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Screenshot shows Israel Cervantes on the left, in a weathered brown leather jacket, shaking hands with Sean Crawford, right, in a red UAW T-shirt and a baseball cap, while a few other activists carrying handmade signs look on approvingly. They're standing in a parking lot after a rain.

Viewpoint: Will Trump’s Tariffs Be Good for Auto Workers? »

April 2, 2025 | Sean Crawford

During the 2019 General Motors strike, while my fellow workers and I were pounding the pavement, something inspirational was happening south of the border: Mexican auto worker Israel Cervantes, along with many others at a GM plant in Silao, Guanajuato, refused overtime in solidarity with us.
At least a dozen activists crowd up to the door of a VU Manufacturing office, where a company flack is gesuring widely and trying to fend them off. One activist is holding a camera aloft, others holding signs or wearing UAW or Labor Notes gear. A woman

Setting the Pace in Auto: Thinking Bigger than Tariffs »

March 28, 2025 | Andrew Elrod

President Donald Trump’s infatuation with tariffs dates back to the 1980s, when he first said tariff was “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” On March 26 he announced “a 25 percent tariff

A group of worried-looking protesters hold signs about government cuts

Trump Goes Nuclear on the Federal Workforce »

March 28, 2025 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

In his broadest attack on federal workers and their unions to date, President Donald Trump on Thursday announced an executive order that claimed to end collective bar
Two Black workers foregrounded in a dense crowd. Man on left wears orange New York Metro APWU T-shirt and lifts his hands to clap. Woman on right has thick eyelashes and holds a blue printed sign: "The Post Office belongs to the people, not the billionaires." Both smiling, energetic, probably chanting.

Postal Workers Throng to 500 Rallies to Save the Postal Service »

March 28, 2025 | Alexandra Bradbury

From big cities to small towns, postal workers organized hundreds of rallies across the country in the past week to defend a beloved public service—and the nation’s largest union employer—against privatization and

Stewards Corner: Organizing to ‘Green’ Your Job: What Works? »

March 27, 2025 | Keith Brower Brown

Stewards often build fights around small issues, and they need to. But stewards also have a special charge to stay ahead of the boss—to think big about shifting power on the job, including by driving the move to green production.
Supporters gather at a rally demanding Alfredo's release with signs reading "ICE Hands off Lelo", "Chinga la Migra" and other statements in solidarity with Lelo.

Three Ways to Support Detained Farmworker Organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez »

March 27, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Longtime farmworker organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents this week in what many believe to be retaliation for his organizing.
A collection of labor pins.

Union Pins and T-shirts On Sale to Benefit Labor Notes! »

March 20, 2025

Do you enjoy collecting old union buttons and pins? Want a vintage labor T-shirt? Longtime organizer and labor activist Rand Wilson is donating to Labor Notes all proceeds from the sale of his collection of labor swag!
People in different colored union shirts or suits line both sides of a glass hallway. Many are men, some are Black and some are white. A few carry handmade signs urging a no vote on HB 1445.

Florida’s Union-Busting Regime: A Report from the Front Lines »

March 19, 2025 | Jenn Powell

Organizing in the South has always been challenging, and Florida’s latest union-busting legislation has only made it harder.
A seated woman with glasses in black holds a newborn baby wrapped in a white blanket to her chest.

Army Corps Workers Defend Parental Leave with Direct Action »

March 13, 2025 | Daniel Kim

The doctor recommended at least 18 weeks to recover from childbirth. But Jane (whose name was changed for this article) was entitled to only 12 paid weeks under the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act. So she put in a request with her employer, the U.S.
TSA workers are shown screening bags and scanning passengers at an airport

Trump Tries to Blow Up Airport Screeners Union »

March 11, 2025 | Jenny Brown

In a memo that that one TSA employee said sounded like “a teenage blogger writing about someone they don’t like,” the Department of Homeland Security announced March 7 that it was cancelling the union contract for 47,000 workers at the Transportation Security Administration.

Workers gather with fists in the air and the union's flag flying behind them.

Mexico City’s Trolleybus Workers Took on Austerity and Won »

March 11, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

The 1,970 rail, trolleybus, and cable car workers who make Mexico City run have reached a three-year tentative agreement, averting a strike. The deal includes a 3.5 percent raise and increased investments in food voucher benefits and a scholarship fund for workers and their children.

A group of 10 people inside hold signs saying “Nurses Care for All People” and “transgender rights are human rights”

How Health Care Workers Are Defending Their Transgender Patients from Trump’s Attacks »

March 4, 2025 | Sarah Lazare

In the five years Quinn has worked as a licensed counselor, they have seen the astonishing positive impact that gender-affirming care can have on young patients’ lives.
A large crowd of people in red "Fight Like Hell" shirts stand outside in bright sunlight. Some hold printed NALC signs with the slogans "Hell No to Attacks on Us" and "Fight Like Hell!"

Postal Workers Brace for Trump’s Wrecking Ball »

March 3, 2025 | Alexandra Bradbury

Is the nation’s biggest union workforce, at the Postal Service, President Trump’s next target?
Six smiling people with green and blue strike signs stand under a tent in the snow.

Oregon Nurses End 46-Day Strike with Pay and Staffing Agreements »

March 3, 2025 | Kari Thompson

After 46 days on the picket line, nurses walked back into eight Providence hospitals across Oregon in good spirits after ratifying a new contract with their employer February 26. Their effort was bolstered by striking doctors, nurse practitioners, and other hospitalists at Providence St.
A group of people stands outside a building, singing. Edwin, a young man with guitar, has his head leaned back shouting into the sky. Several other people have fists in the air, one wears a big smile, and some hold big paper on which lyrics are written out: "Sign me up for the union, bring me my union card, We can work better with decent pay, health care, childcare, and more of a say..."

Contest: Songs and Chants for the Strike Line »

February 27, 2025 | by Kira Yeversky and Edwin Everhart

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