A Labor Notes Roundtable
Working in America
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Urgent Times Call for Something Old and Something New From the Labor Movement
For workers to survive Trump’s MAGA moment and build a fighting labor movement for the future, both electoral politics (something old) and militant actions to disrupt business as usual (something new for many unions) will be key.
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We Can’t Rebuild the Labor Movement Without Taking On Big Targets
For the labor movement to grow, it needs to organize millions of workers each year. Organizing continues to lag in fast-growing, low-density sectors such as personal services, IT, finance, and health care, while union-heavy sectors like government and manufacturing keep shedding jobs.
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To Stop Trump, Unions Need Joint Campaigns and a Shared Vision
We have to be clear-eyed: Our labor movement isn’t in fighting shape. It must build up to strike readiness through greater organizing and collaboration by large locals and labor councils, and through escalating direct actions involving members and non-members alike.
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To Build a Stronger Labor Movement, Go to the Members
As we’ve watched our rights, our membership, and our power erode over the last few decades, it’s become obvious that business as usual just won’t cut it. That’s why our union has embarked on a campaign to engage and activate every single member.
Posted inTAP
Who Picked the Crops?
Today on TAP: How ICE favored growers at the expense of farmworkers
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How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
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Workers Sue Vought for Threatening to Use Shutdown to Fire Them
Multiple labor unions sued the OMB director for abusing his position and pushing an extremist Project 2025 agenda.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Crypto Party in Cowboy Country
David and staff writer Whitney Curry Wimbish talk about how crypto bought Congress and how Wyoming is becoming the crypto capital.
Posted inTAP
H-1B Disruption
Today on TAP: It’s the right target, but a $100,000 visa fee is a characteristically bizarre Trumpian remedy.