In Boston’s Allston neighborhood, Kylah Clay, a 24-year-old barista and law student, decided to reach out to Workers United about unionizing her store last October. We spoke with Kylah as her store’s election was in-progress. When the ballots were counted, she and her coworkers had won their union in an unanimous vote.
Join fellow EWOC members at the Socialist Conference for a weekend full of exciting panels and organizers from around the country.
Public opinion of labor unions is at its highest point since 1965. Organized labor is one of the only major US institutions that people still trust.
Workers everywhere, newly emboldened by strikes and successful union campaigns, are mobilizing and growing stronger every day.
Corporations like Starbucks and Amazon react with threats and intimidation because they know there is power in a union.
Something is happening in the labor movement: the wave of strikes last year, historic new organizing wins, and sweeping reform movements within unions.
If you’re organizing in California, you should know your legal rights as a worker and as a labor organizer.
The organizing in Amazon warehouses and Starbucks cafes shows that it’s the unleashed energy, creativity, and wisdom of rank-and-file workers.
We’re the cover story of the Indypendent this month: “Labor of Love: EWOC is Pioneering a New Model for Empowering Workers.”
The more workers come together in solidarity and fight for better working conditions, the more corporations will expose their true colors.