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Carrying on a proud tradition

The story of the labor movement is the story of workers fighting back: asserting their power, their rights, and their value as human beings.

Hot Labor Summer in Review

Everyday people are rising up to support their fellow workers because they share a collective vision of a society that values their labor.

A worker’s story

One nonprofit worker shares how organizing became a way to protect workers who had supported the mission that they felt was missing from the organization

Take hold of this moment

Now is not the time to slow down. We will keep organizing, keep building, keep fighting to create a better world for working people.

My work has value and we will win

Workers at Starbucks have held over 55 different strikes in at least 17 states in the U.S. in recent months over the company’s aggressive opposition.

Starbucks Workers United

Ask a Starbucks Organizer: Kylah Clay

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 us for Socialism 2022!

Join fellow EWOC members at the Socialist Conference for a weekend full of exciting panels and organizers from around the country.

Where to begin?

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.