A street canvasser reflects on a successful NLRB election at Grassroots Campaigns Inc. in Seattle, before the company shuttered the office in retaliation for the union effort
An organizing dilemma
A restaurant worker reflects on using direct action versus legal strategies for fighting the employer, drawing on his experience organizing at a vegan restaurant in Montreal.
“We had formal recognition, but not genuine engagement”: On the difficulties of bargaining
These baristas learned the hard way that employers sometimes grant recognition but stonewall workers at the bargaining table — even on changes that would help the business.
A Year of Organizing Freelance Journalists
The Industrial Workers of the World Freelance Journalists Union is one year old. A member-organizer describes the campaign.
Beware the one-man organizing show
Marianne Garneau describes the volatility of organizing campaigns that revolve around a single, big personality.
On Raiding
Nick Driedger talks about what is at stake when one union tries to “raid” another.
How Montreal Freelancers Are Organizing
Marianne Garneau sits down with three members of a union in Montreal organizing freelance workers such as translators and journalists.
Why Do Coops Hate Unions?
Marianne Garneau spoke to workers in over a dozen grocery cooperatives across the U.S. and Canada to produce this report on coops’ exploitation of workers and history of union-busting.
How come sometimes bosses fight back, and sometimes they give in?
Marianne Garneau reflects on how to bring pressure against the boss