Despite decades of attacks, workers and unions continue to organize and bargain to improve their workplaces and communities. Workers also are engaging in innovative forms of organizing - and transforming their organizations - to build power in the face of new challenges.
Helmets to Hardhats connects National Guard, Reserve, retired and transitioned active-duty military service members with skilled training and quality career opportunities in the construction industry.
As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ net worth topped $150 billion last week, making him the richest man in modern history, thousands of Amazon workers across Europe went on strike.
In communities across the country, many employers are having trouble finding enough skilled workers, but they may be overlooking an untapped resource.
Interpreters are demanding better pay! They have not had a meaingful pay increase in 20 years.
Janus may be a setback for labor, but activists at the training sounded ready to push back, building power from the inside out.
With the 2018 primary election coming up August 14 and early voting beginning June 29, the 2018 campaign season is moving into full speed. The crowded primary field for both the DFL and the Republican tickets will give voters an early chance to hear about each political parties’ values.
While some political elites are despairing the number of last-minute candidate filings, I am much more optimistic about this news.
The Supreme Court and the entire U.S. legal system have rarely been on the side of the U.S. working class, yet workers have continuously organized without the support of the law
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Minnesota Union Leadership Program(link is external)
Yesterday union members from across the spectrum of organized labor joined for an emergency rally in response to the Supreme Courts decision on Janus v AFSCME
Workers are organizing through unions and other organizations to improve their lives. Union representation provides a voice on the job and the opportunity to improve wages, benefits and working conditions.
Labor still lacks coordinated approach to organizing the South