(COLUMBUS, OHIO) - Respiratory Therapists at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center have voted overwhelmingly to Unionize, 101-to-19, joining with the Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to fight for better pay and working conditions. The win brings the number of new AFT organizing victories this year to more»

(FORT MYERS, FLORIDA) - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has announced 30 Swissport Workers in Fort Myers, Florida have voted overwhelmingly for Union Representation with the IAM. The Swissport Workers cited substandard pay, benefits and working conditions as the reason that they sought IAM representation, Union more»

(MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON) – Sno-Isle Libraries was the only Library System in Western Washington where Workers lacked a voice on the job, but now - that’s no longer the case as the Workers at Sno-Isle Libraries formed a Union through American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 2. Sno-Isle Libraries Employees more»

In a historic victory for Workers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has reaffirmed that Alphabet and its subcontractor, Cognizant, are joint employers - which means both companies must bargain with YouTube Music Workers who have organized to join the Alphabet Workers Union (CWA Local 9009). Alphabet is the parent company of Google. The NLRB more»

(WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA) - Workers at Grindr, comprising Members of the LGBTQIA+ Community and strong allies, have announced the formation of Grindr United with the Communications Workers of America (CWA). A super-majority of the approximately 100 eligible Members signed Union Representation Cards at the company behind the leading LGBTQIA+ Dating App. more»

(NEW YORK CITY) - Freelance Workers employed in Production Departments for TV commercials across the United States are set to win voluntary recognition of their Union after a neutral third party confirmed a majority of the Workers signed cards indicating they wish to Unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The more»

Thomas Clouse at The Spokesman-Review reports a majority of Seasonal and Full-Time Workers employed by Yellowstone National Park have voted to Unionize, according to the National Federation of Federal Employees. Yellowstone’s Workforce can vary from as many as 380 in the Summer to less than 100 in the Winter. The Union said the effort was driven by more»

(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) — Rail Workers employed by the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad (FG&A) have voted to Unionize with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference. “The BLET is committed to getting these new Members a solid contract,” BLET First Vice President and Rail Conference more»

(BABBITT, MINNESOTA) – Four hundred Workers employed at Cleveland Cliffs’ Northshore Mining - who mine taconite in Babbitt, Minnesota and make iron ore pellets in Silver Bay, Minnesota, as well as transport products and tailings, have chosen to Unionize with the United Steelworkers (USW). USW District 11 Director Emil Ramirez, who District more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Workers employed at President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington D.C. have voted to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), becoming the first Washington D.C. Museum Staff to join the UAW. President Lincoln’s Cottage is a historic site and museum in Washington where Abraham Lincoln lived for more than a quarter of his more»

(MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA) - Delta Air Lines Workers and their allies in the Labor Movement rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to demand the company stop its Anti-Union propaganda campaign amid an Organizing Drive where as many as 45,000 people employed at the carrier are actively seeking to join Unions. Mechanics and related Workers more»

(CLEVELAND, OHIO)- Sports Broadcast Technicians responsible for the live televised coverage of the National Basketball Association’s Cleveland Cavaliers and Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians airing on Bally Sports Ohio & Great Lakes have voted in favor of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) representation. more»

(CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA) – Equipment Systems Technicians employed at the American Red Cross facility in Charlotte have voted to join Teamsters Local 71. The Workers will join more than 1,800 other Red Cross Workers who are represented by the Teamsters and who will immediately be covered by a National Master Agreement between the Teamsters and the more»

Nicole Carpenter at Polygon reports Sega of America Workers have voted “yes” to officially form a Union. One hundred seventeen votes were counted by the National Labor Relations Board - 91 for the Union and 26 votes against. The Workers will now be represented by the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega. The Unit will include more than 200 more»

The Tower Climbers Union (TCU)/Communications Workers of America (CWA) has reached a new milestone with the launch of their new Local, CWA Local 9424. The Local also has a National Charter for all Tower Hands. The launch follows a series of powerful actions by TCU/CWA Members who’ve been actively mobilizing to fight for improved safety standards and more»

(COLUMBUS, OHIO) - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has successfully filed a representation petition at the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) in Columbus, Ohio for 980 Patient Care Associates (PCAs) and Psychiatric Care Technicians (PCTs) employed at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center. The more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Parking Ambassadors employed at the MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino in Maryland have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 639. “Congratulations to the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino Workers on their successful organizing victory,” said Bill Davis, President of Teamsters Local 639 in Washington, D.C. more»

(DENVER, COLORADO) – They came to the 2023 Organizing Summit in Colorado with the same goal: to expand their Union. A total of 225 Volunteer Member Organizers gathered this month in The Mile High City to sign up new American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employee (AFSCME) Members and learn the latest organizing techniques. And they more»

