Union members across the country are in an intensifying battle to keep their members and communities safe from federal immigration authorities. While some say unions should avoid "divisive issues," organizing around immigrant defense can deepen relationships among members and help bridge political divides. Learn how members are taking up this fight—and how do it in your own local.
In these harrowing times, immigrant workers continue to fight for each other—and against the boss. Learn about their campaigns and tactics to overcome a climate of fear and build collective power.
How can organizers foster communication between people who speak different languages? Language justice practices can expand participation in union life and strengthen organizing. Learn practical strategies for multilingual facilitation, collaborative translation, and using accessible digital tools. Leave with ideas and tools you can apply in union trainings, campaigns, and leadership programs.
Across the country, ICE is terrorizing workers and stomping on our most fundamental civil liberties. But they can't do it without support from major corporations who are only too happy to rent them hotels and vehicles, offer logistical support, and carry out deportation flights. Hear from organizers who are identifying and holding these corporate collaborators to account, and learn how you can join the fight.
A pesar de los esfuerzos de la administración Trump para intimidar a los trabajadores inmigrantes, usted sigue teniendo derechos, sea o no sea ciudadano. Descubra secretos poco conocidos sobre los derechos que asisten a los trabajadores inmigrantes y a aquellos no sindicalizados bajo la legislación laboral federal, así como estrategias para defenderse de las cartas de discrepancia de datos, del sistema E-Verify y de las auditorías de los formularios I-9.
Las políticas discrecionales en la aplicación de las leyes laborales impactan el terreno de la lucha para los trabajadores, los centros de trabajadores y los sindicatos. Trabajadores y organizadores compartirán estrategias para dar seguimiento a investigaciones y litigios de varios años de duración, en un tiempo de inestabilidad política y los cambios en las políticas sobre la protección de los trabajadores.
The boss hopes we'll let language divides make organizing a nonstarter, but it doesn't have to be. Learn how to build member power across multiple languages in your union and forge winning campaigns in a multilingual workplace.
Under a "guestworker" temporary immigration program, your ability to work is tied to your employer, granting the boss extreme control and significantly raising the stakes of an organizing campaign. Learn how workers are fighting against this abusive system through litigation and cross-border organizing.
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.
The bosses fear our collective power, so they try to pit us against each other, non-immigrant vs. immigrant. But the more workers are active in the union, the greater our power on the job. Learn how to build a union culture that welcomes and develops immigrant leaders, fosters open discussion to overcome divisions, and builds our collective power.
Despite the Trump administration's best efforts to scare immigrant workers into the shadows, you still have rights, whether you're a citizen or not. Learn well-kept secrets about the rights that nonunion and immigrant workers have under federal labor law, and strategies to defend yourself from no-match letters, E-Verify, and I-9 audits.
