We ARE THE NEW LABOR MOVEMENT
Progressive Workers Union (PWU) is part of a bolder, more diverse labor movement fighting for economic, environmental, and racial justice. Our union is committed to learning and evolving, as individuals and as a collective, and standing in solidarity with movements for justice around the country and across the world.
Living wages on a living planet.
PWU fights for equity and justice within the workplace and without. Our union is building worker power and solidarity in the nonprofit industrial complex to challenge the influence of bad bosses and big money on our organizations and our communities.
About PWU
Who We Are
Our union started at Sierra Club in 1992 as the John Muir Local 100, a small union limited to some staff at Sierra Club, and was refounded as the Progressive Workers Union in 2017. Currently, PWU represents over 550 nonprofit workers across some of the largest and most influential organizations in the country, and our members and leaders work every day fighting for environmental, economic, and racial justice within the climate movement.
- Greenpeace USA Workers Union
- Sierra Club National Union
- Sierra Club Chapter Union
- Union of Concerned Scientists United
- Appalachian Voices Union
- 350 US Union
News & Updates
PWU Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Palestine
The Progressive Workers Union is holding our Jewish and Muslim members, friends, and family around the world in our hearts and our prayers. We offer our sincere and deepest condolences as you begin to process the recent tragedies, mourn, and brace for the resulting...
In Major Win, 350.org US Employees Ratify Union Contract After Three Years of Negotiations
Media Contact: Dylan Plummer, [email protected], 541.531.1858 WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, September 21, 350.org US employees voted unanimously to ratify a collective bargaining agreement after more than three years of negotiations with 350.org...
PWU Analysis of Layoffs
To President Chin and members of the Sierra Club Board, I am writing in my role as President of the Progressive Workers Union and on behalf of our Sierra Club National and Chapter Units to share our analysis of the impacts of this spring’s restructure and layoffs to...