Updates
Vox | Teachers are Striking for More Than Just Pay Raises
“The way I’d look at it is, the labor movement needs to be more utopian. We need to have a bigger vision of what we want. Why do we exist if we are just taking the status quo?” - Stephen Lerner Vox deep dives into how Common Good Bargaining continues to revolutionize...
Free Training Webinar| Community Organizations Bargain for The Common Good
When: June 1, 2023 at 1:00 pm PST/ 3:00 pm CST/ 4:00 pm EST Where: Virtual Our next training is coming up from the Bargaining for the Common Good Network. You may have already come across the inspiring success stories of common good bargaining in the news...
UTLA Reaches Tentative Agreement in Los Angeles on 4/18
Congratulations to UTLA for reaching a tentative agreement in their common good fight for the learning community of The Los Angeles Unified School District.Their unwavering dedication to the wellbeing not just of teachers, but students, their families and the...
Rutgers University Unions Reach Tentative Agreement on 4/14
Greetings Bargaining for the Common Good network members and allies:On 4/14/2023, after a historic, first of its kind strike - Rutgers workers suspended their strike after a tentative framework was accepted. Of course, this is not the end and...
Bargaining for The Common Good’s Alex Han Joins in These Times as their NEW Executive Director
Exciting news coming from our own ranks as Alex Han sits down with Bill Fletcher Jr. to discuss his new role as executive director of In These Times In all the organizing I’ve done over the last 20 years, one of the clearest things I’ve seen is the real need...
“How to Negotiate, BCG Style”
BCG Webinar, Thursday March 9th at 4pm EST/ 3pm CST/ 1pm PST Join us this March for an in-depth BCG training and discussion on how to approach negotiations when you’re bringing common good demands to the bargaining table. This training will be led by some of the most...
New Labor Forum | Making Hope and History Rhyme: A New Worker Movement from the Shell of the Old
This exciting piece brings together Bargaining for the Common Good's Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner's respective half a decade of experience in labor justice to reflect on previous moments while building strategy for our current moment, including the necessary...
Jacobin | For Mothers Like Me, Raising a Child Involves Managing a Constant Sense of Rage by Sandra Lane
Bargaining for the Common Good's Education Director Sandra Jeong Lane joins Jacobin Magazine to discuss working mother's fight in labor. The rights of child-bearing workers is always a Common Good issue from maternity leave to making sure mothers are supported and...
Join The Nonprofit Quarterly for “Building a Movement for the Common Good” in partnership with Bargaining for The Common Good
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 1:30p PST/ 2:30p MST/ 3:30p CST/ 4:30p EST Register Here Hosted by: Rithika Ramamurthy This Roundtable looks at Common Good Bargaining as a strategy to build racial, economic, gender and climate justice justice. Hear from leaders and...