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A group of 25 blue-shirted nurses pose happily in front of a Teamsters Local 90 banner

Iowa Nurses Join Teamsters in Hard-Fought Election Win »

February 2, 2026 | Belinda Carpenter

In a hospital, there is always another patient waiting. As soon as one bed empties, another is filled.

View of a section of a giant crowd marching, on a bright sunny day, bundled against extreme cold. Prominent picket signs that look screen-printed or stenciled say "Neighbors say ICE out!" in crisp red on white background.

How to Spread the General Strike Beyond the Twin Cities »

January 30, 2026 | Stephanie Luce

On January 23, Minnesota unions and community organizations seized the public imagination with “a Day of Truth and Freedom,” an economic blackout that drew perhaps 100,000 marchers to downtown Minneapolis.
A group of union members and supporters march holding black and yellow ILWU Local 23 and Unfair Labor Practice signs.

Organizing Down the Supply Chain: Logistics Workers Win First Contract »

January 28, 2026 | Zack Pattin

One hundred and fifty workers at a vehicle processing center in Tacoma, Washington, won their first contract last year, in a huge step for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union organizing down the supply chain.
A big crowd carries a banner “ICE out of MN!”

In The Twin Cities, A Massive Strike Against ICE »

January 27, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies.
A group of workers and supporters hold cardboard signs reading Stop Unfair Labor Practices and Fair Contract Now. Many are wearing red bandanas.

Portland Grocery Workers Score Big First Contract Win »

January 22, 2026 | Johanna Brenner

Workers at the upscale grocery chain New Seasons have won a first contract, after more than three years of organizing.
Mass march with many handmade anti-ICE signs. Most prominent are rainbow butterflies with the word "Together." Another in lower right says "How do have money for ICE but not teachers, veterans, childcare, health care, mental heath services, clean water, SNAP?" A flag farther back in crowd shows Star Wars rebellion logo.

Will ICE Ignite a Mass Strike in Minnesota? »

January 16, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

Minnesota appears to be in gear for a mass uprising.
Three Black women nurses pose for camera; two are smiling, one looks determined. Two hold printed NYSNA signs: "Safe nurses = safe patients" and "STOP hiding the truth about your $$$" and the other holds a handwritten sign, partly covered, long text. Lots of red NYSNA hats are visible in the dense, upbeat crowd behind them.

Fifteen Thousand New York City Nurses Strike »

January 13, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon | Sarah Hughes | Danielle Smith

Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. It’s the city’s largest nurse strike in decades.
A group of veterans stand behind a blue banner that reads Veterans for Democracy.

How Vets in Labor Have Joined the Fight Against Trump »

January 12, 2026 | Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon

The U.S. is home to 17 million military veterans. About 1.3 million of them currently work in union jobs, with women and people of color making up the fastest-growing cohorts. Veterans are more likely to join a union than non-veterans, according to the AFL-CIO.
photo taken at night shows a giant crowd of people in a residential street, facing away from the viewer, silhouetted by a streetlight

Renee Good, Killed by ICE, Was Standing in Solidarity with Her Neighbors »

January 9, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon

The whistle blows in short bursts: PHWEEE! PHWEEE! PHWEEE! PHWEEE! Code: ICE is nearby. Then comes the long blast: PHWEEEEEEEEEEE! Code: ICE has taken someone.


These are the codes rapid responders are using to alert their neighbors and co-workers to ICE sightings and kidnappings.

Richard, a white man with a mustache and glasses, speaks to attentive labor school participants seated in a classroom.

Five Things Steward Training Gets Wrong »

January 8, 2026 | Richard de Vries

Recently I did some training with a group of newly elected officers and business agents. We used their International’s steward training manual, but I felt it missed the mark on several issues. When I reviewed manuals from other unions, these mistakes kept coming up:
A handpainted sign on a city street reads in red letters "no war with Venezuela."

‘No More Blood for Oil’: Global Labor Movement Opposes Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela »

January 7, 2026 | Luis Feliz Leon | Luis Feliz Leon

Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela.
Montage of three photos, all showing details from crowds at large outdoor protests. 1: Workers hold blue signs printed with UAW logo, and someone behind holds a handmade "Bad DOGE" sign with Elon Musk's face. 2: An older white man and younger woman of color lean together. He has a fist in the air and she holds high a yellow sign with a fist graphic, the word "Solidarity!" and the Painters union logo. 3: A white woman holds a handmade "Bring Kilmar Home" sign with a photo of his face.

2025 in Review: Stark Battle Lines, Big Potential »

December 18, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Already before Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, there were dire omens. Poultry workers reported that their supervisors were using Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to divide workers up—allowing white workers bathroom breaks but denying them to Hispanic workers.
Three black-and-white photos show a Black man, dressed in the white coat and black slacks of a Pullman porter, putting up a bed on an upper berth, resting on a bench seat looking out the train window, and standing on the train stairs. It is not clear whether the three photos show the same man or different men.

100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics »

December 18, 2025 | Paul Prescod

The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. One hundred years ago on August 25, 1925, Black sleeping car porters, hoping to form a union at the Pullman company, packed the Elks Hall in Harlem.
Three women work around a table with blue cloth grocery bags, outdoors. A man in a red T-shirt walks behind them. A truck is also visible.

Union Members Distribute Food for Federal Workers »

December 17, 2025 | Kerry Taylor

More than a dozen volunteers gathered on November 14 at the Community Resource Center in North Charleston for a large-scale food distribution aimed at supporting federal employees reeling from the effects of the recent government shutdown.
Several Black workers, women and men, sit around a conference table. In the middle of the frame, a man in an orange T-shirt is talking, looking around at the group; others are listening thoughtfully. Everyone's expression is serious.

From Temp Trap to Union Jobs: Building Pathways for Workers with Criminal Records »

December 17, 2025 | Maya Ragsdale

During a factory organizing drive, the Steelworkers in Chester, South Carolina, saw how criminal legal barriers were undermining its organizing efforts.

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