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Three copies of Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard

Steward’s Corner: Rethink the Scripted ‘Ask’ »

November 6, 2026 | Ellen David Friedman

You’re having a conversation with a co-worker, but inside you’re feeling icy dread. You’re talking through a script that ends with asking them to do a specific thing: sign a union card, wear a button, come to a meeting, vote for a strike. And sure enough, when you ask, a wall comes down.

How We Built Our Union’s Member Education Program »

November 5, 2026 | Luis Fernando Mora Reyes

Earlier this year, a debate broke out among members of our union, the National App Workers Union of Mexico (UNTA), after the union’s social media post condemning the U.S.

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Reform Candidate Says UFCW Rep Tailed Him for 300 Miles to Thwart Petition Effort »

November 4, 2026 | Lisa Xu

In a union that has been headed by one family with no competitive elections since 1984, a group of grocery workers is organizing for change.

A book cover is shown with three photos of international solidarity actions.

Book Review: A Model for U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Solidarity »

November 2, 2026 | Dan DiMaggio

Labor law reform in Mexico has opened up a major opportunity for workers fighting for genuine, independent unions. What can U.S. unions do to support our brothers and sisters there? And how can we build cross-border campaigns to confront our common employers?

Red-shirted hospital workers march with signs.

Members Alarmed by End-Run around Democracy at Buffalo Health Care Local »

October 29, 2026 | Sarah Hughes

Things had been tense for some time inside the leadership of Communications Workers (CWA) Local 1168, a 4,800-member health care union based near Buffalo, New York.

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Bottom-Up Organizing: How We Got Clean Porta-Johns »

October 29, 2026 | Kevin Szczesny

The first day I showed up on the Marriott construction site in downtown Detroit, everyone warned me about the state of our bathrooms.

Printed SEIU Local 1000 picket signs reading "Respect state workers!!" and "Unfair practice strike!" are raised aloft with a capitol rotunda visible behind them.

State Workers Strike Across California »

October 28, 2026 | Kari Thompson

State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. They're demanding better pay, affordable health care coverage, and flexibility to work from home.

About 15 members of UFCW Local 8 pose for a photo at a bowling alley with their fists raised.

UFCW Members Protect Local Election After Sham Merger Attempt »

October 26, 2026 | Lisa Xu

An insurgent slate is challenging the longtime incumbents in Local 8-Golden State, one of the largest locals in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), in what may be the local’s first competitive election in decades.

Mexico Volkswagen Workers Could Soon Strike »

October 23, 2026 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

In Mexico, at the world’s largest Volkswagen facility outside of Germany, workers are weighing the risks of a possible strike.

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Tampa TSA Union Averted Privatization Disaster »

October 22, 2026 | Jenny Brown

TSA agents noticed something was up. “We started seeing people around the airport that you wouldn’t normally see, people in suits,” said Mark Harris, Transportation Security Officer and union steward in Tampa, Florida.

A group of 50 in yellow union shirts rallies in a grocery store parking lot.

Interview: How We Beat Back Nonunion Subcontracting at Kroger »

October 22, 2026 | Caitlyn Clark

After more than six months fighting against Kroger’s use of non-union subcontractors, members of Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 in Indiana won a victory in August, when Kroger

Labor Goes on Election Defense »

October 20, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

New York City unions representing 1 million members launched a new coalition October 15 to defend the right to vote ahead of the midterm elections November 3.

Cover of book Maximum Leverage shows a rainy night street scene.

Book Review: Maximum Leverage: From the Street to the Picket Line »

October 19, 2026 | Kurt Stand

Union strength or weakness is often seen only through the light of a strike or lockout. Phil Cohen’s memoir, Maximum Leverage: From the Street to the Picket Line, tells a different story.

Iowa Hospital Workers Demand Return of Deported Co-Worker »

October 13, 2026 | Sara Gilmore

Fatou Traore was on her way to work as a custodian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) on the morning of Thursday, September 24, when ICE agents detained her.