Democrats Have Just Weeks to Avoid Labor Board Funding "Catastrophe," Union Says
The NLRB’s budget has remained stagnant for nine years, severely undermining its ability to enforce labor laws.
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The NLRB’s budget has remained stagnant for nine years, severely undermining its ability to enforce labor laws.
When I stepped down as Chicago Teachers Union president earlier this year (the union has a dynamic new officer team led by Stacy Davis Gates), I did it partly because I was ready for a change, partly to make room at the top, and partly because I think we need a reckoning about the direction of the labor movement. Stepping down gives me a chance to write and speak out without
Young people are tired of being treated unfairly at work, and unlike the generations before them, they are actually doing something about it.
UW Havens Wright Center lecture by Labor Notes founder Kim Moody, on Zoom. RSVP for link.
We’re excited to announce that the next Labor Notes Conference will be April 19-21, 2024, in Chicago. Our last one was the biggest ever, drawing 4,000 workers—and the youngest ever, with lots of newly organized workers. Who will be the surprising newcomers, the strike warriors, the newly elected reformers at the next conference in 2024? Stay tuned. But if you can’t wait that