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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 16, 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.
A diverse and serious crowd of people stands close together inside what looks like a church, in front of organ pipes, holding a big printed red banner that says "Essential not deportable" with the logo of Escucha Mi Voz. The person in the middle is speaking into a mic. Several kids sit in front and one holds a hand-lettered sign: "Free my grandma! Free her! I hate ICE!"

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.

A large group stands behind a yellow banner saying “United to Fight, Experience to Win”

UAW President Shawn Fain Wins Reelection Victory »

October 12, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon | Jane Slaughter

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has won a second four-year term, winning 68 percent of the vote in member ba
Seven women in long skirts and kerchiefs kneel, their arms in motion, apparently mid-dance. They are on a stage, bathed in red light.

Palestinian Arts Workers Call for Solidarity »

October 7, 2026 | Mona Abhari

Palestinian cultural workers living through apartheid, occupation, and genocide are calling for solidarity from their counterparts abroad.
Amazon delivery drivers rally outside City Hall in NYC.

Amazon Package Drivers Rev Up Organizing to Become Direct Employees »

October 7, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in New York City, under legislation that Teamsters and Amazon workers alongside the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are organizing to pass.

Close-up of a man's chin with bullhorn and the back of someone's Teamsters jacket in a crowd. Overlaid in yellow type is the movie title: Who Moves America.

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike »

October 6, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

“Who Moves America” is touring the U.S., with upcoming screenings across the West Coast, Northeast, and South. See when it’s coming to your town, or request a screening, here.
A diverse group of people, mostly in white lab coats, stand outside holding printed signs that say, in red on white, "Medicaid saves lives." Other signs say "Code red: patients in crisis" and "Our patients rely on Medicaid to get the care they need. This bill would end that."

How Unions Can Reverse Privatization of Medicaid and Why It Matters »

October 1, 2026 | Rose Roach

The following was adapted from a March 2026 speech that Rose Roach, National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer, gave to the Minnesota AFL-CIO.

German Amazon Workers Organize to Get Paid for Every Minute »

September 28, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time.

Mexican VW Workers Weigh Strike as Company Cuts Jobs Globally »

September 28, 2026 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Update: On October 2, the SITIAVW bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with VW offering a 13.16 percent combined increase to wages and benefits over the next two years.
Orchestra musicians on a stage, apparently performing or rehearsing (conductor's baton is raised). Everyone, including the conductor, is wearing matching blue T-shirts that say "Philadelphia Musicians Union Local 77-274" on the back.

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Protect Their Hearing and Their Craft »

September 24, 2026 | Paul Prescod

Philadelphia Orchestra musicians have won first-in-the-nation protections against hearing loss. The groundbreaking provisions, which could serve as a model for other orchestras, are part of a contract just ratified by Musicians (AFM) Local 77-274.
Three workers pose for a group selfie in front of the store. They read as three men of different races. The man in the middle is wearing an orange Knicks T-shirt.

AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union »

September 21, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

UPDATE, September 26: AutoZone workers won their union election on Friday—the first ever union election win at the company.
Dozens of Blizzard workers and supporters hold signs outside the Blizzard headquarters in Irvine, California.

Video Game Workers Win First Contract at Microsoft-Owned Blizzard »

September 21, 2026 | Dan DiMaggio

Workers who make some of the world’s most popular video games, including World of Warcraft and Diablo, won their first union contracts in early September, in an important step forward for organizing in the tech industry.
Three workers who served as election observers for the union pose for a photo, with their hands giving peace signs.

Fourteen Hundred Solar Manufacturing Workers Join the Steelworkers »

September 18, 2026 | Lee Abbott

Workers at a Corning solar manufacturing plant in Michigan voted September 1 to join the Steelworkers (USW).


The vote was a close 560-512, following an intense anti-union campaign by the company.
Four women of a range of ages, seated in a row, part of a bigger crowd in what looks like a hotel ballroom, smile and raise fists. Each holds in her lap a stapled packet of printed pages, perhaps a summary of a tentative agreement.

Canadian Walmart Workers Make History: A Union Contract »

September 17, 2026 | Kari Thompson

Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics giant.

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