The Labor Notes conference explodes, with growing ranks of unionists, new organizers taking on goliaths like Amazon and Starbucks, and veterans invigorated by reform victories.
We’re excited to announce that the next Labor Notes Conference will be April 19-21, 2024, in Chicago. Our last one was the biggest ever, drawing 4,000 workers and the youngest ever, with lots of newly organized workers. Who will be the surprising newcomers, the strike warriors, the newly elected reformers at the next conference in 2024? Stay tuned. But if you can’t wait that
In August GEICO sent out an email warning its Buffalo employees that union representatives were visiting workers’ homes and they "had every right to contact the police," Jonah Furman reports.
By Jonah Furman
Labor Notes
GEICO insurance sales rep Lila Balali first started thinking about a
GEICO insurance sales rep Lila Balali first started thinking about a union early in the pandemic. “I didn’t really know what a union was,” she says, “just that it was something for the employee.” She and her co-workers had been abruptly sent to work from home, where she set up a cramped workspace. “We were taking calls on our cell phones, 40 hours a week, our phone to our