How are workers reclaiming the labor movement?

By Workday Magazine · Up With the Workers ·Feb 20, 2025 · 3 min read

“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

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