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Three Recent Wins Prove Old-Fashioned Union Power Isn’t Dead Yet »

July 7, 2016 | Jane Slaughter

Three big wins for workers in the last nine months arrived where you might least expect them: in the old, blue-collar economy. What enabled our side to kick some ass this year?

Strike while the Iron's Hot »

July 6, 2016 | Dan DiMaggio

The Verizon strike could energize workers to pick new fights and take new risks. Let’s seize the chance.

South Korea: Independent Union Leader Sentenced to Five Years in Prison »

July 6, 2016 | Kap Seol

Prosecutors got a five-year jail term for Han Sang-gyun, leader of the country’s 800,000-strong independent union federation.

In China, Walmart Retail Workers Walk Out over Unfair Scheduling »

July 1, 2016 | Kevin Lin

About 70 Walmart workers began a wildcat strike July 1 against an unpopular new flexible scheduling system.

Political Crisis and Anti-Immigrant Assaults Follow Britain's Vote to Leave the European Union »

June 30, 2016 | Sheila Cohen and Kim Moody

The immediate future is bleak unless unions rally against the gutting of worker rights that’s already at the core of the government’s agenda—and in defense of immigrants’ rights as well.

A Strike, Huh? Boss's Idea Pans Out »

June 29, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury

Employers should be careful what they wish for. One Hawaiian nursing home lashed out at workers with a bogus charge that they'd gone on strike. Then the workers went on strike for real.

In Push for Education Reforms, Mexican Government Kills Teachers in the Street »

June 28, 2016 | Jane Slaughter

Mexican federal police killed a dozen teachers and students June 19 when they opened fire on a demonstration in the small town of Nochixtlan, Oaxaca.

Workers Walk Out for $15 at Dozens of Quebec Nursing Homes »

June 22, 2016 | Sonia Singh

Thousands of Quebec nursing home workers have walked off the job in their first-ever series of coordinated strikes. They’re demanding that all workers get a starting hourly wage of $15.

Allina Nurses Go All In »

June 21, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury

In a weeklong strike, 5,000 Minnesota nurses are defending a health plan that's an oasis of decency—and battling the hospital chain's cost-cutting scheme to hand over staffing decisions to a robot.

So You Think Your Workplace is Disorganized? »

June 16, 2016 | Alexandra Bradbury | Mark Brenner | Jane Slaughter

An organizer has to learn to recognize the existing networks and natural leaders, who may be hidden in plain sight.

Film Review: Solidarity Economics in Italy »

June 15, 2016 | Matt Noyes

This real-life province is like a cooperative version of a Richard Scarry picture book. Everywhere you turn, there’s another happy co-op worker, providing a service that’s good for society.

Teachers Take On Student Discipline »

June 14, 2016 | Samantha Winslow

Teachers are drawing attention to racial disparities in suspensions and the "school-to-prison pipeline."

Strikes Sweep France, Opposing Labor Law Rollbacks »

June 9, 2016 | Dawn Tefft

Just as massive numbers of tourists enter France for the European soccer championship, strikes are preventing half the trains from running.

Permanent Replacements? Not So Fast, Labor Board Says »

June 8, 2016 | Robert Schwartz

A game-changing ruling says employers shouldn't use replacement as a weapon against strikers.

B&H Workers Train to Win »

June 8, 2016 | Sonia Singh

How did B&H workers hold so strong even when their boss threatened mass firings? They got the organizing skills they needed from in-depth leadership training with the Laundry Workers Center.

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