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Welcome, Danielle! [1]

A smiling Black woman in round glasses and a jean jacket is shown [1]
November 14, 2024 / Alexandra Bradbury [2]
Our newest staff writer/organizer, Danielle Smith, joined the Labor Notes staff in October. Danielle is a dynamo—a skilled journalist and organizer. » [1]

Viewpoint: We Won’t Win Until We’re Troublemakers [3]

A woman with a strike picket sign and a ‘Teamsters Against Trump’ T-shirt looks past the camera [3]
November 14, 2024 / Jane Slaughter [4]
Unions weren’t strong enough, in numbers or in influence with their members, to make a difference in this election. One sample showed union households at only 54 percent for Kamala Harris vs. 43 percent for the billionaire, with non-union households at 51 percent Trump, 47 percent Harris. If union voters had listened to their officers, Trump’s numbers would have » [3]

New York Times Tech Strikers Sing 'No Scabs' and Call a Wordle Boycott [5]

November 07, 2024 / Danielle Smith [6]
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Book Review: How Telecom Customer Service Reps Got Better Connected Via Their Union [7]

Cover of reviewed book, aqua green with a headset and looping wires. [7]
November 04, 2024 / Steve Early
American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers [8] threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing. » [7]

Portland Grocery Workers Strike Together [9]

Eight picketers, who appear mostly young and white, stand in front of New Seasons. Their screen-printed picket signs say "New Seasons Labor Union, On Strike, Unfair Employer, Do Not Patronize" in red ink with flourishes. Two hold a black banner with yellow letters, only partly visible but appears to say "On strike." They all stand near the curb, facing traffic, and one has a bullhorn. [9]
October 29, 2024 / Paul Kirk-Davidoff
Over Labor Day weekend, 5,500 grocery workers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike across 38 stores—and two unions. A thousand workers at 10 New Seasons Markets, members of an independent union seeking a first contract, struck for one day on September 1, in their first union-wide strike. » [9]

These Teamsters Don’t Buy Trump’s Lies [10]

White and Black men and women march with picket signs that say "Teamsters Local 238, Marathon Petroleum Co, Unfair Labor Practices against Detroit refinery workers." Most of those whose T-shirts are visible are wearing messages like "Teamsters against Trump," "Trump is a scab," and "Harris-Walz" with an IBT local logo. [10]
October 23, 2024 / Alexandra Bradbury [2]
By the time Teamsters President Sean O’Brien finally announced in September that the union would not be endorsing anyone for U.S. » [10]

UAW Picketer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Personable, Funny [11]

A dense line of picketers (at least 25 people are visible but it looks like there are more behind them) marches towards the camera on a leafy sidewalk alongside a factory. Many carry printed signs like "UAW on strike" and "Stand up for retirement security." Most visible faces are white but a few Black faces are also visible; there's a mix of women and men. [11]
October 08, 2024 / Justin Yuan and Ethen Winright
A United Auto Workers member was killed on the picket line September 28 outside Eaton Aerospace, where workers have been on strike since September 16. Seth Webb, a member of UAW Local 475, was struck by a drunk driver. So were four other picketers, two of whom were rushed to the Henry Ford Hospital across the street with severe injuries. » [11]

Welcome, Natascha and Kari! [12]

color headshot of Kari, a white woman with a shaved head wearing a wide smile and red glasses. Behind her is the mural in the old UE Chicago office. [12]
September 26, 2024 / Labor Notes staff
Labor Notes is growing. Two wonderful new staffers joined us in September. » [12]

AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike [13]

Black and white men, most in red union T-shirts, picket energetically on a streetcorner. Man in front, in turquoise shirt, is talking or chanting into a mic, arm outstretched. Everyone's pose is active. Printed signs say "honk if you support workers" and "AT&T unfair, CWA on strike, ULP." One handmade sign, partially visible, says "AT&T Unfair Labor." The man in the center is holding his sign high and wind or movement blows his red shirt. [13]
September 19, 2024 / Dan DiMaggio [14]
Seventeen thousand AT&T workers in the Southeast returned to work September 16 following a month-long strike [15]. » [13]

October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service [16]

"Service matters! ""10-year plan is bound to fail, we don't want to delay the mail!" [16]
September 16, 2024 / Miriam Brockman
The Postal Workers (APWU) will hold a national day of action on October 1, with rallies all across the country for better staffing and better service, a better contract that ends the two-tier wage system, and the right to speak to the board that governs the postal service. » [16]

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[1] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/11/welcome-danielle [2] https://labornotes.org/author/alexandra-bradbury [3] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/11/viewpoint-we-wont-win-until-were-troublemakers [4] https://labornotes.org/author/jane-slaughter [5] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/11/new-york-times-tech-strikers-sing-no-scabs-and-call-wordle-boycott [6] https://labornotes.org/author/danielle-smith [7] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/11/book-review-how-telecom-customer-service-reps-got-better-connected-their-union [8] https://portside.org/2024-09-28/one-biggest-losers-manufacturing?utm_source=portside-labor&utm_medium=email [9] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/10/portland-grocery-workers-strike-together [10] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/10/these-teamsters-dont-buy-trumps-lies [11] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/10/uaw-picketer-killed-drunk-driver-remembered-personable-funny [12] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/09/welcome-natascha-and-kari [13] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/09/att-southeast-workers-end-month-long-strike [14] https://labornotes.org/author/dan-dimaggio [15] https://labornotes.org/2024/09/att-southeast-strike-nears-one-month-california-and-nevada-brink-walkout [16] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2024/09/october-1-nationwide-rallies-save-postal-service [17] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=1 [18] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=2 [19] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=3 [20] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=4 [21] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=5 [22] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=6 [23] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=7 [24] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=8 [25] https://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/05/vermont-poised-issue-drivers-l...?page=152