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Steward's Corner: Bargaining Is an Organizing Opportunity

Oct 9 / Al Davidoff
Several workers in green high-viz vests chant and hold signs, one woman in front speaks into a megaphone.

A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Off

Oct 4 / Luis Feliz Leon
Small port vehicles are in the foreground, and harbor cranes are visible in the distance.

Port Strike Ends, Workers Win $24 Wage Increase

Oct 4 / Jenny Brown
An audience listens to a man at a lectern. One audience member has a blue shirt with “Union Strong” on the back.

UAW Reformers Muster Forces to Hold Bosses to Their Word

Oct 2 / Keith Brower Brown, Jane Slaughter
Thirty workers with ILA flags line up for the camera, smiling and waving signs

Ships Piled Up as Longshore Strike Hit East Coast Ports

Oct 1 / Jenny Brown
About a dozen adults and a couple children, white and Black, men and women, stand mostly silhouetted in bright sun. Most wear black union T-shirts.They're outdoors, on pavement in front of grass. One holds a mic. Some hold printed signs that say, "IUE-CWA, Better Wages." There are also two columns of balloons, each a spiral design in white, red, yellow, and black.

In Louisville, 5,200 GE Appliance Workers Gear Up for a Fight

Oct 1 / Elaine Hui

Troublemakers Blog

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.

UAW Picketer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Personable, Funny

Oct 8 / Justin Yuan and Ethen Winright
Left: black-and-white headshot of Natascha, she has long dark hair and short bangs, and is smiling closed-mouth, looking up at the camera. Right: 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.

Welcome, Natascha and Kari!

Sep 26 / Labor Notes staff
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.

AT&T Southeast Workers End Month-Long Strike

Sep 19 / Dan DiMaggio
Three photos. Upper left: white people stand outdoors with handmade signs like "Save our mail," "no consolidation," "protect good jobs in southern Oregon." Lower left: A racially diverse crowd outside a mail plant with printed APWU signs for better staffing, better service, respect at work, and safer conditions. Right: a Black woman with raised fist, Miriam, and a white woman smiling big, Sheri, hold signs: "Service matters! ""10-year plan is bound to fail, we don't want to delay the mail!"

October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service

Sep 16 / Miriam Brockman
A Black dancer dances joyfully on the picket line, her long hair streaming out behind her. She is wearing a blue AGMA shirt. A delighted crowd, also mostly Black, surrounds her watching and taking photos -- some also wear AGMA shirts. The photo is full of energy, motion, and joy.

Dallas Black Dancers Fight for Their Union

Sep 12 / Rosemary Curts
A white woman, right, hands a baby to a Latina woman, left. They are in an apartment kitchen. Both are smiling big. The baby's face is not visible.

Worker Co-ops: A Pathway to Good Jobs for Immigrant Workers

Aug 27 / Tareq Saghie

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