Tesla Gigafactory Workers Test U.S. Union PowerThe United Auto Workers’ campaign at a Tesla Gigafactory puts one of the world’s best-known electric vehicle companies at the centre of a familiar American…
CHIPS Act and the future of union construction jobsWhen the United States passed the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act in 2022, it signalled the largest industrial policy…
The fight for $15 reaches unionized fast-food workersThe campaign for a US$15 hourly wage began with walkouts by fast-food workers in New York City in 2012. What started as a demand from low-paid cooks, cashiers…
Trump's steel tariffs and the union worker testDonald Trump’s renewed steel tariffs have been promoted as a defence of domestic industry and a challenge to years of cheaper imports. For union steelworkers,…