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Six people, dressed for a chilly day, holding ONA "Nurses on Strike" picket signs, shout or sing against a gray Oregon sky alongside a road. One man holds the leash of a dog. Most people in the photo appear to be white women.

Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals

Jan 14 / Kari Thompson
A large ship piled with containers is shown next to a dock with cranes.

Longshore Deal Secures New Automation Language and Big Pay Bump

Jan 10 / Joe DeManuelle-Hall
A worker on a forklift points to his watch with a clock sign below him.

Stewards Corner: Members in Motion Changed the Game in Daimler Contract Campaign

Jan 8 / Chris Brooks, Jonah Furman, and Mike Morrison
Black-and-white line drawing shows three people sitting around a table. One in suit, tie, and glasses takes notes while the other two, in rolled-up sleeves, gesture and speak animatedly.

Dark Clouds Gather at the National Labor Relations Board

Jan 7 / Robert M. Schwartz
A crowd of workers stands outdoors in dim light. A smiling person with raised fist is one of several holding a handmade banner--the part visible says "Amazon Workers." Many people in crowd hold printed Teamster-logo picket signs that say: "Amazon: Obey the Law." Everyone is wearing coats with big hoods or warm hats; it looks cold out. Someone in lower left has a Staten Island T-shirt and keffiyeh

Amazon Strike by the Numbers

Jan 6 / Luis Feliz Leon
A man in a blue Amazon delivery driver jacket is flanked by bevy of cops, who are holding his arms and leading him away. More cops are behind him, and a crowd behind them. Printed Teamsters picket signs are visible saying "Amazon ULP strike" and "Amazon is unfair."

Amazon Workers Launch Largest Strike Yet: 'It Doesn't Feel Like a Job That Should Be Legal'

Dec 19 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann

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A crowd of federal workers stand outside, bundled against cold, carrying printed AFGE signs that say "EPA employees deserve respect" and "Stop the shutdown." In the foreground are a Black woman and a white woman, the latter raising a red-gloved fist in the air, both chanting or singing.

Don’t Panic—Organize!

Jan 29 / Kari Thompson
A man in a ball cap stands behind a lectern that says Osborn for Senate

Interview: Can a Labor-Backed Candidate in Nebraska Inspire More Working-Class Independents?

Jan 21 / Steve Early
A CTU member holds a sign reading: "Fair contract now!" in Spanish

Want to Defend Immigrant Workers in Your Contract? Here Are Some Suggestions.

Jan 16 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann and Sarah Lazare
Fourteen workers in orange vests, blue hardhats, and workboots stand in a port in bright sunlight. They hold a big white banner that says "One way or another, European dockers will be heard" with logos of the SDU and the European Dockworkers Council. Most but not all appear to be white men.

Swedish Dockworkers Vote to Block Military Shipments to and from Israel

Jan 14 / Katy Fox-Hodess and Rafeef Ziadah
A smiling woman is pictured with short blond hair and a black Union Yes t-shirt with a rainbow on it.

Long Live Nancy Wohlforth

Jan 13 / Gene Bruskin

After Six Tense Years, Montréal Port Workers Have One Last Chance to Reach a Deal

Dec 19 / Liam O’Toole

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