Sarah Hughes is a staff organizer at Labor Notes, a media and organizing project that strives to “put the movement back in the labor movement.” Organized labor in the US has had a complicated relationship with racial equity and immigration. We’ll explore some of the history of unions as they organize to build power for workers, sometimes for all, and sometimes for a select few. We’ll look at our own family histories of race, immigration and work and how we are all impacted by racial capitalism, and show ways people are organizing together for justice and equity in unions today.