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‘We Demand Freedom’: Immigrants on Strike in New Jersey Prison »
May 29, 2026 | Luis Feliz LeonOn a patch of sidewalk on a busy industrial corridor in Newark, federal agents with rifles, metal batons, flak vests, and balaclavas faced off against unarmed activists with cardboard signs and a bullhorn.
In Bus Factories, A Triple-Decker Win »
May 29, 2026 | Keith Brower BrownWhat does it take to unionize factories today, especially in the South? In the last two years, bus manufacturing workers secured first union contracts and a national master agreement across New Flyer facilities in three states.
Green Shoots of Hope in the Labor Movement »
May 28, 2026 | Alexandra BradburyGardeners have a saying about newly planted perennials: “They sleep, then creep, then leap.”
List-Building 101, or How to Expand Your Reach as a Troublemaker »
May 22, 2026 | Lisa XuEffective troublemakers need many skills. One of the most important, though not the most glamorous, is list-building.
As Contract Deadline Looms, Auto Parts Workers Say ‘No Axles, No Trucks!’ »
May 21, 2026 | Luis Feliz LeonAxles are to vehicles what joints are to human bodies: the mechanism that facilitates movement. For parts worker Rosie Dodge, who has worked on a paint line for American Axle & Manufacturing for 10 years, the metaphor is embodied in the work environment.
Secrets of a Successful Organizer Now Available in Nine Languages »
May 13, 2026 | Dan DiMaggioWe are happy to report that Secrets of a Successful Organizer has now been translated into eight languages: Spanish, Japanese, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Swedish, Danish, Quebecois French, and, most recently,
Management Charged Them $100 a Week to Work, Workers Say. They’re Fighting Back. »
May 8, 2026 | Natascha Elena UhlmannWhen Evelyn began work at New Bedford, Massachusetts, seafood processing center Marder Trawling, she learned of an unusual condition of employment: She’d need to quietly pay her manager $100 per week for the privilege of working, she said. “I didn’t have work, and I have kids,” she said.
Counter Manufacturers are Killing Workers with Silica Dust, Safety Group Charges »
April 28, 2026 | Jenny BrownSilicosis is a lethal workplace illness that killed thousands each year up through the 1960s. In recent decades, thanks to union workplace safety fights, it became much rarer. Annual deaths dropped to the hundreds. The disease affected mostly older workers with longer exposures.
How Rhode Island’s Labor Movement Made Its Weight Felt in Politics »
April 22, 2026 | Paul PrescodOver the last decade Rhode Island has been a hotbed of progressive, pro-worker legislation. But it wasn’t always this way. It took years of proactive organizing by the labor movement on legislative and electoral campaigns.