To Build a Stronger Labor Movement, Go to the Members | Labor Notes

Members of the Painters union joined a May Day march in New York City. The Painters' Building Union Power campaign seeks to to revitalize the labor movement by engaging and activating members across the country . Photo: Jenny Brown [This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the rest of the series.—Editors] I’m a fourth-generation union glazier. I remember being a kid sitting around the dinner table when my dad was on strike, thanking God for the Painters union (IUPAT) even when times were hard. The history of our union’s struggle is in my blood, and I’ll never take the sacrifice members before me made for granted. But a lot of our members today are disconnected from our union, and I get why. This certainly isn’t a problem unique to the Painters. For as long as I’ve been alive, the labor movement has been complacen

To Build a Stronger Labor Movement, Go to the Members | Labor Notes Skip to main content To Build a Stronger Labor Movement, Go to the Members Members of the Painters union joined a May Day march in New York City. The Painters' Building Union Power campaign seeks to to revitalize the labor movement by engaging and activating members across the country . Photo: Jenny Brown [This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the res

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