(LANDER, WYOMING) – Earlier this year, Employers of Frontier Ambulance voted 22-to-2 to form a new Union with United Steelworkers (USW) in Lander, Wyoming, after a brief, hard-fought Union Campaign. It took nearly four months for Wyoming State AFL-CIO’s Executive Director Tammy Johnson to find a Union to try to organize them. When Will more»

Jake Moore at Willamette Week reports more than 700 formerly unrepresented City Employees have voted to form the City of Portland (Oregon) Professional Workers Union. The newly-formed Union represents Financial Analysts, Multimedia Specialists, Hearings Officers and others from nearly every bureau in the City, and is now the second-largest Independent more»

(PHOENIX, ARIZONA) - The Actors, Stage Managers, Bartenders and Servers of Phoenix’s Drunk Shakespeare have become the second company of the theatrical franchise to Unionize as Drunk Shakespeare United. Following just weeks after their fellow Workers in Chicago, they too have organized with Actors’ Equity Association, the National Labor Union more»

(CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA) – Workers in the Manufacturing Distribution Unit at the American Red Cross facility in Charlotte have unanimously voted to join Teamsters Local 71. “I voted to join the Teamsters so I could have a voice and feel more secure with my job,” said Patricia Adams, a Manufacturing Distribution Technician employed at more»

Curtis Brodner at 1010 WINS reports Projectionists at an Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn, the movie theater chain known for serving food and drinks during screenings, have filed a petition for a Union Election with the National Labor Relations Board. But two days after the petition was filed - and one day after the NLRB sent official notice to the company, more»

(PHOENIX, ARIZONA) - Organizing is often described as a marathon. It takes time to build relationships and establish trust. For Phoenix International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 640, that long effort has come to fruition and the Local's rolls are swelling. "This is the culmination of a lot of things that we've been trying for a long more»

(LAWRENCE, KANSAS) – Kansas Holistic Public Defenders has voluntarily recognized Teamsters Local 696 as the exclusive Bargaining Agent for their Public Defenders, Client Advocates and Social Workers, the Union announced. Kansas Holistic Defenders work to prevent unnecessary and wrongful incarceration, while addressing the root causes of involvement more»

Holly McDede at KQED.com reports Graduate Workers at Stanford University have voted to form a Union. If their campaign succeeds, thousands of Graduate Students who provide teaching and research duties could represent one of the Nation’s largest Bargaining Units among Graduate Workers at a Private University. The vote comes months after Academic more»

Demand for Union Representation has surged in recent years with the COVID-19 Pandemic certainly playing a key role in exposing disparities and accelerating the push by White Collar Workers and other Workers to organize. Labor shortages gave workers a rare leg up, which Workers are using to seek higher pay and better benefits from employers. Stagnant more»

(PASADENA, CALIFORNIA) – Workers at the Kidspace Children’s Museum have launched their campaign to become the first Unionized Children’s Museum in Los Angeles County. The Workers are organizing as Kidspace United and are seeking to build power through AFSCME District Council 36. The new Union would include 60 Workers, such as Play more»

(BETHESDA, MARYLAND) – Forty-eight hundred Early-Career Researchers employed at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have filed to form their Union, NIH Fellows United-United Auto Workers (UAW). This is the first Union within the U.S. Government for Research Fellows, which includes Post-Baccalaureate, Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Researchers. more»

Shoshy Ciment at Footwear News reports on REI’s grassroots Unionization efforts that are spreading across the Outdoor Retailer’s stores across the U.S. Employees at a Boston REI store recently voted in favor of Unionizing their location. “The pandemic seems to have sort of changed the Labor Environment in a way that sort of opened up an more»

Willa Glickman an Assistant Editor at The Review who has written extensively about Workers on the margins of formal Labor Protection gave an interesting interview to The New York Review of Books. Glickman shared her thoughts on the National Labor Movement and on its representatives in New York. In her interviews with Service Workers in New York City, more»

Jael Goldfine at The Nation reports the COVID-19 Pandemic and the turmoil it created - including an acute hardship for Musicians, also generated something else: The will to fight back against the hyper-consolidated, increasingly Tech-run Industry that appears determined to rob Musicians of a sustainable career. Since 2020, a small but powerful Labor more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – 300 Workers employed at Smart & Final Distribution Center in Riverside, California have voted overwhelmingly, by a 4-to-1 margin, to join Teamsters Local 630 in Los Angeles. The California Warehouse Workers are seeking consistent standards, better health care, a path to retirement, an end of favoritism, job security, more»

(PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN) - Nearly 200 Workers employed at Webasto Roof Systems in Plymouth, Michigan have voted to join United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 3000. The Workers - who make convertible tops for the Mustang, Jeep, Bronco and Corvette, launched their Organizing Drive in November, and faced an intense Anti-Union Campaign from management. more»

(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) – The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has announced Workers employed at the Philadelphia Ballet Wardrobe Shop have voted unanimously to join IATSE Local 799. The shop, which is responsible for building, fitting, and repairing costumes used in Philadelphia Ballet productions, will now benefit more»

(RICHMOND, VIRGINIA) – Workers employed in the Custodial and Plant Services Department in Richmond, Virginia’s Public Schools have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 322. Prior to May 2021, Public Sector Workers in the Commonwealth of Virginia were not able to collectively bargain. In February 2023, Local 322 filed a petition with more»

(WICHITA, KANSAS) - Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kansas have voted by 62% - 179-to-108, to join National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU), the Nation’s largest and fastest-growing RN union. The Secret Ballot Election was conducted by the more»

(MACON, GEORGIA) – Workers employed at Blue Bird Corporation’s Fort Valley, Georgia facility have voted to join the United Steelworkers (USW), seeking a voice on the job so they can address urgent concerns, including workplace health and safety, work-life balance and fair pay. USW President Tom Conway welcomed the 1,400 Workers to the USW and more»

Clio Chang at Curbed.com reports Workers at Snøhetta, the Global Design Firm behind the renovation of 550 Madison and its lush public garden as well as One Vanderbilt’s mildly hallucinogenic Summit, are filing to form a Union. If their drive to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers succeeds, Snøhetta more»

(KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI) – More than 400 Workers employed at the Yanfeng USA Riverside Facility located outside Kansas City, Missouri have voted to join United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 710 following a final vote of 310-to-26. This is the sixth UAW-organized Yanfeng facility, joining more than 1,000 Members working at the Supplier’s operations more»

(SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH) – Workers across the Salt Lake City Public Library (SLCPL) System officially announced their Unionization efforts with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1004 - and requested voluntary recognition of their Union during the Library’s Board of Directors meeting. The Library more»

(LANSING, MICHIGAN) – The Michigan AFL-CIO has voluntarily recognized Teamsters Local 243 as the exclusive Bargaining Agent for their Staff in three key departments: Campaigns, Communications and Legislative. “We commend the Michigan AFL-CIO for voluntarily recognizing their Staff’s desire to become Teamsters,” Local 243 Business more»

(CORNWALL, NEW YORK) – Workers employed at the Storm King Art Center (SKAC) in Cornwall have voted to Unionize with the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA). The Workers are now part of the Cultural Workers United Coalition, which is headed up by CSEA’s International Union – the American Federation of State, County & Municipal more»

Alicia Santiago at The DailyEmerald.com reports the University of Oregon Student Worker Union (UOSW) has filed its petition for certification - and, if the process is successful, the group expects to be the largest Undergraduate Union in the United States. To Directly Access This Organizing Labor News Story, Go To: UO Student Workers files its petition for more»

Associate Editor Sean Buckley at Yahoo News reports Workers at Sega of America have announced plans to form a Union. A super-majority of Workers based out of the company's headquarters in Irvine, California say they are forming a Union with the Communication Workers of America - calling themselves the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega, or AEGIS-CWA. more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – In a historic first, Amazon Drivers and Dispatchers in Palmdale, California have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and reached a strong tentative agreement containing a multitude of workplace improvements. Rajpal Singh, an Amazon Driver in Palmdale, said: “We want fair pay and safe jobs, to be able to more»

John August is the Scheinman Institute’s Director of Healthcare and Partner Programs at Cornell University’s School of Industrial Labor Relations, whose expertise in health care and Labor relations spans 40 years. He previously served as the Executive Director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions from April 2006 until July 2013. In a more»

91.7 WVXU’s John Kiesewetter reports that in Cincinnati, Ohio, five Staffers who direct Channel 9 programs want to join the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET)-Communication Workers of America (CWA) Unit that already represents WCPO-TV Engineers and Production Technicians. "There was no specific issue that raised our more»

(BUFFALO, NEW YORK) - Starbucks Workers United has won its 300th election as Partners employed at the 7th & K location in Sacramento, California voted to Unionize - winning Union Representation by a vote of 11-to-2, Union Officials announced. “I am overjoyed that despite Starbucks using every dirty trick to deter us, we were able to become true more»

(CHICAGO, ILLINOIS) - Employees of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM) in Chicago have won their Union vote and are now represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). “I’m proud to be lining up with a history of empowered Workers, from all sorts of different fields of work,” said new Member and NPHM Employee Mark more»