https://znetwork.org/author/dandiaggio/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:57:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/dandiaggio/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/teamsters-share-strategies-for-rank-and-file-power-at-50th-annual-tdu-convention/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/teamsters-share-strategies-for-rank-and-file-power-at-50th-annual-tdu-convention/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:57:42 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291260 At the 50th annual Teamsters for a Democratic Union convention, 550 Teamsters talked about building power in their workplaces, from UPS barns to school bus yards to the San Diego Zoo. They swapped tips on running for local union office and debated TDU’s strategic priorities. A major theme at the convention, held in Chicago November [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/teamsters-share-strategies-for-rank-and-file-power-at-50th-annual-tdu-convention/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wells-fargo-workers-push-to-bring-a-union-to-the-banking-industry/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wells-fargo-workers-push-to-bring-a-union-to-the-banking-industry/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288952 Workers at Wells Fargo are organizing the first union at a major U.S. bank—in one of the least-organized industries in the country. The first branch where workers won a union vote, in 2023, was in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since then, workers have have voted to join the Communications Workers (CWA) at 29 more branches from [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wells-fargo-workers-push-to-bring-a-union-to-the-banking-industry/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tick-tock-daimler-truck-workers-use-strike-threat-to-win-big/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tick-tock-daimler-truck-workers-use-strike-threat-to-win-big/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266519 North Carolina heavy truck and school bus manufacturing workers won 25 percent pay increases and ended wage tiers after an energetic contract campaign and strike threat against Daimler Truck. The United Auto Workers unionized these plants in the 1990s and early 2000s—but since then, wages had stagnated. Starting pay was low, and the plants were [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tick-tock-daimler-truck-workers-use-strike-threat-to-win-big/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/these-are-the-major-organized-labor-fights-to-watch-out-for-in-2024/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/these-are-the-major-organized-labor-fights-to-watch-out-for-in-2024/#respond Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:46:19 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259692 Major contract fights in 2023 at UPS, the Big 3 automakers, and Hollywood studios set the tone for next year’s contract campaigns. Impressive gains and increased transparency got members of other unions asking, “Why can’t my union be like that?” The bar will be high. Many of the contracts expiring next year date from before [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/these-are-the-major-organized-labor-fights-to-watch-out-for-in-2024/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unions-should-start-planning-for-a-mass-strike-on-may-day-2028/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unions-should-start-planning-for-a-mass-strike-on-may-day-2028/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:10:37 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1258128 Is it time for a big, united strike by millions of union members against the billionaire class? We get pitched this idea sometimes at Labor Notes. Usually we dismiss it as coming from starry-eyed dreamers eager to pass over the hard work of organizing and skip ahead to the “general strike.” But now the call [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/unions-should-start-planning-for-a-mass-strike-on-may-day-2028/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/auto-workers-ratify-new-contracts-at-the-big-3/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/auto-workers-ratify-new-contracts-at-the-big-3/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1257886 After a six-week escalating strike, the Auto Workers (UAW) ratified agreements with each of the Big 3 automakers. The deals are a sharp about-face from decades of concessions. The new contracts go further than many people thought possible, on issues that the companies had insisted were off the table. Stellantis agreed to reopen its idled [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/auto-workers-ratify-new-contracts-at-the-big-3/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mexican-auto-parts-workers-face-blacklist-after-union-campaign/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mexican-auto-parts-workers-face-blacklist-after-union-campaign/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:13:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1254896 Lea este artículo en español aquí. In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union, the Mexican Workers’ League (La Liga). A year later, after refusing to negotiate a new contract, the company has shut down, leaving 400 workers jobless—and 71 workers without their [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/mexican-auto-parts-workers-face-blacklist-after-union-campaign/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/autoworkers-are-getting-ready-to-strike-to-win-historic-demands/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/autoworkers-are-getting-ready-to-strike-to-win-historic-demands/#respond Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:59:15 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1252196 The clock is ticking toward September 14 at midnight, when the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) contracts with the Big Three automakers expire. The new leaders of the UAW have come out swinging, and in quickly growing numbers, members are stepping up to prepare for a strike. The agreements cover close to 150,000 workers at Ford, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/autoworkers-are-getting-ready-to-strike-to-win-historic-demands/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biggest-contracts-expiring-in-2023/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biggest-contracts-expiring-in-2023/#respond Sun, 25 Dec 2022 14:47:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1235410 Negotiations will take place in 2023 for some of the biggest contracts in the labor movement, including at UPS and the Big Three automakers. Workers are hoping to take advantage of a tight labor market to reverse years of concessions and win big raises to help cope with inflation. 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