protesting low wages, dangerous working conditions, and…
Do labor influencers fear losing UAW’s social media reach? By Mike Elk On December 3, UAW staffers went on strike in the northeast against their international union. Workers say that the union is relying heavily…
Commentary by Nate Bear As we approach the five year mark of the first known case of covid-19, as we contemplate a half decade of watching a novel virus rip through our communities, our countries,…