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The South, Where Automakers Go for a Discount »

February 2, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

In 1978, Volkswagen became the first foreign-owned company to manufacture cars in the United States since Rolls-Royce in the 1930s, setting up shop in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

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Hyundai Workers Roll the Union On in Alabama »

February 1, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

Auto workers at Hyundai in Montgomery, Alabama, have signed up more than 30 percent of their nearly 4,000 co-workers in an ambitious drive to unionize.
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UAW Strike Saved Shuttered Plant, Now Comes Enforcement »

January 31, 2024 | Sarah Lazare

It’s been almost five months since JC Bengtson, an autoworker for 24 years, lost his job. “I miss working,” says the 55-year-old father of three daughters, all adults. “Right now I am unemployed and waiting to hear back.”
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Sticking It to Nickelodeon »

January 31, 2024 | Nora Meek

Production workers at Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio are fighting for their first contract alongside already-organized artists (writers, designers, colorists, storyboarders and background painters) who have been working under an expired contract for two and a half years.

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Stewards Corner: Abortion Restrictions, What Can the Union Do? »

January 25, 2024 | Kari Thompson

At Local 911, Chief Steward Emma woke up to an angry text from member Jane about having her time off request refused by the boss.

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How Solar Ironworkers Zapped Tiers »

January 24, 2024 | Keith Brower Brown

California’s solar power plants now rival the scale of any in the world. What stands out most is how they were built: under union contracts.
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Grocery Workers Make Waves in the Land of Lakes »

January 22, 2024 | Lisa Xu

It wasn’t such a merry Christmas for grocery store management in central Minnesota. Five hundred grocery workers in the Brainerd Lakes area walked out on an unfair labor practice strike, deserting five stores between December 22 and 25.

We Threw Out the Old Playbook: The New Union Drive at Mercedes »

January 18, 2024 | Jeremy Kimbrell

Auto workers have had several organizing campaigns at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama. They all follow a similar pattern: Frustrated workers decide there’s enough energy for change in the plant and start talking about organizing.
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Why Fair Trade Produce Labels Are Bogus »

January 16, 2024 | Anna Canning and James Daria

Any U.S. consumer walking down the supermarket aisle will find berries, tomatoes, and other vegetables that are labeled “responsibly grown,” “farmworker-assured,” and “fair-trade certified.”
A large group of teachers stand in the steps of a large brick building holding red signs that say “Andover Educators on Strike”

Massachusetts Teachers Illegal Strike Wave Rolls On »

January 11, 2024 | Barbara Madeloni

A wildly successful, illegal three-day strike by the Andover Education Association in November has reverberated statewide for educators in Massachusetts.
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Book Review: Power to the Tech Workers »

January 10, 2024 | Peter Olney

Many of us have tried to follow the recent kerfuffle involving Sam Altman’s leadership of the company he founded, OpenAI. In mid-November 2023 he was abruptly fired, then returned to power just five days later.
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Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever »

January 9, 2024 | Shannon Ikebe

One of the largest strikes in North American history happened this winter and the struggle is ongoing.
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Direct Elections for Labor Leaders Make for More Militant Unions »

January 5, 2024 | Chris Bohner

The labor movement is rightfully celebrating recent contract victories by the United Auto Workers,

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Top Labor Notes Stories of 2023 »

December 20, 2023 | Sindhu Sundar

This year workers have ramped up their organizing to win better wages, fight pay and benefit tiers, reclaim their weekends, and get a direct say in electing their top union leaders.

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Amazon Goes into Union-Busting Overdrive to Fight Campaign at KCVG Air Hub »

December 20, 2023 | Josh Crowell and Tamara Dowell

Our union campaign at Amazon’s “superhub” air cargo center, KCVG in Northern Kentucky, is taking off. And not surprisingly that’s prompting the company to go into union-busting overdrive.

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