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Trader Joe's Union Campaign Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Aug 25 / Jonah Furman
Young workers in Starbucks aprons and SBWU logo shirts stand in a semicircle, all in calm postures mostly with hands clasped at rest in front of them. In the center is the manager in a white shirt, talking into a cell phone.

'Milk Was Still Steaming, We Just Walked Out': Scenes from a Summer of Strikes in a South Carolina Starbucks

Aug 22 / Aneil Tripathi
A group of black and white workers wearing purple SEIU T-shirts march.

Nine For-Profit Nursing Homes Pull A Simultaneous Strike—And Another Is on the Way

Aug 22 / Angela Bunay
Crowd in UPS brown uniforms stands outdoors looking resolute, some holding signs. One sign visible reads "Make UPS Deliver!"

UPS Says No to Air Conditioning, But Here’s a Surveillance Camera

Aug 18 / Elliot Lewis and Matt Leichenger
Strikers in red march with printed picket signs. In the center is a Black woman with a serious expression. Her sign reads "Kaiser, don't deny my patients mental health care. KaiserDontDeny.org."

Kaiser Clinicians Strike against ‘Separate and Unequal’ Mental Health Care

Aug 16 / Cal Winslow

Immigrant Detainees Strike Over $1-a-Day Pay, Working Conditions

Aug 9 / Alejandra Quintero

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Two young women in Starbucks Workers United T-shirts stand outdoors, holding up cardboard signs, mouths open to yell or chant.

Interview: Starbucks Workers Are in the Fight of Their Lives for a Contract

Aug 25 / Daisy Pitkin
Eleven smiling people pose outside. Some are holding up silkscreened T-shirts with Tender Claws union logo showing a claw. Many are raising one fist, and one is pointing at another person in the group.

Video Game and Tech Workers ‘Drop the U-Word’

Aug 12 / Robin LoBuglio
Images of the covers of the books Class Struggle Unionism, Fight Like Hell, and On the Line

Recent Books of Note for Labor Activists

Aug 1 / Labor Notes staff
Women march behind a giant banner. The part we can see reads "OUR ABORTION." Other signs visible say "If it's not your body, it's not your choice" and "Our bodies, our future."

Yes, Abortion Rights Are a Union Issue

Jul 27 / Alexandra Bradbury, Sarah Hughes
Head shots of Courtney Smith, Alejandra Quintero, Angela Bunay, and Caitlyn Clark.

Welcome, Courtney, Alejandra, Angela, and Caitlyn!

Jul 13 / Labor Notes staff

‘A Loud, Magical Movement’: Strippers Fight for a Union

Jul 7 / Caitlyn Clark

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