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Less Messaging, More Action »
June 5, 2019 | Barbara MadeloniYou’re at a union meeting, brainstorming for a campaign, when a hand shoots up. “What we need is better messaging. Can we get a billboard? Maybe we could make a meme.”
Baltimore Teachers Unseat Incumbents, Who Demand a Do-Over »
May 31, 2019 | Samantha WinslowWhat happens when new leaders run for office and beat an eight-term incumbent? In the Baltimore Teachers Union, it seems, the incumbent tries for a second bite at the apple.
As VW Election Nears, CEO Stokes Fears over Plant Closing from 1988 »
May 31, 2019 | Chris BrooksThe new head of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant led two all-plant captive-audience meetings on Tuesday, a day before the National Labor Relations Board announced it has scheduled a union election.
Strike by Drivers Disrupts Uber Launch »
May 31, 2019 | Joe DeManuelle-HallRideshare drivers around the world rallied and struck May 8, the day Uber went public. Joined by unions in London and in Melbourne, Australia, drivers from at least 12 U.S. cities participated in the first globally coordinated protest against rideshare companies Uber and Lyft.
UE Faces Down Two-Tier in Erie »
May 24, 2019 | Dan DiMaggioMembers of Electrical Workers (UE) Locals 506 and 618 rallied with supporters May 17 in Pittsburgh outside the Wabtec shareholders’ meeting.
A Tumultuous Week for Chattanooga Volkswagen Workers »
May 24, 2019 | Chris BrooksIn a week of frenzied developments in the organizing drive at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the National Labor Relations Board tossed out the union's election petition, the Auto Workers (UAW) immediately refiled it, and the company announced it is removing the plant's unpopular...
Controversial Settlement Divides New York Nurses »
May 23, 2019 | Chris BrooksAfter a strike threat and a contentious ratification vote, 13,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association settled a contract that achieved gains but fell short of the union’s goal of winning safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
