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Workers to Starbucks: Time to Negotiate »

May 4, 2023 | Jenny Brown

At Starbucks regional headquarters in Manhattan on May 1, staff were setting up an office pizza party when they heard a chant coming from the hallway of their fifteenth floor glass-enclosed office.

Four members of Helpline Associates United on Zoom.

A Union Busting Chatbot? Eating Disorders Nonprofit Puts the 'AI' in Retaliation »

May 4, 2023 | Abbie Harper

Is artificial intelligence a new union-busting tool? For the leadership at the National Eating Disorders Association, it would seem the answer is yes.
Two managers stand in a hallway as Starbucks workers gather around to confront them

Viewpoint: We Are All Salts »

May 3, 2023 | Chris Townsend

Today’s revival of union “salting” could not be more welcome or more urgently needed.


A tactic as old as the labor movement itself, salting describes going to work in an unorganized workplace where there may be a chance to help initiate new union organizing.
A group of workers stand by the side of the road while and man and woman pass out information to them.

Fisheries Workers, Cut for Organizing, File Labor Board Charges »

May 1, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

A hundred immigrant seafood processing workers in New Bedford, Massachusetts, lost their jobs March 31 when their employer abruptly terminated its contract with the temp agency that placed them. Workers say it was retaliation for organizing.
A hand-stenciled sign in the foreground says “Justice for Workers” while in the background striking workers stand outside a plant

‘Throwing The Heroes Away’: As Arkansas Tyson Plant Closes, Workers Strike over Treatment »

April 28, 2023 | Rachell Sanchez-Smith and Olivia Paschal

Published in partnership with Facing South.
Two people in respirator masks and white hazardous materials suits squat and look at each other over a bright orange bag labeled "hazardous"

‘Dirty Dozen’ Dangerous Employers Named for Workers Memorial Day »

April 26, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon | Jenny Brown | Alexandra Bradbury

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, commemorating those killed, sickened, or injured on the job.
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Whose Green Transition? Ours! »

April 25, 2023 | Keith Brower Brown

Huge changes are coming for our workplaces, quick as a heat wave. This month Joe Biden inked new rules to make all-electrics the majority of new cars sold in America within a decade.

UFCW Convention Starts: Assets Up, Membership Down, Reformers in Motion »

April 24, 2023 | Chris Bohner

The United Food and Commercial Workers is one of the country’s largest unions, with 1.2 million members in the U.S. and Canada, two-thirds of whom work in grocery stores. Like other unions, it has lost membership over the last decade, but it has managed to double its assets.

Grocery Boss Crumbles Under Easter-Weekend Strike Threat »

April 20, 2023 | Paul Kirk-Davidoff

For the first time in their history, 3,000 grocery workers in the local chain Cub Foods across the Twin Cities metro area were set to strike. They were going to shut down 33 stores during the busy Easter weekend.
Two men in matching expressions and sunglasses stand elbow to elbow, facing the camera, holding souzaphones. One instrument has "SEIU" in purple cutout letters at the top of the horn, and "UTLA" in smaller red sticker letters below the opening; the other has the reverse. One man wears a purple shirt, the other a red hoodie. Behind them is a sunny sky and several other picketers approaching.

In L.A. Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big for Both Unions »

April 19, 2023 | Amanda Katz

When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise.
Workers produce the Dodge Dart on the assembly line at the Belvidere, Illinois, assembly plant.

As Big 3 Negotiations Loom, Belvidere Closure Shows Automakers Still Using Same Playbook »

April 19, 2023 | Nick Livick

On March 1, Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) “idled” the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois—putting 1,350 people out of work indefinitely, with the threat hanging over them that the plant might stay closed forever.
People stand on grass with signs. A red banner says "Seven months without a contract, OMG!" with stylized images of Edward Munch's painting "The Scream." Another sign says "More sick leave" in English, Spanish, and Russian. Another says, in Spanish,"Provide money for the future of students." Another says "Woodburn teachers don't want to strike, but we will."

Starved of Funds, Famous Bilingual Program Is Failing—And Teachers May Strike »

April 13, 2023 | Tom Anderson

Twenty years ago, the small school district of Woodburn piloted Oregon’s first K-12 district-wide dual-language program. It became a model for schools nationwide.
A dozen people, mostly men, face the camera resolutely on a sunny cold day outside a post office. Several are holding printed signs that say "Fair contract now" or "First class service, first class pay" with the NALC Branch 9 logo.

Viewpoint: Minneapolis Letter Carriers Showed We're Ready to Fight—Time for a National Contract Strategy »

April 12, 2023 | Tyler Vasseur

Letter carriers got a glimpse of what a fighting strategy to win a strong contract could look like when 150 workers and supporters rallied in downtown Minneapolis April 2 under the banner “Staffing, Safety, and Service—Letter Carriers Need a Raise!”
Around 50 people stand outside in a warm, sunny spot, holding homemade signs that are either facing away from us or too far to read. Behind them is a cement wall and a tree against blue sky; the ground looks dusty. In the foreground is a white truck.

Honduran Melon Workers March on Transnational Boss »

April 11, 2023 | John Walsh

For years, workers in the Fyffes/Sol melon plantations of southern Honduras have persisted in organizing the independent Agro-industrial and Similar Workers Union (STAS, Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Agroindustria y Similares).
A large crowd of people with handmade signs sit on the steps of a public building. The most visible signs in the foreground say: "Get stuff done! Shame on you Mayor Adams, NY City Council." "The early years are the crucial years. Support our youngest children!" "Reinstate ICs/SWs immediately."

New York Pre-K Workers Fight for Their Jobs, In Spite of Their Union »

April 10, 2023 | Noelle Mapes

Just days before school started last fall, 400 early childhood education workers in New York City were told they were being “excessed,” leaving their students in limbo.

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