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A CTU member holds a sign reading: "Fair contract now!" in Spanish

Want to Defend Immigrant Workers in Your Contract? Here Are Some Suggestions. »

January 16, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare

The following language was compiled from a series of unions and labor activists. It is intended as a resource for workers looking to include pro-immigrant provisions in their collective bargaining agreements.

Chicago Teachers Union members rally at a Labor Day gathering.

How Labor Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda »

January 16, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare

This is a frightening time for immigrant workers. President-elect Donald Trump ran on the slogan “mass deportations now,” and has appointed a team of anti-immigrant hardliners.
Six people, dressed for a chilly day, holding ONA "Nurses on Strike" picket signs, shout or sing against a gray Oregon sky alongside a road. One man holds the leash of a dog. Most people in the photo appear to be white women.

Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals »

January 14, 2025 | Kari Thompson

Declaring that understaffing had them “running on empty,” 5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and nurse practitioners walked off the job January 10 in an open-ended strike at Providence Health and Services, the dominant hospital chain in the Pacific Northwest.
Fourteen workers in orange vests, blue hardhats, and workboots stand in a port in bright sunlight. They hold a big white banner that says "One way or another, European dockers will be heard" with logos of the SDU and the European Dockworkers Council. Most but not all appear to be white men.

Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel »

January 14, 2025 | Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah

In a resounding display of international solidarity, members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) voted by 68 percent in December to block the handling of military shipments to and from Israel.
A smiling woman is pictured with short blond hair and a black Union Yes t-shirt with a rainbow on it.

Long Live Nancy Wohlforth »

January 13, 2025 | Gene Bruskin

Nancy Wohlforth, a pioneering labor leader and gay rights activist, died on December 31, 2024, after a long illness. She was 79.
A large ship piled with containers is shown next to a dock with cranes.

Longshore Deal Secures New Automation Language and Big Pay Bump »

January 10, 2025 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

The International Longshoremen’s Association has settled its East and Gulf Coast contract shortly before a January 15 strike deadline. The deal locks in a 62 percent wage increase over six years and expands existing automation protections.
A worker on a forklift points to his watch with a clock sign below him.

Stewards Corner: Members in Motion Changed the Game in Daimler Contract Campaign »

January 8, 2025 | Chris Brooks, Jonah Furman, and Mike Morrison

Inspired by the success of the Big 3 strike, United Auto Workers members at Daimler Truck North America ran a very different kind of contract campaign this year than we ever had before.
Black-and-white line drawing shows three people sitting around a table. One in suit, tie, and glasses takes notes while the other two, in rolled-up sleeves, gesture and speak animatedly.

Dark Clouds Gather at the National Labor Relations Board »

January 7, 2025 | Robert M. Schwartz

December saw a number of important developments at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The month started well for unions but ended badly. Some observers complained of whiplash!
A crowd of workers stands outdoors in dim light. A smiling person with raised fist is one of several holding a handmade banner--the part visible says "Amazon Workers." Many people in crowd hold printed Teamster-logo picket signs that say: "Amazon: Obey the Law." Everyone is wearing coats with big hoods or warm hats; it looks cold out. Someone in lower left has a Staten Island T-shirt and keffiyeh

Amazon Strike by the Numbers »

January 6, 2025 | Luis Feliz Leon

An estimated 600 Amazon workers went on a short strike or participated in pickets from December 19 to Christmas Eve across eight warehouse locations, from Queens to San Francisco.

After Six Tense Years, Montréal Port Workers Have One Last Chance to Reach a Deal »

December 19, 2024 | Liam O’Toole

At the Port of Montréal, nearly 1,200 longshore workers have been ordered into binding arbitration by the Canadian government following a 10-day lockout.
A man in a blue Amazon delivery driver jacket is flanked by bevy of cops, who are holding his arms and leading him away. More cops are behind him, and a crowd behind them. Printed Teamsters picket signs are visible saying "Amazon ULP strike" and "Amazon is unfair."

Amazon Workers Launch Largest Strike Yet: 'It Doesn't Feel Like a Job That Should Be Legal' »

December 19, 2024 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers at seven facilities in the metro areas of San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Southern California, and New York City are out on strike today, in what the union

Eight people, varied in race and gender, pose together in front of a CVS store. Some wear UFCW yellow shirts and most carry picket signs that say "UFCW Local 770: CVS employees on unfair labor practices strike, please respect the picket line" in English and Spanish.

Rolling Strikes at CVS Halted as Company Gave In »

December 19, 2024 | Sarah Hughes | Lisa Xu

This fall, workers at hundreds of CVS stores in California announced a rolling wave of strikes that seemed to take management by surprise.

Two Amazon workers hold picket signs in front of an inflatable pig smoking a cigar and holding a bag of money.

Amazon’s Sortation Centers Should Be a Key Target for Labor »

December 19, 2024 | Benjamin Y. Fong

Organizing Amazon is obviously a daunting project.
Several people raise their fists indoors, they look excited and happy.

2024 in Review: Strikes and Organizing Score Gains, but Storm Clouds Loom »

December 18, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Union workers broke open the cookie jar in 2024, after years of stagnant wages and rising prices. With strikes and the threat of strikes, workers did more than forestall concessions: They gained ground.
A crowd of people, mostly women, racially varied, in yellow T-shirts (some say UFCW, some say LIBRE) stand outside a grocery store, holding printed red-and-white signs, shouting together. There is a podium. Printed signs have UFCW Local 324 logo and such messages as "Stop the merger," "Say no to higher prices, fewer choices, store closures," and "Protect workers, protect customers, protect community."

UFCW Locals Block Kroger-Albertsons Mega-Merger »

December 17, 2024 | Lisa Xu

In a victory for labor—and in particular, for a coalition of United Food and Commercial Workers local unions—judges in Oregon and Washington state have separately ruled against the proposed mega-merger of Kroger and Albertsons, effectively blocking it and leading Albertsons to terminate the...

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