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In Likely Last Battle, Korean Welder Who Occupied Crane for 309 Days Fights to Win Her Job Back »

December 21, 2020 | Kap Seol

A welder from South Korea is calling for her reinstatement to the shipyard where she was fired for union activity 35 years ago. This campaign will likely be the last one waged by Kim Jin-suk against her deadly, anti-union employer, Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd.
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2020 in Review: Workers Struggle Under the Weight of the Pandemic »

December 21, 2020 | Dan DiMaggio | Saurav Sarkar

Workers will feel the ramifications of this unprecedented year long into the future.

It's Been a Long Nightmare Before Christmas for UPS and Postal Workers »

December 18, 2020 | Alexandra Bradbury

Every year, workers at the Postal Service and UPS expect to work long hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “This is like our Super Bowl,” said Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers (APWU). “Employees really do rally together.”
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Auto Workers to Vote on Direct Elections »

December 18, 2020 | Labor Notes staff

The leadership of the Auto Workers (UAW) has reached a proposed settlement with the Justice Department to head off a racketeering lawsuit.

'2,000 Zloty for Everyone': Polish Amazon Workers Demand Bonus »

December 18, 2020 | Inicjatywa Pracownicza (Workers' Initiative)

On November 5 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Wroclaw, Poland (Amazon WRO1) stopped work to demand that they receive the same 2,000 zloty ($530) bonuses that recruitment agencies are paying to new workers.

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Review: This Little-Known Black Wobbly Dockworker Led the Most Powerful, Democratic Union of His Day »

December 17, 2020 | Eric Dirnbach

Growing up in Philadelphia, I learned about some of the rich local labor history: the 1827 founding of the first union to cross craft lines, the 1835 ge

Building Its Own Delivery Network, Amazon Puts the Squeeze On Drivers »

December 17, 2020 | Jake Alimahomed-Wilson

Part 1 of a series on Amazon's delivery drivers. Part 2, “Surveillance, Stress, and No Bathrooms: Life as an Amazon Driver,” is here.

Cleveland Heights Teachers Strike in the Snow, Beating Austerity with Solidarity »

December 11, 2020 | Tony Bifulco

Teachers in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, walked out on strike December 2 for the first time since 1983.


Why now? The state was trying to privatize public education. The local school board was trying to balance the budget on our backs. Add to that a once-in-a-century pandemic.

Will Biden Resuscitate the NLRB? »

December 7, 2020 | Robert M. Schwartz

Unions are hoping that President-elect Joe Biden quickly takes control of the National Labor Relations Board and launches a new era of federal labor policy.

North Pole Elf Sickouts Score Masks from Santa »

December 4, 2020 | Alexandra Bradbury

Holiday toy production season got off to a chaotic start this year. Santa Claus at first resisted the elves’ demands for COVID safety measures—prompting a wave of sickouts around the toy workshop.

'Nurses Over Billboards': Two-Day Strike Hits Site of New York's First COVID Outbreak »

December 3, 2020 | Kris Parker

Nurses at Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital struck this week over safety and staffing.

An organizer talks at lunchtime with a D'Arrigo Brothers worker with a union button on her cap.

Will the Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights? »

December 2, 2020 | David Bacon

This article was produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main. It is co-published here with permission.

When You're Winning in the Streets, Don't Lose at the Bargaining Table »

December 2, 2020 | Richard de Vries

The final phase of bargaining can be intense. A strike authorization vote has been taken, or maybe a strike has begun. Members are fully mobilized and your corporate campaign is in high gear. Suddenly the employer is throwing new proposals onto the table.
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To Hand Labor Notes to the Next Generation, Join Me in Giving »

December 1, 2020 | Donna Cartwright

This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting Labor Notes at our Facebook fundraiser or through the Donate page on this website. -Editors.
Masked people march with signs: "Tyson Is Killing Us for Profits. Tyson Treats the Workers Worst than the Chickens We Process." "Don't Believe Tyson." "Shut Down the Factories." "Protect = Respect."

Work Is the Reason Latinos Are Getting Slammed So Hard by the Pandemic »

November 30, 2020 | Saurav Sarkar

The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have hammered the Latino community.

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