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A row of people in UPS outfits with signs seen from far away block the road to some kind of facility, a gate is visible behind them.

So You Wanna Practice Picket? Here’s How We Did It »

August 22, 2023 | Dane Rohl

For the first time since I started working at UPS 15 years ago, it feels like unions across the country are on the rise. UPS Teamsters mobilized for a massive contract campaign to win the best contract we’ve ever had. Now it’s the Auto Workers’ turn.

A young Black woman and her three children, all in red shirts, pose with UAW president Shawn Fain, a white man, also in a red shirt.

Fired-Up Auto Workers Are Ready to Battle the Big 3 »

August 21, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Sunday afternoon at the Auto Workers (UAW) Region 1 Pavilion in Warren, Michigan, felt a lot like church. Auto workers came together in sweltering heat to rally each other with fiery speeches, cheers, and songs in the first Big 3 contract rally anyone can remember.

A young slender Black man in a baseball cap smiles down at the camera with a sign saying “Just Practicing for a Just Contract.” To the left of him is a Black woman in sunglasses with a whistle in her mouth carrying the same sign..

Teamsters and Auto Workers Are Raising the Bar for Contract Campaigns »

August 17, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury

With reformers at the helm, the Teamsters and the Auto Workers (UAW) are raising the bar for contract campaigns.

Photo shows a packed hall of autoworkers sitting on folding chairs with standees in the back.

Auto Workers Have Big Demands for the Big 3 »

August 17, 2023 | Dan DiMaggio | Keith Brower Brown

The clock is ticking toward September 14 at midnight, when the Auto Workers’ contracts with the Big 3 automakers expire. The new leaders of the UAW have come out swinging, and in quickly growing numbers, members are stepping up to prepare for a strike.

A line of men in brown UPS uniforms and backwards hats with signs saying “Just Practicing for a Just Contract” walk by trailer trucks labeled UPS.

Despite Big Teamster Wins at UPS, Some Expectations Outpace Gains »

August 14, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Some 323,000 U.S. workers have struck so far this year. Another 340,000 were in gear to strike, until their nationwide mobilization forced the company to concede.

A group of 60, mostly men, a mix of races, marches toward the camera with signs that say “We are One” and “Cives don’t forget without us you have nothing”

Ironworkers’ Loud Contract Campaign Gets the Goods »

August 10, 2023 | Andy O’Brien

To make company negotiators feel their power, ironworkers in Augusta, Maine, got loud—hammering on beams in the plant and leaning on their car horns.

Actor Sam Humphrey and several others march towards the camera with ‘SAG AFTRA on strike’ and ‘Writers Guild of America On Strike’

Striking Writers and Actors Hold the Line Against Tech Slicing and Dicing »

August 9, 2023 | Nelson Lichtenstein

This summer organized labor is on the offensive, with more unity and determination than we have seen in two generations. In Los Angeles, New York, and elsewhere, more than 10,000 writers and 160,000 actors are on strike, seeking to make Hollywood’s global reach finally work for them.

Indoors in a UPS warehouse, about 25 drivers are standing around the floor all with their backs to a manager with a yellow clipboard

How We Turned Our Backs on an Abusive UPS Manager »

August 8, 2023 | John Capodanno

I’m a 34-year Teamster and package car driver for UPS, and I’ve been a steward for the past seven years. Since I’ve been with UPS for so long, I am very used to the constant harassment and intimidation this company has thrived on.

Wage Gains at UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More »

August 3, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell has spent the past year talking to his co-workers about how UPS Teamsters were getting organized to strike. So recently, he had big news to share: “A few days before the strike deadline, UPS caved.”

A woman in a red UTLA t-shirt holds a cardboard sign with red, blue, white and green lettering showing a big bag of money and saying “LAUSD has the money, 4.9 billion, invest in schools now.” She’s standing in a field with other demonstrators in the background.

Steward’s Corner: For Open Bargaining, Start Early and Build »

August 2, 2023 | Ellen David Friedman

In many unions, ratification of a collective bargaining agreement can leave members alienated and angry.

One Black man and several Asian and Latina women hold strike signs in a hotel parking lot.

Hotel Workers Strike against Racist Hiring and a Scab App »

August 1, 2023 | Jenny Brown

When Thomas Bradley showed up for his third shift at Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa in Dana Point, California, on July 2 he encountered something new: a picket line.

Hotel workers in red t-shirts march past the entrance of a fancy hotel carrying signs that say “Huelga” and “Strike.”.

A Third Wave of Strikes Crests at Los Angeles Hotels »

July 31, 2023 | Marc Wutschke

Shouts of “No contract, No peace,” pounding drums, and a raucous band pierced the usually quiet, tony city of Beverly Hills, California, as 250 hotel workers picketed the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria on July 26.