Labor Notes Archive

August, 2021

Letter Carrier: Air Quality Is a Union Issue
Massachusetts Nurse Strikers Aren’t Blinking
Make Workplace Mental Health a Priority, Says Union President Who Survived San Jose Shooting
Striking Window Cleaners Want Their Dangerous Job Recognized as a Skilled Trade
Richard Trumka, 1949-2021
Chicago Passes Union-Backed Bill for Civilian Oversight of Violent Cops
Striking Alabama Coal Miners Want Their $1.1 Billion Back
Open Bargaining Brings the Power of Members to the Table in Berkeley
NLRB Hearing Officer Recommends Rerun of Amazon Bessemer Election
Viewpoint: We Must Prepare to Strike UPS in 2023

July, 2021

Who Holds the Power in Joe Biden’s White House?
Union Hopes High as Chileans Rewrite Anti-Labor Constitution
How Oakland Teachers Took Control of Our Return to School
At World’s Largest Hilton, Workers Fight for Jobs, Daily Cleaning
Hawaiian Hilton Workers Fear Permanent Layoffs As Recall Rights Expiration Nears
Frito-Lay Forced Overtime Frustrations Not Limited to Striking Topeka Plant
Billionaires Can Have the Cosmos—We Only Want the Earth
At a Convention Like No Other, Teamster Challengers Turn a Corner
Volvo Workers Forced to Vote Again on Contract They Just Rejected
'We Want to See Our Families': Frito-Lay Workers Strike Over 84-Hour Weeks, Meager Raises
Viewpoint: Solidarity for the Tenet Nurses Strike Should Be Labor's Top Priority Right Now
Steward's Corner: How One Union Uses Kitchen Table Economics to Advance Medicare for All
Review: White Workers Who Buy into Racism Are Shooting Themselves (and Everyone Else) in the Foot

June, 2021

Employers Are Using the Crisis to Push Concessions They Don't Need
Striking Alabama Miners Call Out NYC Hedge Funds for Bringing in Scabs
Defying Police Violence, Strikers across Colombia Are Demanding Transformational Change
'We Took Care of Each Other': A Maritime Union's Hidden History of Gay-Straight and Interracial Solidarity
Engines Out and Pickets Up to Stop Health Plan Downgrade by Cummins
Dispersed but Undaunted, Chicago Amazon Workers Help Win Megacycle Pay Nationwide
Striking ATI Steelworkers Hold the Line for Premium-Free Health Insurance

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