THE SOUTH GOT SOMETHING TO SAY
Educate · Organize · Mobilize
NEW! PLAY UNION STRONG GAMES
The first-ever union education video games
UNION STRONG
Labor Education
Need help? Ask me anything!
Youth Labor Library
Simple lessons, great books, and fun videos to help kids and young people understand unions, workers' rights, and why the labor movement matters.
My Progress
Tap 'Mark as done' on any lesson, book, or video to start your streak.
Wins in the News
Real labor victories happening right now. The lessons in this library aren't just history — workers are winning today.
The workers at Novel — Memphis's favorite independent bookstore — voted YES today to form a union with CWA Local 3866. They are now the FIRST unionized bookstore in Memphis! Novel joins a growing movement of union bookstores across the South, including McKay's Books in Knoxville (2022) and Shelf Life Books in Richmond (2024).
Why this matters for YOU
Memphis has been making labor history since 1968. Today, bookstore workers added their chapter to that story — right here in YOUR city. The next time you visit Novel in Laurelwood, you're walking into a union shop. That's the power of workers standing together — and it's happening in Memphis RIGHT NOW.
22,000 school bus workers across the country — the Teamsters at First Student — joined together and won a new contract. For the first time ever, 10,000 of them will get money for retirement. They also got better health care and stronger safety rules.
Why this matters for YOU
If you take a school bus to school, those drivers are union workers. The grown-ups who get you to school safely every day stood together as a UNION and demanded — and won — fair treatment. That's collective bargaining in real life, happening right now.
