trade unions - Tags - New Labor Forum

Winning Against the Odds: The 32BJ SEIU Organizing Model

April 2022April 2022 Rob Hill and Stuart Eimer 0 Comments 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

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

Sectoral Bargaining Reforms: Proceed with Caution

January 2022January 2022 Veena Dubal gig work, living wage, racism, sectoral bargaining, trade unions, unorganized workers

After decades of decline, strike activity grew dramatically in 2018 and 2019.[1] Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed

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.

Featured U.S. Politics & Society

Healthcare Reform in a Post-Pandemic World

June 2021August 2021 Mark Dudzic health care, Labor, neoliberalism, trade unions, working class

The industrialized world’s most unequal and inefficient healthcare system underwent a stress test this past pandemic year and failed miserably.

Featured

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

Featured

Quantitative Data Tools for Service Sector Organizing

February 2021August 2021 Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Suresh Naidu and Patrick Youngblood data, experiments, networks, organizing, trade unions

Scholars concerned about the future of the labor movement often wonder how our research might benefit the workers and organizations

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

Backstage with a Makeup Artist

January 2021January 2021 Kressent Pottenger austerity, Labor, racism, social welfare, trade unions, unemployment, union democracy, women workers, working class

Editor’s Note: For this article, New Labor Forum’s “Working-Class Voices” columnist Kressent Pottenger interviewed Cynthia O’Rourke, a makeup artist and member

Featured Organized Labor & Worker Organizing U.S. Politics & Society

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

Featured Organized Labor & Worker Organizing

The Red for Ed Movement, Two Years In

October 2020October 2020 Administrator education, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers, working class

Photo caption: Teachers’ strike in Phoenix, Arizona on April 26, 2018. Photo credit: Eric Blanc By Eric Blanc In late

← Previous