unions

Workers launched first union at Trader Joe’s

Continuing the breakthrough of union drives in the U.S., workers at Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Massachusetts, won a 45-31 vote…

August 1, 2022

Italian government arrests militant unionists

Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under…

July 28, 2022

On the picket line

Harrisburg postal union gains new members The 100 truck drivers at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, location of 10 Roads Express have…

July 28, 2022

Young workers show the way forward as economic crisis deepens

A global economic crisis is emerging, and for readers of Workers World, this comes as little to no surprise.  As…

July 20, 2022

Workers mobilize against Amazon – across borders

Despite ferocious union-busting attacks, Amazon workers continue to organize and move forward — with recent noteworthy progress from the U.S.…

July 11, 2022

Wide spectrum of class struggles at Labor Notes conference

Chicago The 2022 Labor Notes conference, sponsored by the magazine of the same name, brought 4,000 worker-activists to Chicago June…

June 26, 2022

Museum workers hop on the union train

Seattle About 65 internal security guards in the wealthy Seattle Art Museum (SAM) just became the SAM VSO Union! VSO…

June 10, 2022

On the picket line

Game developers vote union despite union-busting tactics  The Raven Software quality assurance testers have organized under the Game Workers Alliance…

May 26, 2022

Southern workers gather to build Workers Assembly movement

This article was originally published May 5 by the Southern Workers Assembly.  Go to southernworker.org for more on SWA organizing. Under…

May 20, 2022

Starbucks workers, rewriting history

Portland, Oregon May 14 — A fiery passionate crowd of 70 Starbucks workers and supporters protested at Portland’s Jantzen Beach…

May 20, 2022