Some 2,000 nurses at Unity Point Health are on the verge of winning their union election to join Teamsters Local 90. Nurses voted 57% to 43% in favor of the union at Wednesday’s vote count. Some challenged ballots need to be resolved before the final results are official. But they will not be enough to reverse the outcome. Nurses are confident and ready to head to negotiate their first Teamster contract.

This spring, 2,000 workers at the San Diego Zoo tamed management with a rank-and-file campaign that won a better contract. Now, members have elected the activists who organized the San Diego Zoo contract campaign to lead the 4,000-member Local 481.