Introducing Union Shop: A Guide to What's Union-Made
Union Shop In a poll last year, we found out that Americans are eager to show their support for workers by purchasing union-made products and services. But 82 percent of those polled also said that buying union is easier said than done — simply because they don't know which products make the cut.

So we decided it was time to provide consumers with simple tools for using their purchasing power in support of good, American jobs. Introducing... Union Shop! Every week we'll feature a new blog profiling a union-made product or service. Check out Union Shop! Or follow our Union Shop board on Pinterest!
 
Blog at Work

Mother's Day appreciation for moms and unions
May 11, 2012: Unions have made contributions that help moms both on and off the job. » Read more

Give Mom a gift that shows you care about her and workers!
May 10, 2012: Mother’s Day is this Sunday, which means it is time again to show your mom how much she means to you. » Read more

Workers Memorial Day calls attention to latest attack on workplace safety
April 25, 2012: Saturday is Workers Memorial Day, and though we've made significant strides in workplace safety over the years, it's clear that we've still got some work to do. » Read more

How can a fast be 'disingenuous'?
April 24, 2012: Station Casinos’s kitchen and restaurant staff, cocktail servers, bartenders, housekeepers, and porters have been trying to get a voice at work since 2010 to provide a better future for themselves and their families. » Read more

 

What's New

Unions 101

Unions 101 When it comes to understanding unions, collective bargaining, and labor laws, the technical jargon can get really confusing, not to mention all of the misinformation about unions that's regularly spread around. This quick tutorial gives the nuts and bolts about what a union is... and isn't! Learn more »

Partnerships in Education

edreportcover75x75.jpg In American Rights at Work Education Fund's new report, Partnerships in Education: How Labor-Management Collaboration Is Transforming Public Schools, we highlight strong labor-management partnerships between teachers’ unions and administrations that are transforming schools in communities from coast to coast. See the full report.

Highlights

Creating Hourly Careers at Walmart

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Rather than opportunities for professional growth, Walmart associates face wage caps, ever-changing schedules, expensive benefits, and an arbitrary discipline system. This new report exposes the barriers to career development at the country’s most powerful retailer, and makes the case for a new way of doing business. 

Behind the Anti-Worker Agenda

Enter the Anti-Union NetworkEverywhere you look, far-right, anti-union special interest groups are attempting to steamroll their way over working families. Learn more about organizations are spending tens of millions of dollars to enact an agenda that would set us back by decades.