Published on Labor Notes (https://www.labornotes.org)

Home > Blog

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike [1]

Who Moves America. [1]
October 06, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [2]
“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 [3]. » [1]

How Unions Can Reverse Privatization of Medicaid and Why It Matters [4]

patients in crisis" and "Our patients rely on Medicaid to get the care they need. This bill would end that." [4]
October 01, 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. » [4]

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Protect Their Hearing and Their Craft [5]

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. [5]
September 24, 2026 / Paul Prescod [6]
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. » [5]

AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union [7]

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. [7]
September 21, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [2]
UPDATE, September 26: AutoZone workers won their union election on Friday—the first ever union election win at the company. » [7]

Stewards Corner: How We Won Our Co-Worker Her Rightful Promotion [8]

Eight people outside face the camera with signs, including “Hire Genesis” and a UE banner. [8]
September 17, 2026 / Bevin Barber-Campbell and Tim Rousseau
Workers at Hunger Mountain Co-op, a consumer-owned grocery store in Montpelier, Vermont, won a five-month fight to enforce seniority, beat back bias, and win a promotion for a beloved co-worker. We did it not just by filing a grievance, but also by mobilizing union members and the public. » [8]

Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028? [9]

A group of autoworkers with black “Protect Our Freedom to Vote” shirts march [9]
September 09, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [2]
Three years ago the United Auto Workers, glowing with confidence after a successful strike at the Big 3 and pledging ambitious new organizing drives, put out a call for a national strike on May 1, 2028. » [9]

Book Review: Courage or Complicity? How Veterans are Responding to the Assault on Democracy [10]

A line of veterans in Portland and the cover of the book Courage or Complicity [10]
September 01, 2026 / John Braxton
U.S. military veterans are drilled by their commanders to obey their superior officers. Many still believe it is their duty to support the commander-in-chief even after their tour of duty. » [10]

Jackson Transit Workers Win Strike, Save Saturday Service [11]

Thirty Black workers stand with signs saying “ATU on Strike” [11]
August 27, 2026 / Paul Prescod [6]
Eighty public transit workers in Jackson, Mississippi, have won a tentative agreement with MV Transportation, after a grueling five-week strike [12]. The transit workers represented by ATU Local 1208 garnered public support and were able to win most of » [11]

Mississippi Transit Workers Strike for Better Protections and Service [13]

A woman holds a sign reading Hold the Line while others stand on the picket line. [13]
August 19, 2026 / Paul Prescod [6]
Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the U.S., and is a “right-to-work” state with only 4 percent of its workers in unions. But since July 13, Highway 80 near Jackson has been lined by chanting picketers. They’re on strike at JTRAN, the city’s public transit system. » [13]

Comic: How to Get Members More Involved in the Union [14]

Recruiting and Keeping Volunteers [14]
August 18, 2026 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann and David Prosten
» [14]

Pages

Links
[1] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/10/film-review-portrait-how-workers-build-strike [2] https://www.labornotes.org/author/luis-feliz-leon [3] https://www.whomovesamerica.com/screenings [4] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/10/how-unions-can-reverse-privatization-medicaid-and-why-it-matters [5] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/09/philadelphia-orchestra-musicians-protect-their-hearing-and-their-craft [6] https://www.labornotes.org/author/paul-prescod [7] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/09/autozone-workers-are-trying-form-companys-first-ever-union [8] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/09/stewards-corner-how-we-won-our-co-worker-her-rightful-promotion [9] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/09/persecuted-trump-will-unions-build-towards-may-2028 [10] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/09/book-review-courage-or-complicity-how-veterans-are-responding-assault-democracy [11] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/08/jackson-transit-workers-win-strike-save-saturday-service [12] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/08/mississippi-transit-workers-strike-better-protections-and-service [13] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/08/mississippi-transit-workers-strike-better-protections-and-service [14] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/08/comic-how-get-members-more-involved-union [15] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=1 [16] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=2 [17] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=3 [18] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=4 [19] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=5 [20] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=6 [21] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=7 [22] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=8 [23] https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2011/05/aa?page=166