Troublemakers Blog

La gerencia les cobraba 100 dólares semanales por trabajar, alegan los trabajadores. Pero están luchando por sus derechos. [1]

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May 08, 2026 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann [2]

Cuando Evelyn comenzó a trabajar en Marder Trawling, un centro de procesamiento de mariscos en New Bedford, Massachusetts, se enteró de una condición de trabajo inusual: tendría que pagar discretamente a su gerente $100 dólares semanales por el privilegio de trabajar, dijo. “Yo no tenía trabajo, y tengo a mis niños. Yo le dije, ‘Está bien. Con tal de tener un » [1]

Management Charged Them $100 a Week to Work, Workers Say. They’re Fighting Back. [3]

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May 08, 2026 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann [2]

When Evelyn began work at New Bedford, Massachusetts, seafood processing center Marder Trawling, she learned of an unusual condition of employment: She’d need to quietly pay her manager $100 per week for the privilege of working, she said. “I didn’t have work, and I have kids,” she said. “So I told him, ‘All right,’ just to have a job. » [3]

Rutgers Labor Center to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Tony Mazzocchi [4]

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April 29, 2026 / Steve Early and Rand Wilson

In the 1960s and 70s, conservative leaders of the AFL-CIO and many national unions viewed militant activists in the civil rights, anti-war, environmental, and women’s movements with alarm. When student radicals started migrating from campus and community organizing to unionized workplaces, labor officials did not welcome them. » [4]

It’s Our Money: Union Members Fight for Good Public Pension Investments [5]

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April 29, 2026 / Dan Nicolai

Union members in many states and cities are pushing for a stronger voice in pension investments. And sometimes they’re actually winning: They’re holding pension boards accountable and advocating for investments that insure worker protections, climate resiliency, and decent retirement benefits. » [5]

Starbucks Is Bargaining Backwards, Baristas Say [6]

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April 16, 2026 / Jenny Brown [7]

Union baristas are finally back to the negotiating table with Starbucks, but the workers charge that rather than progressing, the company is reopening already agreed-upon issues. » [6]

Letter: United Farmworkers' Complex and Contradictory History [8]

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April 15, 2026 / David Bacon

In response to Jane Slaughter's interview of Frank Bardacke [9], I think Bardacke is right in pointing to the lack of democracy in the United Farmworkers as one reason why Cesar Chavez went unchallenged for so many years after sexually abusing women in the farmworker » [8]

Twin Cities Electrical Workers Build Solidarity in the Fight Against ICE Occupation [10]

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March 31, 2026 / Gabriel Legierski, Mike Plante, and Peter Rachleff

For months, the country and the world have been watching Minnesota, where the Trump administration’s military occupation by ICE, Border Patrol, and Homeland Security has been met by a multi-faceted grassroots resistance. » [10]

Viewpoint: Labor’s Answer to A.I.? Give Us Our Time Back [11]

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March 18, 2026 / Vishal Reddy

When it comes to A.I., there’s a stark gap in ambition between business and labor. » [11]

Welcome, Paul and Lee! Farewell, Barbara [12]

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March 13, 2026 / Labor Notes Staff

Labor Notes is delighted to welcome two terrific new staff writer-organizers and three great interns as we get ready for our big conference in Chicago in June. We’re also bidding a fond farewell to a retiring colleague. » [12]

Strike Mobilization Leads to Reformer Win in Oregon Nurses [13]

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March 12, 2026 / Josh Soffler

The 24,000-member Oregon Nurses Association has elected a slate of reform candidates to statewide leadership positions. The Caucus for Powerful Reform (CPR) [14] won 15 out of the 21 seats it ran for, including the presidency, vice-presidency, secretary, and a majority of board of director seats. » [13]