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Small port vehicles are in the foreground, and harbor cranes are visible in the distance.

Port Strike Ends, Workers Win $24 Wage Increase

Oct 4 / Jenny Brown
An audience listens to a man at a lectern. One audience member has a blue shirt with “Union Strong” on the back.

UAW Reformers Muster Forces to Hold Bosses to Their Word

Oct 2 / Keith Brower Brown, Jane Slaughter
Thirty workers with ILA flags line up for the camera, smiling and waving signs

Ships Piled Up as Longshore Strike Hit East Coast Ports

Oct 1 / Jenny Brown
About a dozen adults and a couple children, white and Black, men and women, stand mostly silhouetted in bright sun. Most wear black union T-shirts.They're outdoors, on pavement in front of grass. One holds a mic. Some hold printed signs that say, "IUE-CWA, Better Wages." There are also two columns of balloons, each a spiral design in white, red, yellow, and black.

In Louisville, 5,200 GE Appliance Workers Gear Up for a Fight

Oct 1 / Elaine Hui
A line of seven flight attendants in uniform, viewed from behind, stands at the White House gates holding up various printed signs. Messages say: "AA makes billions, we can't pay rent." "Robert, what's the delay? We need a contract today!" "American Airlines flight attendants: No retro pay, no way!" "Flight attendants save lives!" "Corporate greed doesn't fly." "Trying to get pAAid." It appears the group includes men and women, and most are people of color.

Strike Threat Wins Boarding and Retro Pay at American Airlines

Sep 24 / Jenny Brown
Five women and men in red hoodies that say “strike strike strike” hold picket signs

Can the Machinists Save Boeing from Its Management?

Sep 23 / Jenny Brown

Troublemakers Blog

A dense line of picketers (at least 25 people are visible but it looks like there are more behind them) marches towards the camera on a leafy sidewalk alongside a factory. Many carry printed signs like "UAW on strike" and "Stand up for retirement security." Most visible faces are white but a few Black faces are also visible; there's a mix of women and men.

UAW Picketer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Personable, Funny

Oct 8 / Justin Yuan and Ethen Winright
Left: black-and-white headshot of Natascha, she has long dark hair and short bangs, and is smiling closed-mouth, looking up at the camera. Right: color headshot of Kari, a white woman with a shaved head wearing a wide smile and red glasses. Behind her is the mural in the old UE Chicago office.

Welcome, Natascha and Kari!

Sep 26 / Labor Notes staff
Black and white men, most in red union T-shirts, picket energetically on a streetcorner. Man in front, in turquoise shirt, is talking or chanting into a mic, arm outstretched. Everyone's pose is active. Printed signs say "honk if you support workers" and "AT&T unfair, CWA on strike, ULP." One handmade sign, partially visible, says "AT&T Unfair Labor." The man in the center is holding his sign high and wind or movement blows his red shirt.

AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike

Sep 19 / Dan DiMaggio
Three photos. Upper left: white people stand outdoors with handmade signs like "Save our mail," "no consolidation," "protect good jobs in southern Oregon." Lower left: A racially diverse crowd outside a mail plant with printed APWU signs for better staffing, better service, respect at work, and safer conditions. Right: a Black woman with raised fist, Miriam, and a white woman smiling big, Sheri, hold signs: "Service matters! ""10-year plan is bound to fail, we don't want to delay the mail!"

October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service

Sep 16 / Miriam Brockman
A Black dancer dances joyfully on the picket line, her long hair streaming out behind her. She is wearing a blue AGMA shirt. A delighted crowd, also mostly Black, surrounds her watching and taking photos -- some also wear AGMA shirts. The photo is full of energy, motion, and joy.

Dallas Black Dancers Fight for Their Union

Sep 12 / Rosemary Curts
A white woman, right, hands a baby to a Latina woman, left. They are in an apartment kitchen. Both are smiling big. The baby's face is not visible.

Worker Co-ops: A Pathway to Good Jobs for Immigrant Workers

Aug 27 / Tareq Saghie

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