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Cómo construimos nuestro programa de educación sindical

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November 05, 2026

A principios de este año, surgió un debate entre miembros de nuestro sindicato, la Unión Nacional de Trabajadores por Aplicación (UNTA), a raíz de un comunicado en redes sociales que condenaba el secuestro por parte de los Estados Unidos, del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro y que exigía: “la defensa de la soberanía, la autodeterminación de los pueblos y la paz en América Latina”.

How We Built Our Union’s Member Education Program

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November 05, 2026

Earlier this year, a debate broke out among members of our union, the National App Workers Union of Mexico (UNTA), after the union’s social media post condemning the U.S. government’s kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and demanding “the defense of sovereignty, self determination and peace in Latin America.”

Reform Candidate Says UFCW Rep Tailed Him for 300 Miles to Thwart Petition Effort

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November 04, 2026

In a union that has been headed by one family with no competitive elections since 1984, a group of grocery workers is organizing for change. But this week, they say, union staff who back the incumbent administration went to outrageous lengths in an attempt to make sure there’s no election this year either.

Members Alarmed by End-Run around Democracy at Buffalo Health Care Local

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October 29, 2026

Things had been tense for some time inside the leadership of Communications Workers (CWA) Local 1168, a 4,800-member health care union based near Buffalo, New York. Still, it was a high-functioning local with a busy calendar of events, stewards handling grievances, organizers pursuing leads, and leaders organizing at work.

So it was a surprise to members in June when their parent union, CWA, put the local into trusteeship, at the request of the local’s president and seven of the nineteen executive board members.

State Workers Strike Across California

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October 28, 2026

State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. They're demanding better pay, affordable health care coverage, and flexibility to work from home.

This was the first strike in the history of SEIU Local 1000, which represents about 100,000 government employees, ranging from accountants to custodians to nurses at state offices, hospitals, and prisons.

Mexico Volkswagen Workers Could Soon Strike

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October 23, 2026

In Mexico, at the world’s largest Volkswagen facility outside of Germany, workers are weighing the risks of a possible strike.

The 6,500 workers build the Jetta, Tiguan, and Taos at the company’s Puebla plant. Their union, SITIAVW, is one of Mexico’s most storied independent unions, and is in the midst of the plant’s annual wage reopener negotiations.

Tampa TSA Union Averted Privatization Disaster

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October 22, 2026

TSA agents noticed something was up. “We started seeing people around the airport that you wouldn’t normally see, people in suits,” said Mark Harris, Transportation Security Officer and union steward in Tampa, Florida.

That’s when he realized the airport was a target for the TSA privatization program he had been reading about—the $13 billion Gold+ program. Harris, and his union Government Employees (AFGE) Local 556, swung into action.

UAW President Shawn Fain Wins Reelection Victory

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October 12, 2026

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has won a second four-year term, winning 68 percent of the vote in member balloting for the union’s top officers.

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