Trabajadores de la salud luchan por la comunidad inmigrante en Vermont

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September 02, 2026

Los trabajadores de la salud quienes están luchando por un contrato sindical en Vermont han acudido a la mesa de negociaciones no solo con sus propias demandas de plantillas suficientes y salarios justos, sino también con una petición algo inusual: una planteada en solidaridad con trabajadores lecheros en el estado.

Quieren que su empleador, el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Vermont, se una al programa “Leche con Dignidad”.

‘Treated Worse than Cattle’: 2,500 Tyson Workers Laid Off, Plant Shutters Overnight

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A group of workers, mostly Black, face an official-looking building with signs.
September 01, 2026

Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed.

They speculated that someone on the morning shift might have gotten injured. Then two mid-level supervisors came outside in tears. Plant supervisors told workers the plant was closing permanently, effective immediately.

Will Republicans in Congress Torch OSHA’s Heat Standard?

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August 31, 2026

Workers around the country experienced brutal heat this summer, with July the hottest month on record. It’s creating a safety crisis on the job, as workers report severe nausea, dizziness, exhaustion, and worse.

Dolly Parton Helped Us to Speak Up and Join Together

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August 28, 2026

Dolly Parton’s song, “9 to 5,” has endured as a beloved anthem for nearly half a century. What many people don’t know is that the direct inspiration for the song—and the hit movie—was the 9 to 5 working women’s movement that began in Boston in the early 1970’s. It was the movement that inspired the song and the movie—and the song and the movie gave the movement a giant boost.

Baristas Ask Organizations to Boycott until Starbucks Signs a Contract

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August 27, 2026

No contract? No Starbucks coffee at the union hall.

Seeking to pressure Starbucks to finally sign a contract with its 12,000 unionized baristas, Starbucks Workers United announced a boycott of the chain August 25. In addition to individual customers, they are asking organizations and unions to stop patronizing the coffee giant, including avoiding catering and sponsorships, until they get a contract.

The AFL-CIO has already signed on, and the 25,000-strong Chicago Teachers Union voted to boycott on August 26.

UAW Members Voting for International Officers

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UAW delegates (men and women, Black and white) sit listening at the union's 2026 convention. Table signs identify those in the foreground as from Region 8, Locals 129 and 276.
August 25, 2026

United Auto Workers members are voting by mail ballot for their top officers, for the second time in the union’s 91 years. Ballots went out August 21 and are due back by October 5.

The contest will decide whether President Shawn Fain, who became famous for leading 2023’s Stand-Up Strike against the Big 3 automakers, will be able to continue the union’s about-face from its previous employer-friendly ways.

Deere Workers Reject Contract Extension: We’ll Meet You at the Table in 2027

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The camera focuses on two women in a crowd of picketers, diverse in race and gender, carrying printed blue and white "UAW on strike" picket signs. The women are wearing different UAW T-shirts. One has the collar cut off, revealing part of a tattoo that reads, in cursive, "darkness light shall prevail." Both women wear serious, determined expressions.
August 24, 2026

This article has been updated from the version originally published August 11. –Editors

The agricultural machinery maker John Deere tested the mettle of the United Auto Workers this summer, probing for softness as the union heads into a leadership election. Voting ‘no’ on August 23, members essentially told Deere to stick it.

New Voices Gain Ground at Letter Carriers Convention

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August 20, 2026

“The number one takeaway is that the times in the NALC, they are a-changing,” said Margo O’Neill of Branch 352 in Des Moines, Iowa, who attended her first Letter Carriers convention August 3-7 in Los Angeles.

Federal Spies Hunt Minnesota Unions in Search of Conspiracy, But Find Solidarity

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Agents covered head to toe in tactical gear and warm clothing stand in a diamond formation, facing outward, in a city street. Their faces are covered. The vests say "police" though they are not in uniform. They all wear heavy boots and some carry spray cans. Visible behind them is a one-story brick building lined with retail shops, with faded signs reading "8 Street Nourish" and "Tobacco & Mas."
August 14, 2026

Yesterday news broke of a sweeping undercover investigation by the Department of Homeland Security in Minnesota early this year to infiltrate and surveil meetings and obtain the financial records of nonprofit groups and two of the country’s largest unions, the Communications Workers (CWA) and the Service Employees (SEIU).

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