Stories Tagged as
Labor organizing
With a U.S. dockworkers strike looming, a history of labor mobilizing in Liverpool
by
James Graham
and Naomi Rainey
Jan 7, 2025
One of Britain's longest running industrial disputes took place in northwest England in the 1990s. What's it's legacy?
Why Dartmouth basketball players are dropping their unionization efforts
by
David Brancaccio
and Nic Perez
Jan 3, 2025
Dartmouth basketball players may have been hesitant to set a precedent under a Trump-controlled NLRB — one that may not be friendly to unionization attempts.
Why the union push at a San Bernardino, California Amazon hub is an especially big deal
Dec 13, 2024
More than 1,000 Amazon workers in San Bernardino say they've formed a union with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
After a judge paused the University of California strike, questions about "no strike" provisions remain
Jun 14, 2024
The UC system argues that the strikes violated the union contract's "no strike" provision. But workers may have the right to violate no strike agreements in certain cases.
UAW to be put to the test this week in Alabama Mercedes-Benz union vote
May 13, 2024
Starting Monday, around 5,200 workers at a Mercedes-Benz assembly-and-battery complex near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will begin voting on whether to join the UAW.
Salvadoran janitors fight for better wages, supporting families here and abroad
Apr 22, 2024
Immigrants from El Salvador clustered in major cities often work demanding, low-paying jobs that are hard to fill — like janitors.
How important is a "ratification vote" in union contracts?
by
Henry Epp
Nov 13, 2023
Union members from the auto industry to Hollywood actors are currently taking the votes. They are more than a rubber-stamping process.
For public good, not for profit.
In California, child care providers unionized for better pay and retirement benefits
by
Daisy Nguyen
Oct 31, 2023
California is one of 11 states that allows in-home child care providers to bargain collectively. This year, the union that represents 40,000 of these workers in that state won big in their fight for better pay and benefits.
More workers move to create unions — but that doesn't always mean more members
by
Henry Epp
Oct 16, 2023
Petitioning for union representation is just the first step in forming a union, and not all efforts make it to the finish line.
Film and TV choreographers are organizing their own union
May 31, 2023
They want the residuals and better working conditions other guilds have obtained for members.