The majority of Teamster members at UPS voted to reject a proposed contract; leadership says they’ll ratify it anyway. How did this happen? Nelson Lichtenstein joins us to discuss the ongoing conflict.
We look at two types of fights for workplace justice: the worker-owned cooperatives now mushrooming across the country, and a global protest at airports around the world.
In cities across the country, Marriott hotel workers are forced to work second jobs to pay the bills. We talk with two worker-organizers planning to strike for a fairer contract.
Workers in St. Paul, Minnesota are seeking to build on a major Fight for 15 victory in neighboring Minneapolis. Plus: An update on the teacher strike wave.
This month Missouri voters rejected “right to work” at the ballot. Two organizers from the state join us to talk about the win and what the rest of the country can learn from their incredible success.
In a special panel discussion, Sarah speaks with three strike veterans about what it takes to walk off the job, build community support—and win.
On Amazon Prime Day warehouse workers around the world took action against the company. We hear about some of the organizing going on in fulfillment centers from Germany to New Jersey.
Organizers representing teachers, housekeepers, graduate students, and airline workers discuss union power in the wake of the Janus decision.
The day labor has been dreading is here: the Janus v. AFSCME case was decided by the Supreme Court, and the public sector is now “right-to-work.” But what does this actually mean for workers?
We check in on worker-led activism across the country, with interviews on UPS and AT&T strikes, behind-the-scenes resistance at Google, and the public banking movement.
Economist Celine McNicholas breaks down what last week’s Supreme Court ruling means for workers—and why more individual arbitration is bad news.
Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s campaign, joins us to talk about why people are marching across the country against poverty and for economic justice.
As education strikes continue to rock the country, we talk with two striking workers—Ian Bradley Perrin, a graduate employee at Columbia University, and Arizona teacher Noah Karvelis.
In a series of interviews from Labor Notes, Sarah and Michelle talk to worker-organizers from South Korea, Puerto Rico, Minnesota, and beyond about building rank-and-file power around the globe.
How do we advocate for workers when the rules are rigged against us? Sarah and Michelle sat down with four teacher organizers for a special panel discussion at the 2018 Labor Notes conference.
