Labor Notes Archive

August, 2022

'Milk Was Still Steaming, We Just Walked Out': Scenes from a Summer of Strikes in a South Carolina Starbucks
Nine For-Profit Nursing Homes Pull A Simultaneous Strike—And Another Is on the Way
UPS Says No to Air Conditioning, But Here’s a Surveillance Camera
Kaiser Clinicians Strike against ‘Separate and Unequal’ Mental Health Care
Video Game and Tech Workers ‘Drop the U-Word’
Immigrant Detainees Strike Over $1-a-Day Pay, Working Conditions
Auto Workers Turn a Corner for Strike Pay and Democracy
Recent Books of Note for Labor Activists

July, 2022

St. Louis Boeing Plant Workers to Strike
Every Boss Has a Weak Spot. Find and Use It.
What Can Unions Do Now to Defend Abortion Rights?
Yes, Abortion Rights Are a Union Issue
2022 Labor Notes: ‘A Special Moment for the Labor Movement’
UPenn Teamsters Defeat Two-Tier
International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning
UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections
How Educators in Brookline, Massachusetts, Won an Illegal Strike
‘Direct Action Revitalized Our Union’: New Canadian Postal Veep Has a Plan to Revive Militancy Coast to Coast
Welcome, Courtney, Alejandra, Angela, and Caitlyn!
Inflation and Your Next Union Contract
‘A Loud, Magical Movement’: Strippers Fight for a Union
Viewpoint: The NLRB is Underfunded and Understaffed—And That’s a Big Threat to the Current Organizing Wave
Spring of Discontent: Mexican Berry Pickers Strike for a Bigger Share of Profits

June, 2022

A New Sense of Possibility: Starbucks and Amazon Wins Inspire Organizing at Trader Joe's, REI, Target, and Apple
Viewpoint: Two Contrasting Visions of the Labor Movement Were on Display in June
Collectively Fabulous
‘Progressive’ Food Company Amy’s Kitchen Faces Multiple Unfair Labor Practice Charges
A First Contract for Mexican GM Plant's Independent Union
Videos from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference
Videos from the 2022 Labor Notes Conference

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