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Macy's workers marching for their workplace rights during Seattle's Pride Parade.

Macy's Workers Win Sick Days by Fighting Back Fashionably »

March 28, 2019 | Nichole Booker and Curtisy Bryant

When department-store workers fight, we do it fashionably. Have you ever seen a union contract campaign that featured makeovers and feather boas? Read on.
Amazon workers with fists raised gathered around a sign.

Minnesota Amazon Workers Walk Off the Job over Speed-Up »

March 22, 2019 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

After yet another speed-up in a workplace notorious for its lightning pace of work, workers at a Minnesota Amazon warehouse walked off the night shift for three hours.
Woman on megaphone supporting Oakland teachers and students during Oakland teacher strike.

Oakland Teacher Strike Builds Steam In California School Funding Fight »

March 21, 2019 | Samantha Winslow

On the heels of Los Angeles teachers’ winning strike in January, teachers in Oakland 340 miles north joined the strike wave. Three thousand teachers, alongside parents and students, led picket lines February 21-March 1 at the city’s 86 schools.

'It's Different Here' Is No Excuse »

March 19, 2019 | Chris Brooks

I talk with labor activists all across the country. Plenty are inspired by strikes that happen elsewhere. But over and over I hear the same excuse for why they can’t make big demands or go on strike themselves: “It’s different here.”

Erie Locomotive Plant Workers Strike against Two-Tier »

March 15, 2019 | Saurav Sarkar | Dan DiMaggio

This article has been updated since the original version, first published March 1.

TV Review: That Time the A-Team Helped Organize Farmworkers »

March 15, 2019 | Eric Dirnbach

The A-Team was a hit show among my friends when it first aired in 1983. Growing up in a union family, one episode that stood out for me was “Labor Pains,” when the A-Team helped farmworkers organize a union.
Three workers discussing workplace issues.

How to Use Grievances to Organize »

March 8, 2019 | Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle

The difference between a truly democratic union and one that follows a servicing model is stark when it comes to grievance handling.
Two photos: 1.Tom with early prototype burn barrel. 2. Wabtech striker warming hands over new barrel.

The Better Burn Barrel from the Boeing Strike Lives On »

March 7, 2019 | Alexandra Bradbury

It’s just what you would expect from airplane engineers on strike—they reengineered the picket line burn barrel to be more efficient.
Teachers on a picket line in Los Angeles January 2019

It's Our World to Make »

March 7, 2019 | Barbara Madeloni

The guy at the car rental counter found my T-shirt puzzling.


It was early on a Tuesday morning, and I had just flown back into L.A. Why, he wanted to know, was someone from Massachusetts wearing a shirt that said “United Teachers Los Angeles”?

Strike Wave Wins Raises for Mexican Factory Workers »

February 27, 2019 | Paolo Marinaro and Dan DiMaggio

Mexican maquiladora workers in 70 factories have won big wage increases and bonuses in a strike wave that began in January.

VIDEO: Chinese Students and Labor Activists on Battling the Crackdown at Jasic »

February 22, 2019 | Ellen David Friedman

In the past six months, over 50 workers, students, and labor activists in China have been arrested or disappeared by the government. Their crime? Supporting workers at the Jasic welding equipment factory in their legal efforts to form a union.
Comics Against the 1% by Daniel Mendez Moore

Cartoon: Government Shutdown »

February 22, 2019 | Daniel Mendez Moore, Labor Notes staff



A Personal Request to Support West Virginia Strikers »

February 21, 2019 | Jane Slaughter

Though I've lived in Detroit for 44 years, my heart is still in West Virginia, where I was born and raised.

Interview: Chilean Dockworkers Organize Month-Long Strike and Face Down Police in Rooftop Standoff »

February 21, 2019 | Katy Fox-Hodess and Marcos Montecinos

Casual dockworkers in the Port of Valparaíso, one of the largest ports in Chile, in December ended a 36-day strike.

West Virginia Strikes Again, Defeating Privatization Bill in a Single Day »

February 20, 2019 | Barbara Madeloni

“Don’t start those buses tomorrow,” said Joe White, executive director of the West Virginia School Service Personnel Association.


He was announcing the second statewide education strike in West Virginia in a year, alongside the leaders of the state’s two teacher unions.

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