Labor Movement

Are You a Public School Teacher in a State That Bans Collective Bargaining? This Article Is for You.
In states where public sector collective bargaining is banned, the path to a union and a contract is harder, but not impossible. A worker from one of these states explains why.
Olivia Wood
December 16, 2022Theatre Row Workers Unanimously Demand Voluntary Recognition of their New Union: Theatre Shop Union
Workers at Theatre Row in New York submitted a unanimous card campaign to the board of their parent organization, Building for the Arts, demanding voluntary recognition of their new union.
Left Voice
December 13, 2022Over 1,000 Workers Walk Out at the New York Times
Over 1,000 workers organized in the New York Times Guild staged a 24-hour work stoppage this week to demand higher wages, as well as better healthcare and pensions. This is the largest labor action to rock one of the world’s most influential bourgeois media outlets in over forty years.
Reba Landers
December 9, 2022As Grade Deadlines Approach, Academic Workers Must Hold the Line and Expand Strikes
The end of the semester is a critical time for academic workers on strike. Part time faculty at The New School and student workers and postdocs at the University of California are fighting hard to hold the line against increasing attacks from their employers.
Olivia Wood
December 8, 2022The First Overdose Prevention Centers in US History Vote to Unionize
Workers at the nation’s first overdose prevention centers submitted their demand for voluntary union recognition. The workers are demanding better benefits and healthcare, along with greater control over workplace decisions. The harm reduction sector is joining the labor movement.
Left Voice
December 8, 2022“Grueling Working Conditions and Low Wages”: A Testimonial from a UPS Warehouse Worker
Workers in UPS warehouses are among the most precarious workers in the logistics industry. As the 2023 Teamsters contract negotiations approaches, a UPS warehouse worker speaks out about his working conditions and calls for unity in struggle among UPS drivers and warehouse workers.
Nehuen Latif
November 30, 2022Workers Built Twitter — They Should Own It, Not Elon Musk
Corporations like Twitter cannot function without the workers who do the daily labor.
Kyle Thibodeau
November 27, 2022Education Workers Have the Power to Win in Toronto
A rank-and-file educational worker who participated in the historic strike earlier this month in Toronto discusses how fellow workers can fight back against the Doug Ford administration and win their demands.
Martin Reilly
November 20, 202248,000 University of California Academic Workers Begin Historic Strike
On November 14, 48,000 academic workers across the University of California system began the largest higher education strike in history. Their fight could inspire higher education workers across the country.
Brian H. Silverstein
November 15, 2022Judge Upholds Firing of UPS Activist for Union Rally In Major Attack on Workers’ Rights and Free Speech
Late last month, in a major blow to workers’ rights and free speech, a judge at an arbitration panel upheld the discharge of UPS driver Ben Douglass. His crime? Speaking out against management retaliation at a rally outside his facility.
Left Voice
November 14, 2022