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Labor union on strike picketing signs resting on a wall.

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Labor’s Big Moment and Big Hopes

CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE - APRIL 19: United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain, right, speaks as local organizers raise their fists at a UAW vote watch party on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With over 51% of workers voting yes the UAW won the right to form a union at the plant. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

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The UAW’s Victory Can Serve as a Model

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 28: Members and supporters of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) protest outside a Trader Joes store in Manhattan February 28, 2011 in New York City. The Florida farmworkers pick tomatoes for Trader Joes and other companies and are asking for workplace conditions to improve and for wages, which havent been raised since 1978, to be increased. The workers say Trader Joes has refused to sign a food pledge to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Creating a Stronger Voice for Workers

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Pro-union protestors march on Fifth Avenue on September 05, 2022 in New York City. Members of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) led by Christian Smalls, President of the ALU, and Amazon workers were joined by Starbucks workers, community organizations and pro-union protestors for a Labor Day March for Recognition demanding their unions be recognized by Amazon and Starbucks. The protestors gathered at the NYC homes of Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos before holding a rally in Times Square. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Labor’s Great Reset

A Starbucks worker boards the Starbucks union bus after Starbucks workers stood on the picket line with striking SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America (WGA) members in solidarity outside Netflix studios on July 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

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Will Starbucks’ Union-Busting Stifle a Union Rebirth in the United States?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Christian Smalls, President of the ALU, leads a chant as pro-union protestors prepare to march after a rally near the home of Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz on September 05, 2022 in New York City. Members of the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) led by Christian Smalls, President of the ALU, and Amazon workers were joined by Starbucks workers, community organizations and pro-union protestors for a Labor Day March for Recognition demanding their unions be recognized by Amazon and Starbucks. The protestors gathered at the NYC homes of Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos before holding a rally in Times Square. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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A Roller-Coaster Year for Organizing Workers