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The official nomination of a candidate running for UAW president on an explicitly socialist program is an historic milestone and an expression of the immense potential for the building of a mass revolutionary movement in the American working class.

Despite nationwide flight cancellations due to weather conditions and labor shortages, the 2022 Labor Notes Conference drew a huge and diverse crowd of more than 4,000 workers from across the globe. They heard daring tales of organizing, learned strategies for getting a first contract, and joined a joyous Juneteenth celebration. Many workshops were packed, standing room only.

We’re excited to welcome a new member to the Labor Notes staff: Courtney Smith! Courtney worked on the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in 2020 as a Black constituency organizer. She has also worked with families who were victims of police brutality, and as an organizer with the Lecturers’ Employee Organization at the University of Michigan. Courtney will be working with

We’re excited to welcome a new member to the Labor Notes staff: Courtney Smith! Courtney worked on the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in 2020 as a Black constituency organizer. She has also worked with families who were victims of police brutality, and as an organizer with the Lecturers’ Employee Organization at the University of Michigan. Courtney will be working with

Ty Nolan and Liam Easton-Calabria are both Starbucks Workers United members in Boston (personal capacity) In the past year there has been a resurgence in the American labor movement. The union election victory at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse and the events of Striketober with workers at John Deere, Na

“Seven months ago if you asked me about a union I would’ve said, ‘I don’t know, cops have them?’” says Sarah Pappin, a shift supervisor at a Seattle Starbucks. But on June 6, she and her co-workers voted unanimously to join Starbucks Workers United, part of an upsurge of organizing by younger workers with little union experience that is breathing new life into the labor

None of the upstart unions has won a contract yet, Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay report. But there is a new sense of possibility among workers at some of the country’s biggest nonunion employers.  By Dan DiMaggio and Angela Bunay Labor Notes “Seven months ago, if you asked me about a union

So, as a result of the Trump era appointments to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade is no more.  The five to four vote was not an academic one, independent of the religious beliefs and political involvements of the Justices.  It was, flat out for the five justices who voted Roe down, a personal statement.

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The rare planetary alignment in mid-June was accompanied by the equally rare alignment of the AFL-CIO convention and the Labor Notes conference. It’s not often there is the opportunity for such direct comparison of the top leadership and activist base of the labor movement. The AFL-CIO met from June 12-15 in Philadelphia. The theme of the convention was “Organize and Rise.”