Stay updated with breaking news from Notes Conference. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Striking has been illegal for public employees in Massachusetts since 1919. But in Brookline, a small suburb of Boston, we did it anyway. Out of a membership of 1,100, more than 900 signed in on the picket lines May 16. The strike culminated with a thousand educators descending on town hall for a rally with allies from around the state. VIDEO: More on the Brookline Strike
Striking has been illegal for public employees in Massachusetts since 1919. But in Brookline, a small suburb of Boston, we did it anyway. Out of a membership of 1,100, more than 900 signed in on the picket lines May 16. The strike culminated with a thousand educators descending on town hall for a rally with allies from around the state. VIDEO: More on the Brookline Strike
“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
The 2022 Labor Notes Conference gathered thousands of unionists in Chicago, uniting worker-led reform movements.
A celebration of recent unionization efforts at Dollar General, Starbucks, and Amazon with an all-star lineup of organizers and scholars.