Union Strong

Landmark 1979 documentary, “The Wobblies,” has been restored and rereleased this year for #MayDay, International Workers’ Day. #SolidarityForever ✊ 👊🏿🤝🏻 🌹 The film details the history of the Industrial Workers of the World — a revolutionary union whose members are also...See more

#RebellionRises ✌️ #SolidarityForever

Starbucks Workers United organizer and barista Jaz Brisack shares the latest on the growing Starbucks union drive that has swept across 30 US states since she helped successfully organize the first unionized US location in Buffalo, New York, last December. Starbucks Workers...See more

Billionaire Howard Schultz returned as CEO of Starbucks to stop worker organizing in his company. But baristas at the New York City Reserve Roastery aren’t budging. ‘His offer of better conditions is evidence that what we’re doing is working. It pulled a billionaire out of retirement. It’s about knowing how much more a multibillion-dollar company can provide for us.’

Amazon workers in New York have voted to unionize, becoming the first American warehouse #AmazonWorkersUnion

The Amazon Labor Union is a group of Amazon workers uniting to fight for better wages, working conditions, and benefits. It's no secret that Amazon puts profit above people, so we need to stand together if we're going to push back and change the company's priorities. Amazon workers at the LDJ5 facility in Staten Island are voting next to fight for our rights, and we need your support!

A Starbucks location in Calgary awaiting its ballot results may prove to be the spear tip of a Canadian answer to the labor surge of its US counterparts. The longtime union-busting company may find itself on the receiving end of an emboldened workforce. #Unionize ✌️ #Solidarity

Millions of workers want a union. The Emergency Worker Organizing Committee was launched by socialists and the United Electrical Workers at the beginning of the pandemic, and offers support and insights to workers trying to #unionize. Real working-class power comes from organized workers fighting with #solidarity.

Thousands of workers at Mexico's largest General Motors plant have won a historic vote to form an independent union, breaking from a tradition of corrupt unions tied to elites who cut deals with corporations to keep wages and benefits low. #Unionize

In just the last two months, workers at more than 50 Starbucks locations across 19 states have filed for union elections. The movement is being driven by rank-and-file workers and so far has overcome organizing challenges and management fearmongering.

The Teamsters’ Martin Luther King Jr Day mobilization was an encouraging sign that recently elected union reformers are hitting the ground running by organizing members around concrete contract demands. They’ll need that energy during future negotiations. #Unionize

While Kroger workers faced a pay cut in the midst of the ongoing pandemic, its CEO saw his income skyrocket by some $21 million. That is the kind of ugly corporate greed we are up against, and it's the kind of greed we've got to overcome. #Solidarity #Unionize