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.
Emboldened by minimum wage victories in St. Paul and Minneapolis, workers seeking a raise at MSP Airport used the busiest travel day of the year to inject new energy into their fight for $15 and union rights.
This is the second article in a multi-part series on the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). We are exploring the history of the league and sports unionism; the gender wage gap in professional basketball; and how the players and their union, the WNBPA, are approaching collective bargaining negotiations.
Every conversation we led connected workers to the value of their union and local democracy.
In the aftermath of this summer’s Janus v. AFSCME Supreme Court(link is external) decision attacking public-sector unions, the University of Illinois at Chicago(link is external) is rapidly becoming a bellwether for how those unions might sink or swim in a world without fair share.
At a small liberal arts college in rural Iowa, students who work in the libraries, mailroom, and other campus workplaces have undertaken an ambitious organizing drive
On Wednesday the St. Paul City Council passed an ordinance that will raise the minimum wage to $15 over the coming years. It was later signed by Mayor Melvin Carter.
Joy is the order of the day as 100 people or so congregate at the rotunda of the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison just hours after incumbent Republican Scott Walker conceded(link is external) the gubernatorial election to Democratic challenger Tony Evers.
Both Tony Evers and J.B. Pritzker ran on strong, clear messages of supporting unions and working families.
Last night was a victory for labor. At the DFL Election Party at the Intercontinental Riverside Hotel in St.Paul, people were energetic and thrilled with election results
On Saturday, October 13, 2018, volunteers from Iron Workers Local 512 participated in setting up the iron frame for the 128-foot tall Bentleyville Christmas tree in Duluth’s Bayfront Festival Park,
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