Labor Movement
Move to Unionize Waitress Tour Could Rewrite How the Theater Industry Operates
Actors’ Equity Association is trying to unionize a workplace for the first time in 20 years. It’s one of the most progressive developments in theater in a long time, and has the potential to rewrite the way the industry operates.
Sybil Davis
April 15, 2022New York Luxury Building Workers Rally and Authorize Strike
Luxury building workers and doormen from at least 3,000 buildings in New York City rallied on Wednesday and authorized a strike if they do not reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Sou Mi
April 15, 2022‘We Can Defeat the Beast’: Amazon Labor Union Holds Press Conference
Over 20 Amazon workers and a crowd of journalists and leftists met on Friday afternoon in Staten Island, New York for a press conference led by the Amazon Labor Union. Workers know that united, they can defeat Amazon.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
April 12, 2022Grassroots Unionism: Lessons from the Victory at Amazon
Amazon workers in Staten Island defeated one of the wealthiest and most anti-union corporations in the world. Their victory is a repudiation of the failed strategy of the labor bureaucracy and shows the power of real rank and file organizing.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
April 10, 2022The Unbelievable Struggles of Queer Organizers Trying to Unionize an Ohio Starbucks
From rampant misgendering and denial of promised trans healthcare to hostile store management and callused corporate rebuffs, queer union organizers at one Cleveland Starbucks have their work cut out for them.
Mandy Shunnarah
April 7, 2022Amazon Workers in France Wage Unprecedented Strike For Wage Increases
Fighting for wage increases that at least keep pace with inflation, workers at Amazon in France are expanding their strike across the country.
Gaëtan Gracia
April 7, 2022Rank and File Educators at Temple University Issue Statement against Cops
Temple University recently allocated millions of dollars to the police in the name of campus security while departments go underfunded. Here, we reproduce a statement by rank-and-file educators against Temple's police budget.
Left Voice
April 6, 2022Do Police Belong in Labor? A Panel Discussion
Join a discussion on Friday about the police and labor. Left Voice member Julia Wallace will speak about the need to get cops out of our unions.
Left Voice
April 5, 2022Parents and Students Organize Sit-In in Solidarity with Striking Sacramento Teachers
In Sacramento, parents and students are organizing sit-ins to support their teachers, who are on strike for higher pay and increased staffing.
Molly Rosenzweig
April 3, 2022In a Historic Victory, Staten Island Workers Form the First U.S. Amazon Union
Today, Amazon workers at the JFK warehouse on Staten Island, New York voted to unionize. In doing so, the warehouse has formed the first U.S. union in the company’s history.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
April 1, 2022