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Many jubilant people holding "IATSE Supports Workers' Rights" picket signs stand in a crowd outdoors in the sunshine, shouting together.

Viewpoint: IATSE Members Still Feel Left in the Dark »

June 10, 2024 | Greg Loebell

The Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) are now several months into bargaining the Hollywood Basic Agreement—the Los Angeles film and TV contract that sets the pattern for all IATSE’s other film and TV contracts.
Three people reach across a table to mark a drawing of their workplace

Steward’s Corner: Bosses Want to Fix the Worker, Unions Want to Fix the Job »

June 5, 2024 | Jay Herzmark

Unions and bosses have different outlooks on safety. Employers say illnesses and injuries are caused by worker carelessness: he didn’t look where he was going; she wasn’t using correct lifting technique. That’s the way the boss wants you to think, too.
Workers picket in front of an Amazon facility where delivery vehicles are visible. Some carry printed "Amazon workers on strike" signs with a Teamsters logo. Others wear satin jackets with a Teamsters logo, and one shouts into a bullhorn.

Teamsters and Amazon Labor Union Announce Affiliation, Member Vote Still Ahead »

June 5, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

The Amazon Labor Union and the Teamsters have signed an affiliation agreement.
Four workers carrying picket signs walk in a circle on a downtown corner in dawn or twilight. One makes eye contact with camera.

Low Voltage Electricians Strike for First (and Last?) Time in Unit’s History »

June 4, 2024 | Jorge Torres

Update, June 7: Late last night, the union announced that members will have to re-vote June 10-11, due to "an error on the proposal that was presented and voted on." The results of the June 6 vote were not announced, but the union d
a group of 15 smiles, applauds, and holds signs saying “MIT works because WE do”

How Tens of Thousands of Grad Workers Are Organizing Themselves »

May 29, 2024 | Valentina Luketa

It’s the biggest organizing wave the U.S. labor movement has seen in decades. Graduate workers are unionizing in huge numbers, winning drive after drive with 90 percent support or more.
Postal workers march with signs about working conditions.

Viewpoint: Awful Conditions in New Postal Hubs Create an Opening for Resistance »

May 28, 2024 | Jamie Partridge

For three years, rank-and-file postal workers and community allies have been fighting Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s Ten-Year Plan to Amazonify the postal service.
A group of Black and white men and women, most in red T-shirts, stand in front of the plant gates. Many carry blue and white "UAW on strike" picket signs.

When Stellantis Fired Temps at Toledo Jeep, We Marched on Plant Management »

May 23, 2024 | Benjamin Hinsey

After we struck for six weeks last fall and won a contract that promised a path to seniority, auto workers are being screwed over again by Stellantis.
Book cover is black with a logo that is a gear, with a skull in a hard hat on top, the state of Vermont underlaid in green, and a hand-drawn banner htat says "Freedom and Unity." Behind the book cover is a green-shaded cropped image showing some people with raised fists holding Vermont AFL-CIO banner.

Review: How Reformers Doubled Vermont AFL-CIO Membership »

May 22, 2024 | Gordon Simmons

Transforming an existing union into a more democratic and member-run organization has often proven to be a daunting—though possible—task. The pressing need to revitalize organized labor in the U.S., however, depends on such movements.
A large group of Black and white women and men stands on grass outside the Mercedes-Benz Training Center, smiling, many with fists in the air. Many wear red T-shirts with a UAW logo and the words "Mercedes Workers United."

Why the Alabama Mercedes Union Campaign Faltered »

May 21, 2024 | Jeremy Kimbrell

I’m still hot as hell three days after losing a union election at the Mercedes factory complex in Alabama.
A group of retirees protest with signs saying Medicare Advantage is a Danger to Us All

Retired New York City Teachers Rise and Run »

May 20, 2024 | Jenny Brown

They’ve really stepped in it. The incumbent Unity Caucus that runs the huge teachers union in New York City is facing a challenge from the Retiree Advocate slate who hope to take leadership of the powerful 70,000-person retiree chapter within the union.
A person in a T-shirt with the message "#RidinwithRico" and a Mercedes logo hat looks down at their phone. They are standing in front of a vending machine.

Alabama Mercedes Workers Lose First Union Election, Vow to Fight On »

May 17, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon | Jane Slaughter

A no-holds-barred campaign by Mercedes management convinced a majority of workers at its Alabama factory complex to vote against forming a union.
A large crowd, mostly viewed from behind, is arrayed on a hillside or steps of a university campus; banners identify it as UCLA. A few in the crowd hold Palestinian flags and one handmade sign reads "Stay strong." A row of parked vehicles is visible in the distance, at the foot of the hill, backs to the crowd. Dramatic sunlight silhouettes everyone.

How UC Researchers Began Saying No to Military Work »

May 17, 2024 | Isabel Kain and Becker Sharif

Our union of 48,000 academic workers has just authorized a strike over the University of California’s unfair labor practices in repressing peaceful protest, retaliating against members for protesting, and prohibiting pro-Palestine speech at the worksite.
Auto workers with signs saying no bucks, no trucks and Tick Tock Time for a Record Contract march towards the camera

‘Tick Tock’: Daimler Truck Workers Use Strike Threat to Win Big »

May 16, 2024 | Dan DiMaggio

North Carolina heavy truck and school bus manufacturing workers won 25 percent pay increases and ended wage tiers after an energetic contract campaign and strike threat against Daimler Truck.
A CSX train with JB Hunt containers heads towards the camera.

‘No More Closed Doors’: Reformers Win Rerun Election in Rail Machinists »

May 16, 2024 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Reformers in the Machinists rail union have ousted incumbents in a Department of Labor-supervised election.
Three guys in red Stand-Up Strike (UAW) t-shirts, two bearded, stand outside on grass with arms around each other’s shoulders, smiling big.

What It's Like Voting Union Inside Alabama Mercedes Plant »

May 15, 2024 | Jane Slaughter

In the election on whether to join the United Auto Workers, being held over five days this week at the Mercedes plant in Vance, Alabama, the union negotiated rules to try to minimize management influence. The vote is taking place inside the plant.

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