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Winning Against the Odds: The 32BJ SEIU Organizing Model

April 2022April 2022 Rob Hill and Stuart Eimer collective bargaining, Labor, organizing, trade unions, union renewal, unorganized workers

Airport workers, 32BJ members, and allies arrested while blocking the entrance to LaGuardia Airport on January 20, 2014. Courtesy of

On the Contrary

Veena Dubal Replies to Larry Cohen

January 2022January 2022 Veena Dubal collective bargaining, contingent workers, gig work, immigrant workers, sectoral bargaining, unorganized workers

Trade union density (alongside economic equality and working conditions) has fallen across all Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

On the Contrary

Larry Cohen Replies to Veena Dubal

January 2022January 2022 Larry Cohen collective bargaining, global unions, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers

I agree with Veena that the organizing surge in the United States has been an inspiration, whether we are considering

On the Contrary

U.S. Bargaining and Organizing Rights Trail Every Other Democracy

January 2022January 2022 Larry Cohen capitalism, collective bargaining, global unions, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers

Collective bargaining contracts in the private sector, the engine of our economy, currently protect a mere 7 percent of U.S.

Working-Class Voices: First Person Accounts of Life and Work

Always Essential: Grocery Store Work in a Pandemic

November 2021November 2021 Kressent Pottenger capitalism, collective bargaining, corporations, equality, industry, living wage, women workers, working class

Editor’s Note For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Norma Leiva, a warehouse manager at

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It’ll Take a Movement: Organizing at Amazon after Bessemer

August 2021September 2021 Sarah Jaffe amazon, bessemer, collective bargaining, unorganized workers, worker centers

The Amazon workers union election in Bessemer, Alabama was the most-covered union drive in many years. The New York Times

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Save the News: Campaigning to Preserve Jobs and Democratize Journalism A Conversation with Jon Schleuss

April 2021April 2021 Administrator collective bargaining, journalism, organizing, racism, trade unions, union democracy

Jon Schleuss, a data reporter and union leader at the Los Angeles Times, defeated a 12-year incumbent to become president

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More Austerity Coming? Lessons from New York’s 1970s Fiscal Crisis

October 2020October 2020 Marc Kagan austerity, collective bargaining, COVID, economic crisis, Labor, neoliberalism, new york city, trade unions, working class

Photo caption: Andrea Vásquez, Professional Staff Congress (PSC) first Vice President, before heading to the May 18, 2020, caravan calling

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Moneybags for Billionaires, Body Bags for Workers: Organizing in the Time of Pandemics

October 2020October 2020 Marilyn Sneiderman bargaining for the common good, capitalism, collective bargaining, covid-19, Labor

Photo caption: In Bel Air on July 1, 2020, Marie Germaine, a local elementary school teacher speaks at a press

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In a Covid-19 World, Can Hotel Workers Keep Their Gains?

September 2020September 2020 David Bacon capitalism, collective bargaining, equality, immigrant workers, Labor

Photo caption: Anand Singh (center) in the middle of Minneapolis’ Fourth Street, during coordinated national demonstrations against Marriott in 2018.

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