organizing

Unite Here: Organizing to change lives

July 22, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

Having organized over 10,000 new members in the past year, delegates enthusiastically agreed to organize at least 10,000 new members every year until their next convention in 2019.

Changing the balance of power between Capital and Labor

July 21, 2014 By David Mirtz

The private appropriation of socially produced wealth is capitalism's central mechanism.

AFSCME helping 12,000 Chicago cab drivers unionize

July 17, 2014 By John Wojcik

Over 1,000 delegates to the 41st AFSCME International Convention told the 12,000 cab drivers of this city who are trying to unionize that they are not alone.

AFSCME grows by 90,000 since January

July 15, 2014 By John Wojcik

The union sees its successful organizing campaign as a clear indication that face-to-face organizing is the proper response to what has been an onslaught of attacks on public service workers.

Today in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor born

July 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions