organizing
Following New York elections, tenants hit the ground running
November 19, 2018As the first wintry blast of precipitation arrived in New York, tenants organized on the southern tip of Manhattan’s financial district.
Read moreJwJ Co-Director Smiley named first ‘Will Empower’ recipient for woman labor leaders
October 5, 2018Smiley will use the fellowship “to concentrate on completing a book on a 21st-century framework for organizing and collective bargaining.”
Read moreNorth Carolina farmworkers win back right to bargain for dues checkoff
September 26, 2018In a win for North Carolina’s unionized farm workers, a federal judge reinstated the right of their union to negotiate for a dues checkoff.
Read moreAuto Workers still frustrated in organizing the South
June 14, 2018Racial divide and conquer tactics employed by bosses in the South contributed to UAW losses in union elections in the recent period.
Read moreUAW on organizing roll among college teachers and researchers
April 25, 2018The Harvard vote April 19 was 1,931 to 1,523 in favor of the union. It was a bigger margin with a much larger turnout, in a rerun election the National Labor Relations Board had ordered after...
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