Union Coordination Is Essential to Organizing Amazon - PM Press
By Peter Olney and Rand Wilson Jacobin February 12, 2026 Unions have the resources to organize Amazon and are already working to do so. Building Amazon “labor tables” in key metro areas — regular meetings where unions agree to coordinate their efforts — will be crucial to advancing organizing efforts further. The tentacles of the […]
When Workplace Organizing Gets Tough, Here’s How to Keep Going - PM Press
By Steve Early Beyond Chron March 16th, 2026 Review of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It’s Hard., by Ellen David Friedman. (PM Press, 2026.) Six years ago, Labor Notes ran a contribution to its popular “Steward’s Corner” column by Ellen David-Friedman, a long-time labor educator and former organizer for the National Education Association […]
“ beyond any economic rationale, the most compelling argument is the simplest one: working people deserve more leisure, more rest, and more control of their time. “ - Vishal Reddy union negotiator for #nursinghomeworkers and the executive director of #WorkFour, the national campaign to make the four-day, 32-hour workweek the standard for all workers.
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/03/viewpoint-labors-answer-ai-give-us-our-time-back
Everyone deserves a 4 day workweek
https://workfour.org/
#Ai #LabourMovement
Viewpoint: Labor’s Answer to A.I.? Give Us Our Time Back
When it comes to A.I., there’s a stark gap in ambition between business and labor. If A.I. ushers in a technological boom, corporations intend to use it to wage total war on labor. They will use efficiency gains to cut human jobs, surveil workers, and degrade work. Even if A.I. falls short of its lofty (perhaps inflated) valuations, the working class may still suffer severe consequences, since our economy and retirement increasingly depend on A.I. investments. Workers sense that corporations have laid a trap for them. A recent Pew survey indicated most workers feel worried about A.I.
18th March 2026 radio show dedicated to union and workplace justice issues; indepth stories and interviews from the frontlines of the workers' movement. https://www.3cr.org.au/sticktogether
#3CR #CommunityRadio #LabourMovement #Palestine #Solidarity
Stick Together
Wednesdays at 8:30 - 9:00 AM. Repeated Thursdays 6:00 - 6.30 AM, and Saturdays 7:00 - 7:30 AM.Stick Together is Australia’s only national radio show dedicated to union and workplace justice issues. In addition to a weekly wrap of union news, the team bring you indepth stories and interviews from the frontlines of the workers' movement.Stick Together is recorded at 3CR, and broadcast on community radio stations around the country via the Community Radio Network.Subscribe to the weekly podcast, or listen to recent podcasts.Follow Stick Together on Facebook and Twitter.
Industrial disputes & news - 18 March 2026
Mater; ABC; Tasmanian Public Sector; Glencore; DP World; University of Newcastle; TGE; BHP; Victorian public school teachers; Fleurieu Cranes; TKE & more
THANKS SARAH MISSEN
MAR 17
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-18-march?
#LabourMovement #Organize #Solidarity #Strikes #Unions
Industrial disputes & news - 18 March 2026
Mater; ABC; Tasmanian Public Sector; Glencore; DP World; University of Newcastle; TGE; Alice Springs correctional officers; BHP; Victorian public school teachers; Fleurieu Cranes; TKE & more
Why Labor Must Act: Workers, Unions, and the Defense of Democracy
When we look at the history of U-turns from democratic backsliding to democratic revival, the success rate is about fifty percent. That’s the finding that emerges from decades of research into how societies resist authoritarian consolidation—and it should unsettle us. Fifty percent is a coin toss. It means that roughly half the time democratic backsliding becomes permanent, and the institutions, rights, and freedoms people took for granted simply don’t come back.
“One hard reality about organizing: you’re going to fail a lot. You’ll lose more often than you win.” - Labor Notes: Secrets of a Successful Organizer
Spadework - On political organizing
- Alyssa Battistoni
Issue 34 : Head Case -Spring 2019
https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/politics/spadework/
#LabourMovement #Organize
Spadework | Alyssa Battistoni
Your job as an organizer was to find out what it was that people wanted to be different in their lives, and then to persuade people that it mattered whether they decided to do something about it. This is not the same thing as persuading people that the thing itself matters: they usually know it does. The task is to persuade people that they matter: they know they usually don’t.
#Minneapolis shows us why we should #organize at work
“ My first protest as an adult was part of the wave of anti-Iraq War protests across the US in 2003. I was part of a crowd of over 100,000. It felt good to know there were so many of us, that I wasn’t alone in my anger with what my government was doing. “
https://industrialworker.org/this-is-not-a-protest/
#IWW #LabourMovement #Minnesota #solidarity #unions
This is Not a Protest
Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) organized a protest north on Central Avenue Northeast in Minneapolis on February 15, 2026. (c) Carly Danak, MPR news. Minneapolis shows us why we…
May 1, 2026 “No Work, No School, No Shopping” in Twin Cities, and anywhere else organized. The goals: organizing strike committees in at least twenty-five Twin Cities workplaces, a strike-ready #MayDay contingent at the #NoKings rally on March 28, 2026
https://jacobin.com/2026/03/minneapolis-ice-unions-strike-immigrants
#GeneralStrike #ICEout #LabourMovement #MassStrike #MigrantWorkers #Minneapolis #MutualAid #Organize #solidarity #unions
Working-Class Resistance Forced ICE Out of Minneapolis
In Minneapolis, a new generation of activists is challenging Donald Trump, reviving labor militancy, and scoring victories. Next stop: May Day 2026.
Peter Riley