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Tech Workers and Flight Attendants Resist Immigrant Family Separation »

August 6, 2018 | Chris Brooks

The brutal and wildly unpopular Trump administration policy that separated thousands of children from their immigrant parents triggered widespread protests.

It also provoked resistance from workers whose jobs are crucial to carrying it out.

South Korea: After 12 Years of Protests, Women Workers Get ‘Dream Jobs’ Back »

August 2, 2018 | Kap Seol

After 12 years of campaigns and protests against unjust layoffs, 180 female attendants at South Korea’s premier train service are getting their jobs back. These tenacious women workers defeated a ham-handed privatization effort and corrupt political collusion.

Vermont's Striking Nurses Want A Raise for Nonunion Workers Too »

August 2, 2018 | Jonah Furman

Especially for professional workers, when your main strike issue is pay, attracting public support can be a challenge.

Savvy employers paint union members as spoiled. They like to point out that you’re already making more than many of your nonunion neighbors.

Union Election Invigorates Rhode Island Nurse Strike »

August 2, 2018 | Jonah Furman

Another big nurse strike this summer drew momentum from a surprising source—a hard-fought internal union election that ended in a toss-up between two factions.

T-Shirt Ban Energizes Michigan Nurses »

August 1, 2018 | Anne Jackson

Stewards and active rank and filers at the University of Michigan Hospital have been working hard to engage a membership that has not had to fight for a contract in seven years.

UPS Teamsters Take On Two-Tier »

July 30, 2018 | Alexandra Bradbury

There are no flashy special effects in Tyler Binder’s 12-minute video, “Why the UPS 2018 contract sucks!”

Viewpoint: Any Janus Solution That Ignores Free Riders Is Star-Crossed and Unfair »

July 27, 2018 | Aaron Tang

Chris Brooks has written an important critique of the direct reimbursement proposal that

Trump Launches War on Federal Unions »

July 26, 2018 | Jim Campana

Federal employees are at war with a presidential administration that’s bent on busting their unions.

Viewpoint: Boss Can’t Be Janus Fix »

July 25, 2018 | Chris Brooks | Chris Brooks

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision, a new approach to financing unions called “direct reimbursement” is gaining traction with Democratic politicians, academics, and even the New York Times e

Review: Chinese Workers Strike against Runaway Factories »

July 20, 2018 | Eve Ottenberg

China has more strikes per year than any other country, many thousands. These strikes are often unplanned, spontaneous, even chaotic, and the bosses stop at nothing to suppress them: they lie, cheat, call in the police, and hire gangsters to intimidate strikers or even beat them up.