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What Is a Union?

A union is an organization of co-workers who join together to improve their working conditions.

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Don’t Quit. Organize.

So, you’re sitting around at work, and everyone is complaining about the low pay, the lousy health insurance and the erratic scheduling that disrupts your

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Building Power at Work

The 2024 election is over. Now is the time to continue building power in our workplaces.

Who holds the power in your workplace?

Unions have relied on staff to encourage members to build the union through new organizing at non-union workplaces, but they could be doing much more.

UFCW 770 workers in support of UAW workers on strike

EWOC Is Modeling a Path Forward for Labor

The Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee is providing crucial lessons for unions and organizing everywhere. It might be an example of labor’s best bet.

Chicago teachers on strike

Every Member an Organizer

Unions have relied on staff to encourage members to build the union through new organizing at non-union workplaces, but they could be doing much more.

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Thinking Big

Coffee shops across New York City are pushing to unionize — but they face bitter opposition.

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