New York Times Tech Workers Win a Union
The boom in tech worker organizing has reached the New York Times, where nearly 600 just voted to join the NewsGuild. It’s the largest tech-worker union in the United States.
326 Articles by: Alex N. Press
Alex N. Press is a staff writer at Jacobin who covers labor organizing.
Hershey’s Chocolate Workers in Virginia Are Unionizing
Some 1,300 workers at Hershey’s Virginia candy manufacturing plant are voting on whether to unionize. It’s the latest chapter in nearly a century of vicious anti-union skulduggery — and workers’ determined efforts to organize — at the chocolate giant.
Fordham University Graduate Workers Are Unionizing
Fordham graduate workers are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America. It’s the latest in a wave of organizing at institutions of higher education, where workers are as beleaguered as they’ve ever been.
Nonunion Workers Made Up a Surprising Share of Strikers in 2021
New data show that approximately 140,000 workers in the United States took part in work stoppages last year. Though the reality is far from the exaggerated hopes of a “Striketober” strike wave, there has been a noticeable uptick in worker militancy.
Workers Have Made Shocking Allegations of Racism at One of Elon Musk’s California Factories
California has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla based on shocking evidence that the company’s Fremont plant is operating as a systematically racist, segregated facility where discrimination is the norm.
Why the Starbucks Union Drive Matters for All Workers
Starbucks workers are channeling the frustration shared by millions of food service workers into a unionization drive. It’s the most exciting new organizing campaign in the United States.
REI Wants You to Know They Are Busting a Union on Indigenous Land
REI is fighting a union drive at a New York store. Toward that end, the company published a podcast, offering a master class in progressive justifications for anti-unionism.
Starbucks Has Fired Several Union Leaders in Memphis
Workers at a Memphis Tennessee Starbucks say the company fired them for publicly speaking in support of a union drive. Retaliating against workers for organizing is illegal — but virtually routine.
“Uber for Nurses” May Soon Be on the Ballot in California
Following the Prop 22 model, a ballot proposal in California seeks to strip app-based health care workers of employee status. Silicon Valley yet again wants to exempt apps from labor laws — but capital may have a real fight on its hands this time.
The Starbucks Union Drive Is Spreading With Impressive Speed
In just the last two months, workers at more than 50 Starbucks locations across 19 states have filed for union elections. The movement is being driven by rank-and-file workers and so far has brushed aside organizing challenges and management fearmongering.
Hundreds of West Coast Truckers Are Fighting for a Union
Hundreds of Southern California port truckers have launched a unionization bid to fight their increasingly brutal working conditions. It’s an industry where worker misclassification is rampant and employers flout labor laws with impunity.
Amazon Is Addicted to Union-Busting Tactics
A judge made Amazon rerun the union vote at its Bessemer, Alabama warehouse due to the illegal strong-arm tactics it used against workers. The new vote is about to take place — and Amazon is still using the same methods.
REI Is the Latest “Progressive” Company Trying to Bust Its Employees’ Union
Workers at a Manhattan REI store are unionizing with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Their “progressive” employer is doing everything possible to undermine them.
Why Are US Workers Quitting Their Jobs in Droves?
A recent New York Times article investigates why quitting can spread within a workplace. By only asking white-collar workers, it misses much of the story.
More Than 8,000 King Soopers Workers Are on Week Two of Their Strike
A strike by over 8,000 workers at Kroger-owned stores in Colorado is entering week two. The company has won a restraining order against its employees, limiting the number of workers who picket on company premises — a tried-and-true method of breaking a strike.
Alabama Amazon Workers Are About to Rerun Their Union Election
A year ago, all eyes were on the unionization election at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, where illegal union suppression tactics by Amazon helped sink the drive. Thanks to a court order, that vote is about to be rerun.
Kroger Employees in Colorado Have Had Enough — Thousands Are Now on Strike
More than 8,000 workers at Kroger-owned King Soopers and City Market stores are on strike in Colorado. Their fight highlights the company’s long history of atrocious treatment of its workforce.
A Horrifying Report Shows the Miserable Working Conditions at Kroger
A survey of thousands of Kroger workers finds that while its executives rake in millions, homelessness and food insecurity are rampant among its workforce.
Colorado Public Sector Workers May Be on the Verge of Winning the Right to Unionize
With a major push from the state AFL-CIO and the support of Democratic leaders in the legislature, a Colorado bill to recognize public sector unions has a real shot at passage.
Thousands of American Workers Are Being Forced to Work With COVID
With new CDC guidelines and apparent indifference from the White House, scores of workers in the United States find themselves with no choice but to go back to work while still suffering from COVID.