Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different
America's union leaders and the workers they represent are not going to take it anymore; they are determined to fight the attacks on labor.
Unite Here: Organizing to change lives
Having organized over 10,000 new members in the past year, delegates enthusiastically agreed to organize at least 10,000 new members every year until their next convention in 2019.
Changing the balance of power between Capital and Labor
The private appropriation of socially produced wealth is capitalism's central mechanism.
AFSCME helping 12,000 Chicago cab drivers unionize
Over 1,000 delegates to the 41st AFSCME International Convention told the 12,000 cab drivers of this city who are trying to unionize that they are not alone.
AFSCME grows by 90,000 since January
The union sees its successful organizing campaign as a clear indication that face-to-face organizing is the proper response to what has been an onslaught of attacks on public service workers.
Today in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor born
Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions
Breaking the myth of "un-organizable" workers
Labor must organize the three pillars of workers: low wage workers, professional and highly skilled workers and workers internationally cross-border.
