Four Union Strategies to Fight on A.I.

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Women workers in red scrubs rally and chant, outdoors on a sunny day. They hold printed NNU signs. The woman most visible, in big sunglasses, holds a printed sign reading "Trust nurses, not A.I."
March 05, 2026

A corporate artificial intelligence frenzy is sowing fear for workers on a massive scale. Seventy-one percent of people in the U.S., according to a Reuters poll on A.I., are concerned “too many people will lose jobs.”

Forcing the Boss to Bargain—Even When They Don't Have To

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February 16, 2026

North Carolina is one of six states that prohibit collective bargaining for public school staff. But unionized workers in two school districts have built enough bottom-up power to force their employers to “meet and confer,” a non-binding form of negotiation.

Labor Notes’ Ellen David Friedman talked with Carlos Perez and Allison Swaim of the Durham Association of Educators, representing 5,000 teachers and classified staff.

Striking Nurses Reach Tentative Deal at Manhattan’s Richest Hospital Complex

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Three smiling nurses stand against a barrier with signs about patient care
February 13, 2026

Update, February 20: After staying out for an additional week, the 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospitals have reached a new tentative agreement, recommended by the hospital bargaining committee. They will vote on it starting today. —Editors

The largest and longest nurses strike in the city’s history will continue at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospitals after nurses there decisively rejected the hospital chain’s contract offer 3,099 to 867.

The Amazon Imperative: Unions Must Join Forces

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Two lines of striking Amazon workers picket.
February 12, 2026

The tentacles of the global logistics juggernaut Amazon reach into every corner of the economy, gripping the planet and workers. Amazon dominates retail e-commerce with a 40 percent market share. It is making major inroads into health care (One Medical), grocery (Whole Foods), Hollywood (Amazon Studios MGM), information technology (Amazon Web Services), and artificial intelligence.

In Major Breakthrough, Volkswagen Auto Workers Reach Tentative Deal

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A Black woman in a red "Stand up UAW" T-shirt throws her hands in the air in celebration, phone in one hand, tears in her eyes. Other workers in matching shirts, and other people, stand nearby, all smiling, some clapping. In a room, looks like a union hall, with a logo on the wall that says "United we stand, divided we fall" around a handshake.
February 10, 2026

Volkswagen had dangled a treat: a ratification bonus of $4,000, sweetened by $1,500 if a first contract at its assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was approved by Halloween 2025. But auto workers had a trick up their sleeves: collective action.

One hundred and sixty workers on the second shift hampered that day’s production schedule by skipping work in a mass call-out. Workers used sick time or paid time off to secure the day off, leaving management in a bind.

Como confrontar los mitos anti-inmigrantes en el trabajo

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Workers gather holding signs reading: Just Practicing for Safe Jobs, and Just Practicing for Dignity and Respect.
February 03, 2026

Los mitos antiinmigrantes inundan nuestros medios. Dominan los ciclos noticieros y las redes sociales. Y ahora se amplifican desde las más altas esferas del poder.

El presidente Donald Trump ha afirmado, por ejemplo, que millones de inmigrantes llegaron a Estados Unidos “desde cárceles, prisiones y manicomios”, una afirmación que un experto consideró “demasiado ridícula para dignificarla”

In the Twin Cities, a Massive Strike Against ICE

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A big crowd carries a banner “ICE out of MN!”
January 27, 2026

Icicles hung from the beards of men in union beanies. The lobbies of large commercial buildings in downtown Minneapolis opened to the public for respite filled with people rubbing each other’s sore feet, peeling the sticky adhesive off foot warmers to place them under their socks, and jamming their feet into thickly insulated boots.

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