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Common Good for the Good of the Planet| “Pursuing a Just Transition in the Education Sector”
Bargaining for the common good is an innovative way of building community-labor alignments to jointly shape bargaining campaigns that advance the mutual interests of workers and communities alike. At their heart, these campaigns seek to confront structural...
Portland Teachers on Strike for the Common Good!
Portland teachers just went on strike on November 1 to win the Portland schools educators and students deserve. Nation Education Association (NEA) President Becky Pringle said “I’m so proud of our...
Delivering the (Common) Goods
Democracy is about much more than casting a vote. By Lauren Jacobs, Stephen Lerner, and Joseph McCartin ...BCG is working to create an inclusive “we” strong enough to resist authoritarianism’s pull and expansive enough to inspire a vision of society in which our...
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...
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...