Rideshare drivers and food delivery workers are organizing to secure their employee rights against Uber, Lyft, Doordash, and Instacart. Hear how workers across the globe are battling not only their employers, but also a fundamental attack on what it means to be a worker.
Corporate profiteers and climate change are driving our cost of living out of control. We'll learn from organized workers leading and winning fights that promote affordable communities and a safer climate. Then we'll discuss how our own unions could lead, with contracts and coalitions, to bring down the cost of a good living.
Reforming one local is hard enough, but what about an international union? Leaders from reform caucuses undertaking this task will talk about best practices and strategies for how activists can organize around international union conventions, leadership elections, national contract campaigns, and more.
Public sector workers provide vital services working people depend on, and they're a bastion of union strength. That's why the 1 percent and their political allies love to attack the public sector through austerity and union-busting. Hear how unions are organizing and fighting back.
Catastrophic fires, floods, earthquakes, and the daily degradation of life from industrial pollution are the urgent realities of emergency responders around the world. Firefighters, first responders, and emergency room nurses are embedded in these harsh realities day after day, while our governments cut budgets, reduce services, and ignore long-term consequences. But, as these unionists explain, it is possible to use the power of emergency workers to forge a path forward.
Smart targeting of employers for a union drive begins with research. But that doesn’t just mean sitting at a computer; gathering on-the-ground intelligence is key. Learn what types of information to look for, and tools to gather it.
What do I need to know about the law and striking? What is an economic strike? What is a ULP strike? Can I be fired for striking? What does it mean to be permanently replaced? What is a secondary strike or boycott? Find out the answers to these and many other legal questions.
