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Amazon workers and community supports gather holding an Amazon CAUSE banner.

Amazon Stokes Racial Divides in Lead-Up to North Carolina Union Vote »

February 10, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Four thousand workers at a North Carolina Amazon warehouse are voting February 10-15 on whether to unionize with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment.
Eight workers hold white and orange strike signs--some have fists in the air and are smiling

First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger »

February 10, 2025 | Lisa Xu

Ten thousand members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 are on strike all across Colorado.
Workers, most of them Black, bundled against the cold, stand in front of an Amazon delivery facility sign. Their banner says, in French, "Without us, nothing is free" and the name of the union. Many hold CSN flags, and smile resolutely. On the right, a figure viewed from back silhouette speaks to them, one hand pointing the way forward.

Amazon Lays off 4,500 Workers in Quebec to Bust Their Union »

February 6, 2025 | François L’Écuyer

Faced with the prospect of being forced to sign a labor contract as early as this summer, Amazon has gone to extreme lengths to evade its obligations under Quebec’s labor code. On January 22, it announced it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec and outsourcing their operations.

A person holding a mic stands speaking, gesturing with one arm, while others in the meeting listen intently. The group is diverse in race, gender, and age.

Steward Meetings: From Gripe Sessions to Grievance Tracking »

February 6, 2025 | Bonny Hulberg

When I joined my local union, I dove in headfirst and became a steward. I was excited to see how things were run and where I might fall in the grand scheme of things.

Viewpoint: There’s More to Amazon Organizing Strategy Than Choke Points »

February 4, 2025 | Paul Blundell

As a longtime Amazon warehouse worker and union activist, I was glad to see Professor Ben Fong’s strategic analysis calling on the union movement to focus Amazon organizing on the Sortation Cen
A crowd of federal workers stand outside, bundled against cold, carrying printed AFGE signs that say "EPA employees deserve respect" and "Stop the shutdown." In the foreground are a Black woman and a white woman, the latter raising a red-gloved fist in the air, both chanting or singing.

Don’t Panic—Organize! »

January 29, 2025 | Kari Thompson

The Trump administration has swept into office with a volley of attacks: Gutting programs that acknowledge race and gender inequality. Freezing funding for a wide swath of programs (though that order has already been rescinded). New work rules. Immigration raids.
St Gobain workers stand in front of a large banner reading: Press Conference—The Day After Contract Legitimations; Advances and Challenges in Independent Unionism

What Could Workers Win in a New NAFTA? »

January 24, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

In his nine years in the auto industry, Ben Hinsey has seen a lot of misplaced blame. The threat of job cuts is always looming.
In a hotel conference room, one person stands and talks, while many seated at circular tables or standing against a wall listen thoughfully.

Make Sure Union Meetings Don’t Resemble the Work Meetings You Hate »

January 23, 2025 | Cynthia Roy

Too often at school, we educators feel unappreciated and disrespected. In committee and faculty meetings, we share our knowledge and insights only to be ignored.
A man in a ball cap stands behind a lectern that says Osborn for Senate

Interview: Can a Labor-Backed Candidate in Nebraska Inspire More Working-Class Independents? »

January 21, 2025 | Steve Early

While running for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, working class candidate Dan Osborn characterized the Senate as “a country club of millionaires that work for billionaires.”


In November, he almost crashed their party.
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.

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