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The Art of Organizing: 18 Tips from a Veteran Union Organizer »

June 16, 2025 | Brian O. Shepherd

Organizing isn’t just a science, it’s also an art. Normally the latter is passed on through phone calls, debriefs, meetings, and late-night shit talk. Below is an attempt to share some of the lessons I’ve learned along the way, some in victory, some in defeat. None of this is new.
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European Dockworkers Refuse to Load Weapons Aimed at Palestine »

June 12, 2025 | Rafeef Ziadah and Katy Fox-Hodess

On June 4, in response to the unfolding genocide in Gaza, France’s CGT dockworkers refused to load arms components bound for Israel at the country’s largest port in Fos-Marseille. Their action forced the ship to leave port without its deadly cargo.

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‘IAM Max’: Machinists Rally for Member Detained by ICE »

June 9, 2025 | Zack Pattin

Rallying under the banner “IAM Max,” 200 union members and supporters gathered outside the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Washington, on June 6 to demand the release of Maximo Londonio, a member of Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 695 who has been imprisoned by ICE since mid-May.

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Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract in Indiana by 74 Percent »

June 5, 2025 | Caitlyn Clark

Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 members in Indiana voted down a tentative agreement May 31 covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers, with 74 percent voting no. Rank-and-file members bucked the recommendation for a ‘Yes’ vote by local union leadership and the bargaining committee.

EBay Aims to Bust Trading Card Union with 200 Layoffs »

June 3, 2025 | Dan DiMaggio

More than two years after voting in a union, the 220 workers at TCGplayer, the eBay-owned online marketplace for trading cards, hoped they might be getting close to securing a first contract. Instead, they’re fighting to save their jobs.

Deliveristas Protest Police Harassment in New York City »

June 2, 2025 | Dan La Botz

Forty members and supporters of Los Deliveristas, an organization of app-based delivery workers in New York City, gathered in front of City Hall on May 28 to protest what they claim is police harassment of their members.
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Take It from Turkish Workers: You Don’t Want a Strongman »

June 2, 2025 | Jane Slaughter

What has happened to workers in Turkey since the country voted to concentrate power in one man, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, should be a warning flashing red to workers elsewhere.

Long Strike Yields Big Gains for Kaiser Mental Health Workers »

May 29, 2025 | Cal Winslow

The 196-day strike of Kaiser Southern California mental healthcare workers is over. The 2,400 therapists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and psychologists won significant gains not just for themselves but for their patients in a time of an acute national mental healthcare crisis.
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Labor Defends Jailed Immigrants: Forklift Driver, Hospital Worker »

May 28, 2025 | Alexandra Bradbury

UPDATE: On May 29, SEIU Local 925 announced that Lewelyn Dixon was being released after being held by ICE for three months. An immigration judge ruled that Dixon could not be deported.
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Steward’s Corner: Engaging Critics Can Create a Stronger Local »

May 28, 2025 | Paul Ruth

Factions often emerge in local unions—and they aren’t necessarily a bad thing. But a local union’s “divided government” can be problematic, especially when a contract campaign is on the horizon.
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Will Mexican GM Workers Get a Fair Union Election? »

May 22, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Workers at a second General Motors assembly plant in Mexico are campaigning to join SINTTIA (the National Auto Workers Union), the independent union that won a landmark election to represent workers at another Mexican GM plant in 2022.

Workshop Lineup Announced for the Great Labor Arts Exchange, June 20-22 »

May 21, 2025 | Chris Garlock

The 2025 Great Labor Arts Exchange is set for June 20–22 at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Silver Spring, Maryland—and the

Construction Unions Grab Hold of Clean Energy Jobs »

May 20, 2025 | Paul Prescod

State and local governments have begun taking concrete steps towards a clean energy economy, and for now, even under Trump, green union jobs are increasing.

Strike Halts New Jersey Transit »

May 16, 2025 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Four hundred and fifty train engineers at New Jersey Transit walked off the job overnight, after years of fruitless negotiations with their employer.
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California Educators Sync Up Negotiations for More Leverage »

May 15, 2025 | Danielle Smith

Public school educators in 32 union locals across California are joining forces to maximize their power in a campaign called “We Can’t Wait.” It covers 77,000 educators—about a quarter of the California Teachers Association’s total membership—serving a million students.

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