Labor Notes Archive

July, 2021

Volvo Workers Forced to Vote Again on Contract They Just Rejected
'We Want to See Our Families': Frito-Lay Workers Strike Over 84-Hour Weeks, Meager Raises
Viewpoint: Solidarity for the Tenet Nurses Strike Should Be Labor's Top Priority Right Now
Steward's Corner: How One Union Uses Kitchen Table Economics to Advance Medicare for All
Review: White Workers Who Buy into Racism Are Shooting Themselves (and Everyone Else) in the Foot

June, 2021

Employers Are Using the Crisis to Push Concessions They Don't Need
Striking Alabama Miners Call Out NYC Hedge Funds for Bringing in Scabs
Defying Police Violence, Strikers across Colombia Are Demanding Transformational Change
'We Took Care of Each Other': A Maritime Union's Hidden History of Gay-Straight and Interracial Solidarity
Engines Out and Pickets Up to Stop Health Plan Downgrade by Cummins
Dispersed but Undaunted, Chicago Amazon Workers Help Win Megacycle Pay Nationwide
Striking ATI Steelworkers Hold the Line for Premium-Free Health Insurance
New York City Workers with Disabilities Fight for Inclusion in Pandemic Recovery, Mayoral Race
New Jersey Welfare Workers Sound the Alarm on Safety
Reflecting on Labor's Efforts to Defend Democracy
Volvo Workers in Virginia Vote Down Bad Contract by 90 Percent—Again
Los Deliveristas Speak: How Delivery Workers Are Organizing to Take On the Apps
New York City Retirees Fight to Defend Their Medicare Benefits
California Continues to Record Dozens of Workplace Covid Outbreaks Every Day
Get Fossil Fuels Out of Our Pension, Say Environmental Protection Workers
Gearing Up for Bargaining, Canadian Union Pushes for a Greener, Better Postal Service
For Pride Month, Here’s Your Definitive Reading List on Queerness and Work

May, 2021

Grieving Transit Local Has Been Leading Fights for Safety and Service Restoration
Bay Area Transit Workers and Riders Demand to Unlock $1.7 Billion Already Earmarked for Jobs and Bus Service
How Many Strikes Are There in the U.S.?
Captured by the Flag
Steward's Corner: What Your Boss Doesn't Want You to Know, and Where to Find It
BREAKING: Draft Legislation in New York Would Put Gig Workers into Toothless 'Unions'
Can a Driver Uprising Make Food Apps Deliver?
Conservative Talking Heads Love Coal Miners—Until They Go on Strike

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