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A man yells while holding a sign saying DALE ‘Alto Al Abuso Laboral’ (DALE stop workplace abuses)

This Little-Known Program Protects Immigrant Workers from Retaliation »

October 10, 2024 | Jorge Mújica

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to organizing, for workers everywhere, is fear of retaliation. This is an even greater factor when the workers are undocumented immigrants.

Steward's Corner: Bargaining Is an Organizing Opportunity »

October 9, 2024 | Al Davidoff

Service and maintenance workers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, won a new contract that eliminates two-tier wages after a two-week strike that ended September 2.

A dense line of picketers (at least 25 people are visible but it looks like there are more behind them) marches towards the camera on a leafy sidewalk alongside a factory. Many carry printed signs like "UAW on strike" and "Stand up for retirement security." Most visible faces are white but a few Black faces are also visible; there's a mix of women and men.

UAW Picketer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Personable, Funny »

October 8, 2024 | Justin Yuan and Ethen Winright

A United Auto Workers member was killed on the picket line September 28 outside Eaton Aerospace, where workers have been on strike since September 16. Seth Webb, a member of UAW Local 475, was struck by a drunk driver.
Several workers in green high-viz vests chant and hold signs, one woman in front speaks into a megaphone.

A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Off »

October 4, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

The Teamsters are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.

Small port vehicles are in the foreground, and harbor cranes are visible in the distance.

Port Strike Ends, Workers Win $24 Wage Increase »

October 4, 2024 | Jenny Brown

East Coast Longshore workers with the International Longshoremen’s Association are returning to work, after three raucous days on the picket lines. They received a promise of a $24-an-hour pay raise over six years, bringing top pay from $39 to $63.
An audience listens to a man at a lectern. One audience member has a blue shirt with “Union Strong” on the back.

UAW Reformers Muster Forces to Hold Bosses to Their Word »

October 2, 2024 | Keith Brower Brown | Jane Slaughter

A year after the United Auto Workers’ Stand-Up Strike, the union caucus that helped make it possible is setting out to transform locals still stuck in the mud.
Thirty workers with ILA flags line up for the camera, smiling and waving signs

Ships Piled Up as Longshore Strike Hit East Coast Ports »

October 1, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Longshore workers walked off the job at midnight at Atlantic and Gulf ports from Boston to Houston. This is the first coastwide strike since 1977 for the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), and took many by surprise.
About a dozen adults and a couple children, white and Black, men and women, stand mostly silhouetted in bright sun. Most wear black union T-shirts.They're outdoors, on pavement in front of grass. One holds a mic. Some hold printed signs that say, "IUE-CWA, Better Wages." There are also two columns of balloons, each a spiral design in white, red, yellow, and black.

In Louisville, 5,200 GE Appliance Workers Gear Up for a Fight »

October 1, 2024 | Elaine Hui

Hundreds of workers who make dishwashers, refrigerators, washers and dryers, and other home appliances at GE Appliances in Louisville, Kentucky, rallied September 14 ahead of contract negotiations. Their contract, covering 5,200 workers, expires at the end of the year.

Left: black-and-white headshot of Natascha, she has long dark hair and short bangs, and is smiling closed-mouth, looking up at the camera. Right: color headshot of Kari, a white woman with a shaved head wearing a wide smile and red glasses. Behind her is the mural in the old UE Chicago office.

Welcome, Natascha and Kari! »

September 26, 2024 | Labor Notes staff

Labor Notes is growing. Two wonderful new staffers joined us in September.
A line of seven flight attendants in uniform, viewed from behind, stands at the White House gates holding up various printed signs. Messages say: "AA makes billions, we can't pay rent." "Robert, what's the delay? We need a contract today!" "American Airlines flight attendants: No retro pay, no way!" "Flight attendants save lives!" "Corporate greed doesn't fly." "Trying to get pAAid." It appears the group includes men and women, and most are people of color.

Strike Threat Wins Boarding and Retro Pay at American Airlines »

September 24, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Flight attendants at American Airlines were celebrating September 12 after approving a new five-year agreement by 87 percent, with 95 percent turnout. They won a big retroactive pay package and an immediate wage increase of 20 percent.
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Can the Machinists Save Boeing from Its Management? »

September 23, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Boeing has increased its offer to striking Machinists, hoping to end a work stoppage that entered its eleventh day today.
Black and white men, most in red union T-shirts, picket energetically on a streetcorner. Man in front, in turquoise shirt, is talking or chanting into a mic, arm outstretched. Everyone's pose is active. Printed signs say "honk if you support workers" and "AT&T unfair, CWA on strike, ULP." One handmade sign, partially visible, says "AT&T Unfair Labor." The man in the center is holding his sign high and wind or movement blows his red shirt.

AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike »

September 19, 2024 | Dan DiMaggio

Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast returned to work September 16 following a month-long strike.

a group of picketers face three police officers. They are holding strike signs. A refinery truck is to the left.

Marathon Petroleum Teamsters Strike »

September 19, 2024 | Keith Brower Brown | Jane Slaughter

For the first time in 30 years, Teamsters at the Marathon oil refinery in Detroit are on strike. Close to 300 workers walked out September 4. Welders, firefighters, and heavy equipment operators in the union are demanding a raise that keeps up with cost of living, along with better hours.
Two photos. Left photo shows a worker holding up a printed UAW sign "Keep the promise" and a handmade sign "Delay is the enemy of progress." Right photo shows hundreds of workers sitting on folding chairs in a union hall, many wearing red T-shirts or holding printed signs. Most but not all are white men.

Will Auto Workers Strike to Hold Stellantis to Its Promises? »

September 17, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

Contracts come and contracts go, but the bosses keep on scheming forever. So workers’ resistance must be permanent.

Farmworker Union to Hold New Election, Two Years After Controversial Vote »

September 17, 2024 | Dan DiMaggio | Sindhu Sundar

Update: FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez was re-elected to a 15th term. He and his slate won 210 votes, while the Los Trabajadores Primero (Workers First) slate garnered 19.

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