Rank & File Project

Want to change the world? Join the labor movement Join the Rank & File Project for a meet and greet after Labor Notes Day 2 this Saturday, 6/13 from 7-8:00pm

On July 4, 2026, Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 members, making us the largest socialist organization in United States history and surpassing the Socialist Party of America under Eugene Debs, which reached its peak dues-paying membership in 1912. Join us: dsausa.org/join

"That is why getting involved in and helping revitalize labor is a central task for the Left today. And getting jobs as union nurses may be one of the best ways for young activists to make headway on it." jacobin.com/2026/07/labor-…

My latest on how nurses are leading the US labor movement. Young people eager for a comfortable career resistant to automation and the chance to join a vibrant labor movement would do well to consider a nursing career. jacobin.com/2026/07/labor-…

Read about our project and the history of socialist rank-and-file unionism in Jacobin! jacobin.com/2026/06/rank-a…

I wrote about @RankAndFileProj for Jacobin, a project I've been involved with that is aiming to build a layer of socialist militants on the shop floor and revitalize the labor movement. jacobin.com/2026/06/rank-a…

Nursing, one of the few occupations experiencing job growth in the US, is a path to both economic stability and an opportunity to build worker power. wsj.com/economy/jobs/n…

The Rank and File Project is now hiring for a full-time organizer based in the New York City area! Application here: docs.google.com/document/d/1nI… Deadline April 1. If you're committed to transforming the labor movement and ending capitalist control of our lives, apply today!

Striking New York nurses explain why their fight is critical to the future of health care and the labor movement in the NYC and call on Mayor Zohran to help them step up the pressure on hospital bosses. jacobin.com/2026/01/nurses…

We can’t make the transformations needed for a livable planet if we don’t have a strong, organized working class: jacobin.com/2025/11/organi…

"If enough young people can enter into these unions, organize the rank and file, and build class and climate consciousness, there will be an opportunity to turn the tide toward robust climate action among the building trades and other union formations."

RFP featured in Jacobin: “A peppering strategy . . . will need its own dedicated outfits toward turning salts or already existing union militants into proper peppers. The Rank and File Project is one such entity doing this type of work already." jacobin.com/2025/11/organi…

Join our next Philly metro cohort and become a rank-and-file teacher unionist!

Interested in fighting for fully funded public education and a more just society? Consider becoming a rank-and-file union educator. Applications for our next Philadelphia metro area teacher cohort are now open! Apply here: rankandfileproject.com/apply/

We are recruiting for our next teacher-organizer cohort in the Philadelphia metro area! Apply for the Philly Rank & File School here: rankandfileproject.com/apply/

Hate your shitty job and wish you were doing something that feels like it matters? Start salting (or peppering with @RankAndFileProj) and make a difference while making money!