Thousands of Protesters Mark Labor Day with Mid-Manhattan March for Palestine
From social media to college campuses, the pro-Palestine movement faces escalating repression as students return for fall classes.
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Labor & Unions
At an Exhilarating Labor Notes Conference, the Working Class is Standing Up
Biannual gathering brings together more than 4,000 labor activists to share experiences and strategies for how to build on the recent surge in pro-union momentum.
Labor Breakthrough: Workers Winning Victories Once Thought Impossible
Zoomers and millennials want to turn low-wage retail and service sector jobs into stable, good-paying union jobs.
Death By a Thousand Cuts: Community Leaders Unite to Save Stronghold of Brooklyn Healthcare
Central Brooklyn is once again fighting to prevent the closure of SUNY Downstate Hospital.
Labor Battle at Trader Joe’s Essex Crossing Continues Three Years In
Workers at Trader Joe’s Essex Crossing in Lower Manhattan are making noise about the recent firing of a union worker there and ongoing union busting occurring at the store.
Life After Landlords: Tenants in Foreclosed Crown Heights Building Seek to Take Over the Property
The residents at 567 St. John’s Place are calling on the City to fund the building’s much-needed upkeep and then allow them to run it.
Ridgewood Rises Up for Palestine
Ridgewood Tenants Union led a 1,000-person march that highlights the displacement experienced in both rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods and by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli settlers.
Coming Full Circle: Retired Labor Organizers Advise a New Generation of Unionizing Workers
Retired labor organizers and a new generation of unionizing workers collaborate at an organizing hub.
Building Solidarity Among Astoria Tenants
A budding tenants union in Astoria hopes to organize across buildings.
Checkmate! Board Game Cafe Workers at Hex Flex and Win Union Recognition Vote
Yet another new union in NYC!