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May 14, 2022: Labor Power and the Third Reconstruction

Worker organizing is a key front of struggle in the battle for racial and economic justice. The COVID-19 pandemic helped spur workers into action in response to poor wages, working conditions, and lack of power in the workplace. The “Great Resignation,” increased media attention on strikes, and the Amazon and Starbucks unionizing campaigns, for example, […]

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June 3-4, 2022: Next Up Organizer School! Register Now!

There hasn’t been this broad of support for the Labor Movement in decades! Workers across the country are stepping up and organizing in workplaces once thought impossible to organize. Strikes are producing huge results for working people in industries all over the nation. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring in hundreds […]

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The Nurses Who Wouldn’t Come in From the Cold, How holding out for the common good led to the longest strike of 2021

“Workers across the country have started “bargaining for the common good” over the past decade. In Connecticut, care workers negotiated higher Medicaid funding for nursing homes to secure their communities’ right to age with dignity. In West Virginia, Los Angeles, Chicago and Minneapolis, teachers went on strike for the right to a robust public education. […]

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May 14, 2022: 30th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive from the National Association of Letter Carriers

Saturday, May 14th marks the 30th anniversary of one of America’s great days of giving – the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive! Letter carries walk through the community every day, often coming face to face with a sad reality for too many: hunger. So, each year on the second Saturday […]

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Starbucks Workers on the Move Nationwide! Union, YES!

SBWorkersUnited From Oklahoma City to Portland to Pittsburgh, workers are changing what it means to be a barista and improving the lives of ALL Starbucks workers! Solidarity!!!

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China will never forget NATO’s bombing of Chinese embassy: Spokesperson

http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2022-05-07/detail-ihayamfc5318113.shtml The Chinese people will never forget NATO’s barbaric atrocities of bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade in 1999, and will never allow the historical tragedy to be repeated, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Friday. “The NATO claims to be a defensive organization, but it in fact has repeatedly violated international law and […]

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Support on the UAW Local 180 Picket Line Needed in Racine, WI and Burlington, IA – An Injury to One Is An Injury To All!