Election 2022: Amendment #1

Ava Marlow of Starbucks, Scott Arnwine of Teamsters Local 519 and Joseph Page of SEIU Local 205 at a union meeting Sept. 22.

On November’s ballot, voters will have the chance to add Tennessee’s ‘right to work’ law to the state constitution. Union members and organizers strongly oppose it.

Tentative Gains

UCW AAUP

Labor and faculty groups at the University of Tennessee say Chancellor Donde Plowman committed to some of their agenda. UT will not confirm it.

Unionizing the Co-op

Three Rivers Market

After an organizing effort, Three Rivers Market voluntarily recognizes its employee bargaining unit.

Trump Emissary Pays Tribute to TVA

Ken Cuccinelli at TVA

Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli visits Knoxville to praise the power agency, a few months after the president nixed its outsourcing.

‘This Is Not OK’

service workers

As Tennessee reopens, many frontline workers fear for their safety. In a state long hostile to organized labor, what are their options?