Labor Movement

El Paso Starbucks Workers Are Organizing in the Face of Relentless Union Busting
Starbucks’s preemptive union-busting tactics in El Paso, Texas, have backfired and inspired workers at the Fountains to unionize.
Paul Ginestá
May 20, 2022SEIU 721, Vote No! A Better Contract Is Possible
Union leaders of SEIU 721 have reached a deal with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. But there are big problems with the proposed agreement, and the rank and file should vote against it.
Left Voice
May 20, 2022Workers and Labor Groups Stand Up for Abortion Rights
Workers turned out for abortion rights across the country on a national day of action. We need a large, organized labor movement in support of the fight for reproductive justice.
Left Voice
May 14, 2022Healthcare Unions Must Take Up the Fight for Abortion Rights
Healthcare unions must take up the fight to make sure everyone has a right to free, safe, legal abortion on demand. Abortion is healthcare and healthcare is a human right.
Mike Pappas
May 12, 202255,000 SEIU Members May Strike in Los Angeles. This Is Why I Am Voting Yes.
SEIU Local 721 represents 95,000 members, roughly 55,000 of which — including social service workers, nurses, mental health care workers, clerks, librarians, custodians and more — work for the LA County. After a protest of thousands — the largest in the local’s history — the members are voting through May 5. Left Voice reporter Julia Wallace shares why it is so important for her SEIU union siblings to vote yes on this strike.
Julia Wallace
April 28, 2022Round Two for the ALU: the Fight to Organize Amazon Continues
On Monday, 1,600 warehouse workers in Staten Island will vote on whether or not to form the second-ever Amazon union in the United States. In response, the company is using every dirty trick in the book to intimidate workers and undermine the vote.
James Dennis Hoff
April 24, 2022LGBTQ+ Starbucks Workers Fight for Unions — and against All Discrimination
A new precarious generation is pushing for unions and labor rights, putting up a collective fight against all the inequalities that capitalism sustains. LGBTQ+ people have been an integral part of this process.
Pablo Herón
April 22, 2022Poll Shows 75 Percent of Americans Support Unionizing Amazon Workers
A new poll shows that a supermajority of respondents, especially young people and people of color, support the unionization struggles of Amazon workers. This growing enthusiasm comes against the backdrop of the recent victory among Staten Island Amazon workers.
Maryam Alaniz
April 20, 2022Virginia Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators Votes to Unionize Richmond Schools
Teachers in Richmond, Virginia, have voted to unionize. Their victory could pave the way for other teachers’ unions to emerge in the South.
Left Voice
April 18, 2022Belarus Rail Workers Sabotage Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: Building an Independent Position on the War
Russia’s siege of Kyiv has failed for now. Rail workers in Belarus are risking their lives by sabotaging Russian supply lines. Their example shows a way forward to building a working-class response to the war, one that is independent of both Russia and NATO.
Marius Rautenberg
April 6, 2022