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Review: What Chinese Workers Are Learning from Their Strikes »

September 29, 2016 | Jane Slaughter

The 15 stories gathered here are meant as an “instruction manual for other workers considering direct action.” Workers can learn, sometimes by negative example—because defeats and partial victories are common—“how to formulate demands and select representatives, the various strategies bosses use...

Cartoon: Grad Students Get the Go-Ahead to Unionize »

September 28, 2016 | Daniel Mendez Moore

In August the National Labor Relations Board ruled that graduate employees at private universities have the right to unionize. Cartoon: Daniel Mendez Moore

A Union Is Brewing at Virginia Lipton Factory »

September 27, 2016 | Chris Brooks

What pushed tea factory workers to their boiling point?


In August the workers who supply Lipton’s entire North American market voted 108-79 to join Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400.

Business-Backed ‘Anti-Union Union’ Falters at Volkswagen »

September 23, 2016 | Chris Brooks

Tennessee’s infamous anti-union union is fading away for lack of members. Will Volkswagen’s rationale for keeping out a real union crumble with it?

Farmworkers Taste the Fruits of Victory »

September 23, 2016 | Sonia Singh

After three years of tireless organizing, 500 farmworkers at Sakuma Brothers Farms in Washington state have finally won union recognition.

Chicago Teacher: Why We May Strike Again »

September 22, 2016 | Gabriel Sheridan

Update, September 26: The Chicago Teachers Union announced this morning that members have voted to authorize a strike, with 90.6 percent turnout and 95.6 percent voting yes.

Welcome, Leah! »

September 22, 2016 | Labor Notes Staff

Labor Notes is thrilled to welcome Leah Fried as its new associate director.

Viewpoint: Unifor’s Focus on Investment Lets Down Canadian GM Workers »

September 16, 2016 | Herman Rosenfeld

Ever since the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, the cycle of Big Three auto bargaining has been a major economic and political event, an indicator of the progress of working class power in North America.

As UMass Higher-Ups Gut Labor Center, Students and Alums Speak Out »

September 15, 2016 | Sarah Markey and Patrick Crowley

On the eve of Labor Day, students and alumni of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Center discovered that the program was under attack.

'Superstore' Is the Realest Retail Sitcom Yet »

September 12, 2016 | Tyfani Faulkner

Ever wanted to know what it’s really like to work in retail? “Superstore” is the show to watch.

At the Profitable Space Needle, Workers Keep Pushing for a Contract »

September 8, 2016 | Rolando Avila

The Space Needle, Seattle’s iconic landmark and tourist destination, is also home to Washington state’s highest-grossing restaurant.

When Your Boss Is Just Going through the Motions »

September 8, 2016 | David Cohen

Has your union ever faced an employer that treated bargaining as a sham?

How Community-College Faculty Organized a Strike and Scored a Contract »

September 7, 2016 | Michael McCown

For the first time in its 40-year history, the union of full- and part-time faculty at City College of San Francisco recently went on strike—and it worked.

What We Did on Your Summer Vacation: Won the First-Ever Union Contract at Sarah Lawrence College »

September 1, 2016 | Priscilla Murolo and Dan DiMaggio

After a two-year battle that culminated with students occupying the president’s office in May, the maintenance staff at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, finally has a union contract.

Eight Ways Organizers Are Putting Our Secrets to Use »

August 31, 2016 | Dan DiMaggio

Labor Notes’ new book Secrets of a Successful Organizer is flying off the shelves. Since its release in April we’ve almost sold out our first print run, 5,000 copies, and we’ve just ordered a second printing.

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