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How to Keep On Keeping On »

January 5, 2021 | Ellen David Friedman

Even asking the questions is exhausting.

Viewpoint: Health Care Workers Must Speak Out as Covid Spreads in Prisons »

December 22, 2020 | Heather Barnett

As cases of Covid-19 skyrocket across Washington state, protecting the public health requires bold action from our leaders. Unfortunately, delayed and reactionary responses have abandoned many of our most vulnerable community members.

What Are We Doing to Shift the Balance of Power at Work? »

December 22, 2020 | Barbara Madeloni

The pandemic kicked workers back on their heels—even tumbled some over. Fearing for their lives and well-being, some responded with fire and organizing, others with stunned passivity.

A Special Message from Sara Nelson about Why Labor Notes Matters »

December 22, 2020 | Sara Nelson
Dear fellow Labor Notes supporter,

My name is Sara Nelson. As International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, I represent nearly 50,000 flight attendants at 17 airlines.

BAmazon Union: Anticipating the Battle in Bessemer, Alabama »

December 21, 2020 | Peter Olney and Rand Wilson

Last Friday, representatives from the Retail Workers (RWDSU) went before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Region 10, seeking a quick union certification election.

VIDEO: Signed, Sealed and Delivered: Film and Discussion of Rank-and-File Militancy at the Post Office »

December 21, 2020 | Alexandra Bradbury

Mandatory overtime, speed-up, and union-busting at the U.S. Postal Service—sound familiar? Here’s how postal workers in 1978 confronted grueling and dangerous conditions: they walked out on a wildcat strike.

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.

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