Palestinian unions continue to ask workers of the world to end all complicity with Israel’s regime of apartheid and genocide. Since the founding of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement in 2005, unions and labor federations across the world have endorsed BDS as a key form of solidarity with Palestinian workers. Hear from unionists engaged in solidarity organizing, including a case study of divestment, a campaign to defend journalists, and grad workers speaking out on campus. You'll get concrete tactics and strategies to implement in your own union.
Are you tired of greedy corporations and executives taking and taking... and leaving us crumbs? This interactive workshop focuses on how billionaires and bosses try to divide working people so that we will fight each other instead of them, and how we can build a strong working-class movement to stand up to their money and power. You'll leave able to run similar political education workshops for members of your own union.
The strongest alliances go deeper than "you support us on this, we'll support you on that." Hear how unions and community groups are forging long-term ties based in shared values and strategy. Years of spadework have laid strong foundations for current fights to defend immigrants, oust ICE, defeat Islamophobia, and win a contract at Starbucks.
Unions are critical in the fight to push back authoritarianism and the erosion of our rights. Join us to learn the anti-authoritarian playbook and how to use our union power to defend democracy. From the Freedom Trainers program.
Attacks from the Trump administration on queer and trans people—including blows to gender-affirming health care, education, and legal gender recognition—are intertwined with efforts to erase the existence of immigrants in the U.S. and dismantle federal agencies and social safety nets. Hear how LGBTQ+ workers are involving their unions in these fights, organizing to protect the rights and dignity not just of queer and trans community, but of others as well.
Many of us avoid talking politics at work... but how can labor change the world if we can't even talk to each other about it? Do you have differences of opinion with your co-workers on immigration, war, who’s elected to run the country, you name it? Hear real stories and practical advice from workers who are finding common ground with their co-workers. Come share your stories and practice how these conversations can go better.
Hear how Puerto Rico’s working class is organizing in the face of authoritarianism to combat austerity and budget cuts that have made life more difficult. From the Trump administration’s repression and hateful rhetoric to the colonial trajectory of the Fiscal Control Board over the past 10 years, we’ll examine the various arenas where unionists have fought back, including struggles to overturn budget cuts, uphold sexual and reproductive rights, and defend migrants, and how we’ve built coalitions with feminists and environmentalists to fight for a better world.
Turn your pension fund from an inscrutable black box into a tool for organizing. We'll practice power-mapping your pension fund, how to begin to research your fund's investments, and how to talk to your fellow union members about using your pension investments to help, not harm.
Minnesota unions and community organizations seized the public imagination on January 23 with an economic blackout and 100,000-person march. Minnesotans have formed dense networks to patrol neighborhoods, feed the hungry, and train everyday people to scout for rampaging federal agents. Hear from union leaders about the lessons they learned by taking on the state and winning.
State repression isn't new for the labor movement, but the tone has shifted with the rhetoric of the current administration. Bosses are finding new ways to sow fear and distrust. Yet union activists are pushing back and getting stronger through organizing. Their experiences offer insight that can help us all prepare for the next wave of challenges.
