Updates
Unions Aren’t Just Fighting for Themselves Anymore | Governing
Public-sector unions are becoming more altruistic. They may need to be. Source: http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/gov-unions-bargaining-common-good.html
“There’s No Trick” | Jacobin
Unions will have to go back to the fundamentals of labor organizing if they want to survive national right to work. Source: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/01/janus-afscme-right-to-work-public-unions-dues
Bracing for a Supreme Court attack, labor unions make plans to survive | Think Progress
"In a moment in which labor is under attack ... we actually have to stand for more, not less." Source: https://thinkprogress.org/supreme-court-unions-f1dc972f8c51/
Activists to Bring ‘Bargaining for the Common Good’ to Higher Education
On February 22-24 next year, the Bargaining for the Common Good in Higher Education Convening at Rutgers University will bring together leaders from higher education and health care unions, racial justice, and other community organizations from across the country to...
When Unions Lead Education Reform | In These Times
In the summer of 1995, Adam Urbanski, president of the Rochester Teachers Association, and Helen Bernstein, former president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), organized a group of union leaders from 21 locals across the country to discuss how teacher...
Corporate Giants Target Communities of Color to Extract Wealth | Bill Moyers
Part of understanding how systemic racism works today is to see how the extraction of wealth from people of color is the business model of some companies. Source: https://billmoyers.com/story/corporate-giants-target-communities-color-extract-wealth/
Community and Labor Organizers Plot to Bargain for Racial Justice
130 activists from local unions, worker centers, and community groups around the country gathered last month to strategize how to use the power of labor-community partnerships to make our organizations stronger and advance racial justice. Attendees of the three-day...
Can Teacher Unions Bargain for Better — or Fewer — Charter Schools? | The American Prospect
A growing number of local unions want a say in authorizing them. Source: http://prospect.org/article/can-teachers-unions-bargain-better-or-fewer-charter-schools
Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together | In These Times
The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) has made tremendous strides in exposing and challenging racial injustice, and has won real policy victories. The policies, while often imperfect, are a testament to the strength of the organizing and activism of the moment. Not...