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How a new class of "salts"—radicals who take jobs to help unionization—is boosting the organizing efforts of long-term workers.

Waterwell, in association with Working Theater, present 7 Minutes written by Stefano Massini translated by Francesca Spedalieri directed by Kristina Valada-Viars "7 Minutes is an extraordinary play about the fear, anger, strength, and resilience of workers in a warehouse fighting against a concession. It touches on every aspect of those very difficult but detrimental

GREENVILLE, S.C. and CARBONDALE, Ill.—A Starbucks Workers United unionizing win, 8-1, in the most anti-union state in the U.S., South Carolina, “will give a lot of hope” to other organizing drives there, a top Carolinian labor historian, Kerry Taylor, says.

US labor in trouble and transition, Kim Moody, London: Verso 2007 Why is US labor in decline and how can the situation be turned around? Kim Moody, a prominent Marxist participant and commentator in the US labour movement over the past three decades has produced a coherent answer to these questions, with implications of the revival of trade unionism everywhere. The book explains why US labour went into decline, what the current state of play is in the unions and points to potential signs of revival. Why US labour went into decline

The ALU shows that it's still possible to win historic union elections, even under current federal labor rules.