How-to Guides
Special Coverage
Organizing Books
Labor Law Books
How-to Guides
How to Build a Union Reform Caucus
(2026)
FREE: Read the guide
FREE: Flowchart: Do We Need a Reform Caucus?
How to Strike and Win: A Labor Notes Guide
(2019)
FREE: Read the guide
Buy paper copies
Rebuilding Power in Open-Shop America: A Labor Notes Guide
(2018)
FREE: Read the guide
Buy paper copies
FREE: Union Meeting Exercise: The Open-Shop Stress Test
FREE: Quiz: Assess Your Danger Level
Special Coverage
How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Under Trump 2.0? A Labor Notes Roundtable
(2025-2026)
FREE: Browse the articles
Artículos en español / Articles in Spanish
(ongoing)
FREE: Browse the articles
Special Issue: Jobs and Climate
(2025)
FREE: Read the guide
An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Resources for Immigrant Workers and Allies
(2017-present)
FREE: Collection of links, periodically updated
Special Coverage: Auto Workers Organizing
(2022-2024)
FREE: Browse the articles
Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources
(2020)
FREE: Collection of links, no longer being updated
Organizing Books
Bulk discounts are available for orders of five or more copies.
Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard
(2026)
by Ellen David Friedman
Buy the book, $25
Running for Local Union Office: A Labor Notes Guide
(2026)
Buy the book, $20
FREE: Resources for Running for Local Union Office
Original Teamsters edition of the book, $20
Democracy Is Power
(2022 edition)
Buy the book, $15
by Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle
Secrets of a Successful Organizer
(2016)
Buy the book, $15
FREE: Handouts in English
FREE: Workbook: Beating Apathy
See also: Secrets in Spanish (below) and editions in other languages (Chinese, Danish, German, Japanese, Korean, Quebecois French, and Swedish)
Secrets: Trainer's Guide
Buy the guide, $45
Secretos de un Organizador Exitoso (Spanish edition)
Buy the book, $15
FREE: Handouts in Spanish
How to Jump-Start Your Union
(2014)
Buy the book, $15
A Troublemaker's Handbook
(1991) (PDF only)
FREE: Read and download.
Concessions and How to Beat Them
(1983) (PDF only)
FREE: Read and download.
Labor Law Books
Labor Law Updates from attorney Robert M. Schwartz
FREE: This information is periodically updated.
The Legal Rights of Union Stewards
Buy the book, $20
No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes, and Lockouts
Buy the book, $20
Just Cause
Buy the book, $20
The FMLA Handbook
Buy the book, $20
How to Win Past Practice Grievances
Buy the book, $13