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Seen from the side/back, Shawn Fain in a red hoodie holds up a battered purple copy of A Troublemaker's Handbook. Arrayed in front of him can be seen a huge seated crowd in the ballroom for the closing plenary.

Free Download of Shawn Fain's 'Other Bible,' A Troublemaker's Handbook

Apr 25 / Alexandra Bradbury
A group of a hundreds autoworkers gather outside with red shirts and fists raised.

Southern Auto Workers Are Rising

Apr 5 / Luis Feliz Leon
Close-up of a diverse crowd standing, clapping,shouting, raising fists. T-shirts in front row say "save our pensions" and "we are one." Banner on wall behind them says "Machinists District [751], Keep America Working." Handmade signs say things like "No no no, don't sell your soul," and "Thanks IAM, you're standing up for all of us."

Finally Back in Bargaining This Year, Can Machinists Save Boeing from Itself?

Mar 27 / Don McIntosh
People are gathered around a table wearing masks, a woman with dark hair speaks and gestures in the middle.

Steward’s Corner: 'There Aren’t Enough of Us’

Mar 20 / Ellen David Friedman
People rally on brick steps (Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Squre) on a rainy day. Many wear blue or red T-shirts under their coats. Banners say "Ready to strike" and "Soldarity." Picket signs say "Fair Contract Now," "Solidarity with Strike-Ready Teachers," and "Essential Wages for Essential Workers."

Strike Threat Wins in Confrontation over Remote Work

Mar 12 / Michelle DuBarry
Thirty people, many with fists raised stand behind a banner that says “Stand Up, for safe jobs, for fair pay”

Toyota Workers at Critical Engine Plant Launch UAW Union Drive

Mar 6 / Luis Feliz Leon

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With a Velvet Glove, Mercedes Tries to Punch Down Alabama Union Momentum

Apr 10 / Luis Feliz Leon
Postal workers rally outside a post office. There is some snow on the ground. A big blue banner says "Staffing, Safety, and Service: Letter Carriers Need a Raise! NALC Branch 9, Minneapolis." Printed picket signs say "End Mandatory Overtime," "First Class Service, First Class Pay," and "Fair Contract Now."

Momentum for Open Bargaining Grows in the Letter Carriers

Apr 10 / Tyler Vasseur
Two images of Anne Feeney. In the one on the left she is younger with long hair, standing on the bed of a pickup truck, singing into a mic, wearing a red "Solidarity Forever" T-shirt. In the one on the right she is older with shorter hair, singing into a mic indoors at the Labor Notes Conference, one fist in the air, wearing a black "Railroad Workers United" T-shirt, with a "Troublemakers Union" banner hanging on the wall behind her.

Anne Feeney: Pittsburgh’s Hellraiser, Memorial Events Planned for May 1

Apr 9 / Evan Greer
Chest-up photo of Dennis Serrette, a Black man, leaning back in a wooden rocking chair, resting his face gently on one hand, smiling warmly, bathed in warm evening light, with some greenery behind him.

Dennis Serrette ¡Presente!

Apr 1 / Gene Bruskin
Workers in orange vests and hardhats crouch around a track. They are framed by a big yellow piece of equipment in the foreground. The day is very sunny.

Rail Workers Push for One Member, One Vote

Mar 28 / Joe DeManuelle-Hall
A chanting crowd stands in front of the White House fence. Three people are helping hold a large cardboard sign that says "UE stands with Palestine" with the union's lightning-bolt logo and a slice of watermelon. Other printed signs say "American Postal Workers Union: Fighting for Justice" and "Biden, you are starving Gaza. Permanent ceasefire now!"

UE Demand for Ceasefire Was Built on Decades of Membership Education and Debate

Mar 21 / Carl Rosen

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Help workers get to the Labor Notes 2024 Conference! Photo of a crowd of workers at the 2022 Conference. In front are two workers wearing turbans raising fist in the air. Labor Notes logo in bottom right.