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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

Music has special power to raise our morale in times of fear and grief. In the Pittsburgh Labor Choir we’ve learned that songs have their greatest power when everyone is participating, not just listening.
Two men in blue shirts that say “UPTE” play snare drums while others march in the background.

Two Unions Strike the University of California »

February 27, 2025 | Labor Notes staff

Picket lines formed across California Wednesday as 20,000 health care, research, and technical workers in UPTE (Communications Workers Local 9119) and 37,000 patient care workers in AFSCME Local 3299 walked out on short strikes across the University of California system.
A group of people, masked, socially distanced, and diverse in race and gender, stand outside the Old Bedford Station post office on a sunny day. They hold up handmade signs: "US Mail Not 4 Sale" and "Save USPS." Someone in the back has a camera set up on a tripod. Similar printed signs from APWU are also visible.

Viewpoint: Targeted Postal Workers Are a Bellwether for All U.S. Unions »

February 26, 2025 | Eric Chornoby

The Trump administration has set its sights on the U.S. Postal Service and its 600,000 workers, 91 percent of whom are union members. The USPS is the nation’s largest unionized employer.

A group marches, one woman holds a sign above her head in Spanish: “En La Union Esta La Fuerza,” with a butterfly on it. Meaning “our strength lies in unity.”

Immigration Myths Feed Divisions among Workers »

February 26, 2025 | Aviva Chomsky

The Trump administration’s opening barrage against immigrants—arresting thousands of people around the country and declaring that hospitals, schools, and churches are no longer off limits—has put a chill on immigrant communities.
A group of fifty workers red hats and white shirts raise their fists and pose for the camera

International Solidarity Is the Union Answer to Tariffs and Deportations »

February 24, 2025 | Jeffery Hermanson

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has recently expressed the UAW’s readiness to “work with Trump on trade.” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien spoke on a podcast against “illegal immigrants that come
A line of men and women picketers with NTEU signs march on the right while a man with a bullhorn chants on the right

Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk’s and Trump’s ‘Corporate Coup’ »

February 20, 2025 | Jenny Brown

Federal employee union members have been speaking out, rallying, and suing, as agency after agency has been hit by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—a private unaccountable entity which has been demanding access to all government records while spreading wild lies about...
Two large white barn-shaped buildings with the U.S. Steel logo are shown.

Blocked Nippon Deal Is Lesson on Tariffs: Workers Need a Say »

February 18, 2025 | Jenny Brown

The business press howled in January when outgoing President Joe Biden blocked Japanese steel giant Nippon from buying U.S. Steel.

Several workers sit in the street with signs saying “Kaiser Don’t Deny Mental Health”--they are surrounded by police.

Southern California Kaiser Strikers Stay Out for Parity »

February 17, 2025 | Cal Winslow

On day 110 of their strike, behavioral health care workers in Southern California sat down in the middle of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, blocking traffic in front of Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center.
A sea of faces in a protest crowd. Some printed signs say "Stop the Billionaire Takeover," "Hands Off Workers Data," "Stand, Unite, Fight," and "Nobody Elected Musk." Some handlettered signs say "Congress, WYA?" and "He doesn't even go here!"

Federal Workers Organize Against Billionaire Power Grab »

February 14, 2025 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

The second Trump administration has the federal workforce in its crosshairs. Spearheading the effort is Elon Musk (the richest man in the world) and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (not actually a government department).
Seventeen uniformed letter carriers pose together in a post office, holding a big handmade "VOTE NO!" sign.

Viewpoint: After Resounding ‘No’ Vote, Letter Carriers Should Go on Offense »

February 12, 2025 | Rob Darakjian

Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers have rejected a sellout tentative agreement by 71 percent, in a 63,680 to 26,304 vote.
Women stand on a sunny day, wearing big jackets, holding green printed ONA picket signs that say "Unfair Labor Practice Strike" and "Nurses on Strike." A handmade sign visible in the background says "Burnout caused this turnout."

Oregon Nurses Reject Proposal, Keep Striking »

February 12, 2025 | Kari Thompson

Nurses across Oregon remain on strike at Providence Health and Services more than a month after they first walked out.
Amazon workers and community supports gather holding an Amazon CAUSE banner.

Amazon Stokes Racial Divides in Lead-Up to North Carolina Union Vote »

February 10, 2025 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Four thousand workers at a North Carolina Amazon warehouse are voting February 10-15 on whether to unionize with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment.
Eight workers hold white and orange strike signs--some have fists in the air and are smiling

First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger »

February 10, 2025 | Lisa Xu

Ten thousand members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 are on strike all across Colorado.
Workers, most of them Black, bundled against the cold, stand in front of an Amazon delivery facility sign. Their banner says, in French, "Without us, nothing is free" and the name of the union. Many hold CSN flags, and smile resolutely. On the right, a figure viewed from back silhouette speaks to them, one hand pointing the way forward.

Amazon Lays off 4,500 Workers in Quebec to Bust Their Union »

February 6, 2025 | François L’Écuyer

Faced with the prospect of being forced to sign a labor contract as early as this summer, Amazon has gone to extreme lengths to evade its obligations under Quebec’s labor code. On January 22, it announced it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec and outsourcing their operations.

A person holding a mic stands speaking, gesturing with one arm, while others in the meeting listen intently. The group is diverse in race, gender, and age.

Steward Meetings: From Gripe Sessions to Grievance Tracking »

February 6, 2025 | Bonny Hulberg

When I joined my local union, I dove in headfirst and became a steward. I was excited to see how things were run and where I might fall in the grand scheme of things.

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