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Secrets of a Successful Organizer Now Available in Nine Languages

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Book covers for six translations of Secrets of a Successful Organizer, in various colors, most featuring the bullseye logo. The Spanish tenants one instead shows two hands joined by the pinkies. A graphic from inside that book shows the "bullseye" diagram adapted to an onion, with the core group in the center, activists and supporters in layers of the onion, distant people outside the onion, and hostiles represented as a knife cutting the onion.

We 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, Korean. (See below for details on how to get copies.) We’ve also heard from union activists in Brazil, Norway, and Poland who are interested in translating it.

UAW Pushes for Green Jobs And Affordability in California

A worker at an Asana heat pump assembly factory stands with a drill working on a heat pump
February 18, 2026

Can unions lead the push toward an environmentally sustainable future, and secure more good jobs in the process? With the Trump administration attacking federal investments in green industries from electrical vehicles to wind, the United Auto Workers is attempting this strategy at the state level in California.

Malaysian Workers Protest Union-Busting at Apple Supplier

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A group of supporters stand behind a red and blue banner congratulating the Lumileds workers on voting for the union and saluting their courage.

Workers in Malaysia who make screens like the one you are reading this article on are protesting after union leaders were fired following an organizing victory. The workers make LED screens for companies including Apple.

The Electronics Industry Employees Union Northern Region (EIEUNR) won an election in November to represent workers at the Lumileds factory in Penang. Of the 1,200 eligible voters, 65 percent voted for the union, with 89 percent turnout.

Teamsters Highlight Renewed Militancy, Rank-and-File Power at 50th Annual TDU Convention

TDU convention attendees are shown sitting and standing, clapping for a speaker, in the hotel ballroom, under a chandelier.
November 14, 2025

At the 50th annual Teamsters for a Democratic Union convention, 550 Teamsters talked about building power in their workplaces, from UPS barns to school bus yards to the San Diego Zoo. They swapped tips on running for local union office and debated TDU’s strategic priorities.

A major theme at the convention, held in Chicago November 7-9, was the union’s renewed militancy. Teamsters elected Sean O’Brien in 2021 to head the 1.3-million member union; the TDU-backed O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United slate ran under the slogan “new leadership and a new direction.”

Wells Fargo Workers Push to Bring A Union to the Banking Industry

A large group wearing red with banners and signs and flags pose for the camera
September 23, 2025

Workers at Wells Fargo are organizing the first union at a major U.S. bank—in one of the least-organized industries in the country.

The first branch where workers won a union vote, in 2023, was in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since then, workers have have voted to join the Communications Workers (CWA) at 29 more branches from Apopka, Florida, to Casper, Wyoming. So have 35 workers who review customer and employee complaints at the bank.

EBay Aims to Bust Trading Card Union with 200 Layoffs

June 03, 2025

More than two years after voting in a union, the 220 workers at TCGplayer, the eBay-owned online marketplace for trading cards, hoped they might be getting close to securing a first contract. Instead, they’re fighting to save their jobs.

On May 22, the company abruptly announced that it was shuttering its Syracuse, New York, authentication center and moving operations to Louisville, Kentucky.

AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike

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Black and white men, most in red union T-shirts, picket energetically on a streetcorner. Man in front, in turquoise shirt, is talking or chanting into a mic, arm outstretched. Everyone's pose is active. Printed signs say "honk if you support workers" and "AT&T unfair, CWA on strike, ULP." One handmade sign, partially visible, says "AT&T Unfair Labor." The man in the center is holding his sign high and wind or movement blows his red shirt.

Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast returned to work September 16 following a month-long strike.

Members of the Communications Workers (CWA) in nine states from Kentucky to Florida walked out on an unfair labor practice strike August 16 over accusations the telecom giant was bargaining in bad faith.

The strike included technicians, call center workers, and others who build and maintain the AT&T network.

Farmworker Union to Hold New Election, Two Years After Controversial Vote

September 17, 2024

Update: FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez was re-elected to a 15th term. He and his slate won 210 votes, while the Los Trabajadores Primero (Workers First) slate garnered 19.

Members of the second-largest farmworkers union in the U.S. will elect leaders on September 21 and 22. It’s a rerun of an election two years ago, following accusations that many members were effectively disenfranchised in that vote.

AT&T Southeast Strike Nears One Month, With California and Nevada on Brink of Walkout

September 13, 2024

UPDATE: On September 15, CWA announced tentative agreements with both AT&T Southeast and AT&T West. Workers at AT&T Southeast returned to work on September 16. Members will still need to vote on both deals.

Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast have been on strike since August 16. They may be joined soon by another 8,500 workers at AT&T in California and Nevada.

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