All It Takes Is One: How an Injury on the Job Spurred Organizing Efforts at FedEx
FedEx workers had enough of impossible workloads and understaffing — so they organized.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
January 8, 2024
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The power is in our hands
We have the power to protest for peace and fight for a better world when we lift each other up.
EWOC
December 19, 2023
Hex Workers United: A Profile in Grassroots Organizing
“Basically, we looked at each other and agreed, either we all have to quit or something has to change!”
Christina Shon
December 19, 2023
Against Formulas in Organizing: Why Workers and Their Conditions Should Dictate Campaign Plans
Workers are in control of their own organizing process, making them more invested in those plans and more likely to do the work required.
Dawn Tefft
December 15, 2023
Ingredients of Alienation: The Emergence of Trader Joe’s United
Trader Joe’s is not your friendly neighborhood market. It is a billion-dollar national chain owned by one of Europe’s richest families.
Marsha Meyers
November 21, 2023
A life of dignity
A growing movement of peace activists, labor unions, and ordinary people around the world have been gathering at protests and marches.
EWOC
November 15, 2023
OSHA is a great resource for workers — but it’s no replacement for organizing.
What advice should we offer when a group of workers tells us that they have a safety or health concern at work? How does OSHA fit in?
Thurman Wenzl
November 14, 2023
Workers Can Still Build Power Without Majority Support
If your co-workers can’t wait on forming a committee, consider short but impactful collective actions on the managers when workers are already ”stirred up.”
Thurman Wenzl
October 30, 2023
Labor Unions Calling for a Ceasefire
Palestinian trade unions are calling on international trade unions to stand in solidarity and refuse to allow our labor to support genocide in Gaza.
EWOC
October 19, 2023
What Is the NLRB’s Cemex Decision, and Will It Make Unionizing Easier?
New rules from the NLRB make it harder for companies to union-bust with impunity. That’s a win for organizing workers everywhere.
Amary Wiggin
October 7, 2023
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