John Ertl: Vigorous Campaign Revives Transit Union

For the first time ever, the union began to print newsletters and distribute the contract in Spanish, Amharic, Somali, and Arabic

Leah Fried: Nursing Home Workers Win Wage Gains

The plan was to initiate four waves of strikes

Lauren McCauley: $15 Minimum Wage Hits Congress

Responding to grassroots labor movement, Democratic lawmakers show that they are ready to join the pro-worker fight

Lane Windham: Working Class Feminism

Young women are leading the most exciting and dynamic aspects of the 21st-century progressive movement, and they’ve been at this for a while now

Samantha Winslow: A Bottom-Up Campaign

Philly activists hope to set an example by proving that involving members and taking action gets results

James Gray Pope: The Right to Strike

According to an International Monetary Fund study of twenty advanced economies, union decline accounted for about half of the increase in net income inequality from 1980 to 2012

Alexandra Bradbury: Using Grievances to Build the Union

When the boss tries to make an example of someone who stood up for themselves or others, it’s crucial to defend that person

Alexandra Bradbury: Getting People in Motion

The key is collective action

Alexandra Bradbury: Conversations Are the Building Blocks

It’s so important to help people see how powerful they are, to pull that veil back: ‘You can do all of this and more

Dana Frank: The Pitfalls of ‘Buy American’

We need domestic economic development that fosters good jobs without playing into an anti-immigrant framework

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