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Motion towards Medicare for All at AFL-CIO Convention »

November 27, 2017 | Traven Leyshon

While they didn’t get everything they wanted, single-payer health care advocates are celebrating progress getting the AFL-CIO to embrace Medicare for All.

Reform Slate in North Pole Elves Union Challenges Cozy-with-Santa Leadership »

November 24, 2017 | Alexandra Bradbury


Tennessee Campus Workers Foil Billionaire Governor's Outsourcing Scheme »

November 22, 2017 | Thomas Walker, Jessica Buttermore, and Jeffrey Lichtenstein

Two years ago Tennessee’s billionaire governor Bill Haslam, then the richest elected politician in the country (now it’s Trump), quietly initiated the largest and most radical restructuring of public services in the state’s history.

Facing Wisconsin-Style Attack, Iowans Stick to the Union »

November 16, 2017 | Dave Kamper

Never let a good crisis go to waste. Iowa’s Republican legislative majorities assumed that an aggressive anti-union law would persuade public employees to abandon their unions. Instead they created a backlash, sparking unions to reconnect with members and their communities.

Fighting a Co-Worker's Deportation at Our Hospital »

November 14, 2017 | John Pearson

When our hospital bargaining team learned that our co-worker Maria Mendoza Sanchez and her family were to be deported in less than a week, we were shocked. Though we knew it might be too late to act, we decided we had to do something.

Relieving Racial Resentment in Our Unions »

November 10, 2017 | Jane Slaughter

An electrical workers local in San Francisco found itself in a mortifying situation: one of its members was outed as an active white supremacist. Wireman John Ramondetta had traveled to Charlottesville this August to march alongside Nazis and the KKK.

Confronting Zero Tolerance »

November 8, 2017 | Robert M. Schwartz

Bosses are in love with zero tolerance policies. One arbitrator calls them “the last refuge of weak managers.”

In Puerto Rico, Unions Lead in Hurricane Relief Efforts »

November 7, 2017 | Stephanie Basile

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, as Puerto Rico faces government neglect, unions’ relief efforts have been critical.

Book Review: Ants among Elephants »

November 2, 2017 | Steve Downs

Ants among Elephants is an absorbing and moving history of modern India from the perspective of a family of Christian “untouchables.”

Viewpoint: A Union Plan for Hurricane Repair: Local Hire, Prevailing Wage »

November 1, 2017 | Gordon Lafer

After Harvey, Irma, and Maria, many thousands of homes have been lost and lives wrecked. People in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico need decent paying jobs while they try to put their lives back together, and the one industry that will be booming is construction.

NAFTA Talks: What's the Deal? »

October 31, 2017 | Arthur Stamoulis

As renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) chugs along rapidly behind closed doors, President Donald Trump will soon be forced to decide whether to keep or abandon his campaign pledge to make the pact “much better” for working people.

Bracing for Right to Work, Public Sector Unions Up the Ante »

October 27, 2017 | Samantha Winslow

The whole public sector will likely become “right to work” next year, barring another miracle at the Supreme Court.

Time for Labor to Up Our Game on Racism »

October 26, 2017 | Dan DiMaggio

The most important actions by union members this fall are happening on, of all places, the football field.

Jersey Day Spooks Kroger Management »

October 20, 2017 | Chris Brooks

According to Kroger, sports partisanship on the job is OK but union partisanship is not.


The grocery chain has long allowed employees to wear team jerseys of their choice on designated “game days.” NASCAR and NFL teams are among the honorees.

Review: No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age »

October 19, 2017 | Mike Parker

Jane McAlevey’s No Shortcuts is an exciting book. It tells the stories of important struggles and it tackles the big questions facing the labor movement.

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