Labor

Rank-and-file nurses in New York City took the initiative to organize across hospitals in Contract Action Teams (CATs) and won their strike.

This May Day, socialists and labor activists in Louisville came together to celebrate workers, recruit organizers, and build the power to put people over profit.

Strikers can expect risk-averse advice from the “experts.” To win, rank-and-file members must be in on strategy discussions.

The lack of democratic organization not only gave Cesar Chavez immunity in his abuse of girls and women, but is also what caused the downfall of the UFW.

The 2006 mega-marches against legislation to criminalize the undocumented revealed the hidden power of immigrant workers.

Building a left-labor coalition requires more than top-down coordination and endorsements; it depends on rank-and-file organizing and a labor-to-neighbor connection rooted in struggle.

Members of the Boston Teachers Union passed a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel. This was not the end of their organizing, but the start of a chance to further build the union’s fighting capacity.

A march on the boss by the Amazon Labor Union on Staten Island won improvements for deaf Amazon workers across the entire country.

Grassroots organizing stopped the admission of a Portland, Oregon, police union to the local labor council.

Longtime United Federation of Teachers (UFT) leadership receives record low vote share as opposition grows.