AU activists in Chicago plan to keep doing what theyāve been doing: āuniting with our co-workers, identifying the issues that are most popular, and taking action to address them.ā
āItās about creating a distraction and a real carve-out from the PRO Act,ā said Bhairavi Desai, director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
There will likely be more failures before there are major successes
Source: Labor Notes When Virginia changed its law last year to allow local government workers to bargain collectively, it was a leap…
āOur hopes are still high. The company is hard-headed and theyāre not budging, but theyāve got some good workers out here who they canāt replace.ā
āThe only way we are going to see changes is when unions are withholding labor, to use our economic power to pressure the people in powerā
Workers across the country rose to the occasion, making 2019 one of the most exciting years for the labor movement in recent memory
Concerted, collective action is the way we build power. When Amazon workers somewhere stand up to the bossā especially when they win something concreteāit inspires Amazon workers somewhere else to do the same.
Alaskan Ferry Workers Walk Off the Job
Rideshare drivers around the world rallied and struck May 8, the day Uber went public
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