How are workers reclaiming the labor movement?

Check out our latest coverage and a few upcoming events.

Feb 20, 2025

“We Are In This For the Long Fight”: How Workers and Unions are Reclaiming the Labor Movement

Rank-and-file union members led by the St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 are preparing to confront the policies targeting their workplaces and communities.

a crowd of people march in the street carrying picket signs and a banner reading "What could we win together?" — On Friday, March 8, 2023, educators and hourly school workers gathered with community allies to rally at the state capitol. Photo by Amie Stager.

Starbucks Unions’ Christmas Eve Strikes Inspire Two More Minnesota Stores to Unionize

Read why workers are kicking off two new Starbucks union drives. St. Cloud workers will vote on Tuesday, February 25, and Roseville workers on Thursday, March 6.

four young people with brown hair stand smiling against a wooden wall — Workers from the recently unionized St. Cloud, Minn., Starbucks location pose for a photo: (Left to right) Maya Figallo, McKaylie Cobb, Courtney Fahland, Autumn Anderson.

“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear

In partnership with In These Times, Sarah wrote about how months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining. Read the Spanish language version here.

a protestor wearing a black mask and blowing into a trumpet holds a sign reading "ICE FUERA" — Protesters gather for a rally and march to Trump Tower, demanding an end to violence in Gaza and a halt to deportation plans in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 25, 2025. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Why Delta Air Lines Workers Are Fighting for a Union

Aircraft accidents, software outages, and a global pandemic are just some of the events that airline workers have been on the front lines for in recent years. Daily working conditions are also impacting them and their families. They say the movement to fully unionize the industry with a push to organize at Delta Air Lines is closer than ever.

A bald Black man stands at a podium next to a U.S. flag wearing a grey suit and brown tortoise glasses — Jarrod Anderson, a Delta AFA organizing committee member and flight attendant for almost thirty years called for a union, saying that he wouldn’t be where he is today without one. Photo by Bill Harkum, IAM Communications Representative.

Political Philosopher Explains How Being a Corporate Boss Is the Perfect Training Ground for Authoritarian Rule

Sarah interviewed Elizabeth Anderson, a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan and author of Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk About It) on how bosses exert dictatorial control over workplaces and how this shaped Musk’s role today.

A book cover of Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) by Elizabeth Anderson. A white background with black text with a red tape over the words "private government"

TODAY: YOU BETCHA! FARMER-LABOR SOLIDARITY IS POSSIBLE, Art and History exhibit opening

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the Farmer-Labor Party and the remarkable movement of solidarity that supported it. In honor of this centennial celebration and in partnership with Monument Lab’s Re-Generation initiative, the Farmer-Labor Education Committee (FLEC) commissioned Gita Ghei to create a permanent traveling sculpture, commemorating the Farmer-Labor movement in Minnesota. She and her team engaged with people throughout the state to inform permanent art that commemorates this important history in a whimsical artwork!

a graphic with details for the You Betcha! farmer-labor solidarity is possible event includes an image of a bronze can of ham and event details

Tuesday, February 25: Rise Together to End Slavery in MN

Join the Labor Education Service and Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee for food, fun, and stories of labor behind prison walls in Minnesota, and what you can do to end the practice of legal slavery in our state.

RSVP for this free event here.

a yellow and black graphic with details for the RISE TOGETHER TO END SLAVERY IN MN! event includse a picture of people standing around a podium giving a presentation

February 27 & 28: Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass

a graphic for the Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass event with a black and white photo of an upside U.S. flag and two photos of brown haired white women

On February 27, join Sarah Jones and Sarah Lazare in conversation at Haymarket House in Chicago around Jones' new book Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass.

Sarah Jones will be in Minneapolis the following day on February 28, for a book event at Milkweed Books. I’ll be there!

Thank you for reading. Up, up with liberation!