Arlene Inouye

Aug 19, 2024 | ei-ie.org | Arlene Inouye

Arlene Inouye recibió el Premio Albert Shanker de Educación de 2024 durante el 10° Congreso Mundial de la Internacional de la Educación. En este artículo, Arlene repasa su trayectoria como activista sindical y su labor en defensa de los derechos de las personas originarias de Asia y las islas del Pacífico. Para mí es todo un honor recibir el Premio Albert Shanker de Educación.

Feb 27, 2024 | forgeorganizing.org | Keith Kelleher |Dave Kamper |Daniel Judt |Arlene Inouye

40 years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement. Forty years ago, Irma Sherman and the over 150 homecare workers employed by “McMaid” (Yes, McMaid really was the name of the company) decided they’d had enough of low wages and no benefits and began to organize their union with United Labor Unions (ULU) Local 880, a small, independent union founded by ACORN, the national community organization.

Feb 13, 2024 | forgeorganizing.org | Keith Kelleher |Dave Kamper |Daniel Judt |Arlene Inouye

40 years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement. Forty years ago, Irma Sherman and the over 150 homecare workers employed by “McMaid” (Yes, McMaid really was the name of the company) decided they’d had enough of low wages and no benefits and began to organize their union with United Labor Unions (ULU) Local 880, a small, independent union founded by ACORN, the national community organization.

Jan 30, 2024 | forgeorganizing.org | Dave Kamper |Daniel Judt |Arlene Inouye |Jennifer Johnson

We are United Smith Student Workers, a new union of undergraduate student dining-services workers at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Our process of forming one of the first unions for undergraduates has been long and complex and involved a lot of learning along the way. Most of us are first-time union members, and undergraduate unionism itself is still a relatively new frontier. But our experience is part of a much wider movement of student organizing.

Nov 10, 2023 | forgeorganizing.org | Dave Kamper |Daniel Judt |Arlene Inouye |Jennifer Johnson

In a monumental labor victory echoing the 1937 Flint Sit-Down Strike, the UAW's triumphant strike against top automakers marks a defining moment in modern labor history. When I was a kid, my church youth group in the summers would often go to a water park in Rockford, Illinois. To get there we’d take Interstate 90, and even now, I remember what it looked like when we drove past the Chrysler plant in Belvedere. Even on Sundays, that place was humming.