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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.
A big group of men marches, carrying black-and-yellow picket signs that say: "Amazon workers on ULP strike, united for $30 an hour and safe jobs" with a Teamsters logo

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.

A Black woman in sunglasses smiles at the camera. She is holding a yellow and brown picket sign that says "UPS Teamsters, Just Practicing for a Just Contract." She is surrounded by matching signs, presumably held by other people who are mostly not visible in the shot.

UPS Teamsters to Vote on Contract that Ends Driver Tiers, Lifts Part-Timer Pay »

July 27, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury

With just a week to go before the strike deadline, UPS and the Teamsters announced a tentative agreement July 25. There will be no strike on August 1.

As Big 3 Auto Contracts Expire: Hurried Line Speeds and Horrible Hours »

July 25, 2023 | Keith Brower Brown

David Sandoval remembers when he and his co-workers had a whole 72 seconds to assemble their sections of each seat for the Ford F-150, back when he started at a Michigan parts plant in 2004.

Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With ‘Members’ Handshake’ »

July 20, 2023 | Dan DiMaggio | Courtney Smith

Bargaining between the United Auto Workers and Big 3 automakers is looking very different this year.
Workers picket with "United for a strong contract" and "Just practicing" teamsters signs. Some wear brown UPS driver uniforms. One little kid, riding on a parent's shoulders, turns to look happily directly into the camera.

UPS Teamsters ‘Just Practicing’ »

July 19, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury | Luis Feliz Leon

The clock is ticking on the August 1 strike deadline of 340,000 UPS Teamsters. It would be the largest strike at a private employer in decades.
Workers (men and women, Black and white) picket outside in the sunshine. Some carry printed signs that say "Amazon workers on strike" with a Teamsters logo. One carries a hand-written sign that says "Stop the captive audience."

Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet »

July 17, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

In the middle of Amazon’s Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown.

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