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SNAP Axe Could Fall on Grocery Shoppers and Workers Alike [1]

Two white women stand together in front of a wall of lockers, presumably the non-public area of a grocery store, holding a printed blue and yellow sign that reads "Workers' needs vs. grocery greed," with symbols of a fist and Mr. Moneybags. The woman on the left is giving the "thumbs-down" sign. Both smile calmly. [1]
October 31, 2025 / Caitlyn Clark
Beginning November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail. » [1]

How to Build a Union Culture that Welcomes Immigrant Members [2]

"PSC stands with immigrants." They are in a big crowd. Some also carry picket signs, some printed and some handwritten, with messages (some partially visible) including "Dictators don't belong here," "America? Fight for it!" "Oranges don't belong in the White House," "Stop the war on immigrants," and "Stop the coup." One woman wears a hijab. [2]
October 29, 2025 / Dan La Botz, Luis Feliz Leon, and Natascha Elena Uhlmann
Solidarity between workers is the lifeblood of a fighting labor movement. The workplace throws us together regardless of culture, race, gender, and language; we may have little in common but the need to earn a livelihood. But working shoulder to shoulder, we forge genuine bonds. » [2]

Loyola Marymount Is Trying to Bust our Union. We’re Fighting Back. [3]

Back to the Table Now." [3]
October 27, 2025 / Arik Greenberg
I was working from home when I got the email: The college I’ve taught at since 2003, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, was shutting down negotiations. They would no longer recognize the non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union my colleagues and I had fought tirelessly for. » [3]

Bring Your Union Banner to the Protest [4]

From a heroic low angle, we look up at a Black woman marching in a purple SEIU BJ shirt. The yellow SEIU flag she carries is billowing in the wind, mirroring the curve of the building behind her, against the blue sky. We can see the corners of other picket signs--she is part of a dense crowd. [4]
October 23, 2025 / Luis Feliz Leon [5], / Alexandra Bradbury [6]
Nearly 7 million people [7] hit the streets October 18 to oppose Trump’s authoritarian actions. Demonstrators waved American flags and donned whimsical animal costumes. One sight we were especially glad to see in the crowds: union T-shirts, banners, and slogans. » [4]

Indiana Kroger Workers Win Better Contract after Voting ‘No’ Twice [8]

A group in a parking lot in yellow t-shirts listen while one man speaks through a microphone [8]
October 22, 2025 / Andrea Reynolds
With 8,000 workers, the Indianapolis Kroger contract is the largest in Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700. After keeping members in the dark about negotiations, our local union leadership dropped a concessionary contract in our laps. Wage increases didn’t keep up with inflation, and there was no contract language to address understaffing. » [8]

Still Got the Power of the People [9]

People in red T-shirts picket in the sunlight on a downtown sidewalk. Shirts say "Hotel workers strike" and "UNITE HERE Local 23." Picket signs say "Houston's workers on strike for fair wages." Another slogan partially visible on some signs is "One job should be enough." [9]
October 20, 2025 / Alexandra Bradbury [6]
In these terrifying times, I keep thinking of something Racine, Wisconsin, educator Angelina Cruz once said: “There’s a reason we’re supposed to feel isolated and powerless. It’s because we’re not.” » [9]

Our Siemens Union Drive Lost. But We Need More Like It. [10]

Siemens workers pose in front of the factory in the dark behind a blue banner that says Siemens Workers United. [10]
October 14, 2025 / Kyle Loewen
Workers at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing plant in Sacramento, where I worked, lost a unionization election in March, 838 to 538. While the result was disappointing, the joint campaign by Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 and the Boilermakers represents the kind of organizing that the labor movement should double down on to reverse the tide of declining » [10]

Viewpoint: Attacks on U.S. Labor Rights Should Be an International Scandal [11]

A man and a woman hold signs saying “no NLRB, no voice” with the columns of a government building behind them [11]
October 09, 2025 / Benjamin Dictor
The National Labor Relations Board, the only federal agency charged with enforcing private-sector workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively, is facing a constitutional crisis. » [11]

River Valley Co-op Workers Opened up Bargaining—and Won Big [12]

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October 02, 2025 / Katrina Jagelski
River Valley Co-op is a consumer-owned cooperative grocery store with two locations in Western Massachusetts. We have been unionized with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1459 for the last decade with 175 workers in our bargaining unit. » [12]

North Carolina AFL-CIO Convention Backs May Day 2028 Plans [13]

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October 01, 2025 / Dan DiMaggio [14]
The North Carolina AFL-CIO passed a resolution at its September convention backing the call from the United Auto Workers for mass action on May 1, 2028 [15]. » [13]

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