Daniel Gross, "Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World" (Haymarket, 2026)

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Daniel Gross discusses his book on practical strategies for organizing workplaces.

My guest today, Daniel Gross, comes to NBN to discuss his new book Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World (Haymarket, 2026). Written with workers in mind, it’s an accessible and very practical guide to organizing one’s workplace, bringing Gross’ multiple decades as a union organizer and labor lawyer to readers who might know what they need, but don’t know where to start or how to get there. Gross breaks the massive task of organizing ones workplace into easy steps that also leave a lot of room for individuals to flexibly apply to their own particular situations, giving them some basic scaffolding on which to operate. It also comes with sample forms one can use at various stages of the process, giving readers a clear sense of how to organize and break everything down into clearly compartmentalized and more manageable tasks. Readers can also go online to Unions of Our Own to get printable versions of these forms as an accessible way to start their journey. Daniel Gross is a longtime labor organizer and labor lawyer. He is the coauthor of Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law, and currently works with the…

People in this episode

Host: New Books

Guest: Daniel Gross

Topics covered

• labor organizing
• workplace change
• union strategies
• practical guides
• worker empowerment

Keywords

• unions
• labor law
• workplace organization
• Daniel Gross
• Haymarket

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Haymarket, Solidarity Union Network

Books & works: Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World, Labor Law for the Rank & Filer: Building Solidarity While Staying Clear of the Law

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