Sharon Block

As the stifling heat bore down Wednesday, construction workers building a parking garage near Kendall Square sat down in the shade to take a break.

DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST: Starbucks scored a big win at the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The case originated with a group of baristas who wanted…

Donald Trump has been making a big promise to the nation’s service workers at his recent campaign rallies: If they send him back to the…

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult…

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Starbucks in a labor battle involving the firing of seven workers who tried unionizing one of…

Every year, U.S. employers spend millions of dollars on outside consultants who specialize in breaking up union campaigns. Because much of that work is cloaked…

An article co-written by Sharon Block: For the first time in decades, public attention was focused on union organizing in the American South. Eyes were…

The United Auto Workers hit a roadblock when workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama voted against unionizing last week. UAW leaders vowed to press…

The United Auto Workers can explore a potent new legal strategy to reverse its election defeat at a Mercedes-Benz AG plant and force the German…

The United Auto Workers has failed in its effort to unionize workers at two Mercedes-Benz plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in a blow to the union’s…

The United Autoworkers’ winning streak ended late Friday when a majority of workers at a Mercedes manufacturing campus in Alabama voted against unionizing. Why it…

Mercedes-Benz earlier this year brought college football coaching legend Nick Saban to talk to workers at its auto manufacturing campus in Alabama after the UAW…

As the United Auto Workers continues its organizing drive in the South with an election next week at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, November’s presidential…

The United Auto Workers notched a big win this weekend. Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining the UAW late Friday…

When Starbucks barista Florentino Escobar first heard that the Supreme Court had taken up a case involving him and six of his co-workers from Memphis,…

Volkswagen workers at the carmaker’s Chattanooga plant in Tennessee have voted to unionize with the United Auto Workers, a historic victory for the union and…

Union supporters have renewed hopes of organizing in the South after the United Auto Workers scored a breakthrough victory Friday night. Why it matters: The…

The United Auto Workers’ organizing victory at Volkswagen AG’s plant in Tennessee is a critical early momentum-builder as the union turns to more auto and…

This past Friday, a majority of Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers. The vote is historic, as they are…