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A dozen nurses with Teamsters signs face the camera, looking excited.

Michigan Nurses Win the Largest Union Election in Years »

November 21, 2024 | Kari Thompson

It is the largest successful union election in recent memory: 10,000 nurses will be joining the Teamsters. They work for hospital conglomerate Corewell Health at eight hospitals and one outpatient facility, all in southeast Michigan.
Three scenes from the strike, including blindfolded workers with signs in Georgian

Will International Solidarity Turn the Tables in Favor of Striking Gaming Workers in Georgia? »

November 20, 2024 | Simon Rosenblum-Larson and Andrew Tillett-Saks

Four thousand workers at the online gaming company Evolution in Tbilisi, Georgia, walked off the job in July protesting low wages, dangerous working conditions, and harassment.
Three women hold signs saying “Social Wokrers for Equity” and “Value Social Work”

Organizing to Strike: How 19,000 California Workers Got Ready »

November 19, 2024 | Barbara Madeloni

Michael McGlenn is a clinical psychologist at the University of California-San Diego. Three years ago, feeling the pinch of dues, he looked into dropping the union.
A smiling Black woman in round glasses and a jean jacket is shown

Welcome, Danielle! »

November 14, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

Our newest staff writer/organizer, Danielle Smith, joined the Labor Notes staff in October. Danielle is a dynamo—a skilled journalist and organizer.
A woman with a strike picket sign and a ‘Teamsters Against Trump’ T-shirt looks past the camera

Viewpoint: We Won’t Win Until We’re Troublemakers »

November 14, 2024 | Jane Slaughter

Unions weren’t strong enough, in numbers or in influence with their members, to make a difference in this election. One sample showed union households at only 54 percent for Kamala Harris vs. 43 percent for the billionaire, with non-union households at 51 percent Trump, 47 percent Harris.
At least 32 letter carriers in uniform, holding "no" signs printed in various fonts, pose in a post office parking lot. The group looks diverse in race and gender. Several give the "thumbs-down" hand signal.

Letter Carriers are Organizing Against an Insulting 1.3 Percent Raise »

November 14, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

A wave of anger is cresting at post offices across the country. Letter carriers are looking at the big raises that other union members have won—38 percent over four years at Boeing, 62 percent in six years at the East Coast ports, $7.50 in five years at UPS.
A group of people hold picket signs in front of a canopy.

Canadian Longshore Workers Forced into Binding Arbitration by Government »

November 13, 2024 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Port employers in British Columbia shut down ports on November 4 over a contract dispute with the 730 members of the Longshore Union’s (ILWU) Canada’s foremen’s local.
Thirty people pose with a yellow van behind them that says One Union, One Family

Viewpoint: To Unify the Working Class, Put Workers First »

November 8, 2024 | Jimmy Williams, Jr.

Union leaders have a duty to tell members the truth about politics and how they affect our union.

New York Times Tech Strikers Sing 'No Scabs' and Call a Wordle Boycott »

November 7, 2024 | Danielle Smith
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Boeing Machinists End 53-Day Strike with 38 Percent Raise »

November 5, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Striking Boeing Machinists will start returning to work tomorrow after voting for a new contract with substantial wage increases.
Cover of reviewed book, aqua green with a headset and looping wires.

Book Review: How Telecom Customer Service Reps Got Better Connected Via Their Union »

November 4, 2024 | Steve Early

American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing.
A blue box shows with the notation: “Photo license expired”

Consolidation Threatens to Rip ‘Service’ Out of Postal Service »

October 30, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country.
Eight picketers, who appear mostly young and white, stand in front of New Seasons. Their screen-printed picket signs say "New Seasons Labor Union, On Strike, Unfair Employer, Do Not Patronize" in red ink with flourishes. Two hold a black banner with yellow letters, only partly visible but appears to say "On strike." They all stand near the curb, facing traffic, and one has a bullhorn.

Portland Grocery Workers Strike Together »

October 29, 2024 | Paul Kirk-Davidoff

Over Labor Day weekend, 5,500 grocery workers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike across 38 stores—and two unions.
Nurses in yellow shirts pose smiling. Most are women; most appear Native Hawaiian or Asian. Many wear ballcaps. Some carry printed signs saying "ULP strike," "Zero tolerance for retaliation," or "on strike for better patient care." Two carry handmade signs--one with an image of a duck and the words "Unsafe staffing leads to quack-cidents," and the other with the logo of the show "Friends" crossed out, the word "Bullies" written in the same style, followed by "Episode 2: The One Where HPH Locks Us Out."

Honolulu Nurses Weather Long Lockout and Win Staffing Ratio Language »

October 28, 2024 | Nurse Erica

In a malicious ploy, a hospital in Honolulu locked out its nurses after a one-day strike—and not just for a couple days, as hospitals often do, but indefinitely. The message was, you can come back only when you accept our demands.

Viewpoint: Fellow Letter Carriers, Stand Together and Vote No on Sellout Contract! »

October 24, 2024 | Rob Darakjian

City letter carriers finally got to see the headlines of the tentative agreement Letter Carriers (NALC) President Brian Renfroe has negotiated—after more than 500 days of working without a contract and being kept completely in the dark about the state of bargaining.

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