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Indoors in a UPS warehouse, about 25 drivers are standing around the floor all with their backs to a manager with a yellow clipboard

How We Turned Our Backs on an Abusive UPS Manager »

August 8, 2023 | John Capodanno

I’m a 34-year Teamster and package car driver for UPS, and I’ve been a steward for the past seven years. Since I’ve been with UPS for so long, I am very used to the constant harassment and intimidation this company has thrived on.
A big group of men marches, carrying black-and-yellow picket signs that say: "Amazon workers on ULP strike, united for $30 an hour and safe jobs" with a Teamsters logo

Wage Gains at UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More »

August 3, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell has spent the past year talking to his co-workers about how UPS Teamsters were getting organized to strike. So recently, he had big news to share: “A few days before the strike deadline, UPS caved.”
A woman in a red UTLA t-shirt holds a cardboard sign with red, blue, white and green lettering showing a big bag of money and saying “LAUSD has the money, 4.9 billion, invest in schools now.” She’s standing in a field with other demonstrators in the background.

Steward’s Corner: For Open Bargaining, Start Early and Build »

August 2, 2023 | Ellen David Friedman

In many unions, ratification of a collective bargaining agreement can leave members alienated and angry.
One Black man and several Asian and Latina women hold strike signs in a hotel parking lot.

Hotel Workers Strike against Racist Hiring and a Scab App »

August 1, 2023 | Jenny Brown

When Thomas Bradley showed up for his third shift at Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort and Spa in Dana Point, California, on July 2 he encountered something new: a picket line.
Hotel workers in red t-shirts march past the entrance of a fancy hotel carrying signs that say “Huelga” and “Strike.”.

A Third Wave of Strikes Crests at Los Angeles Hotels »

July 31, 2023 | Marc Wutschke

Shouts of “No contract, No peace,” pounding drums, and a raucous band pierced the usually quiet, tony city of Beverly Hills, California, as 250 hotel workers picketed the luxurious Waldorf-Astoria on July 26.

A Black woman in sunglasses smiles at the camera. She is holding a yellow and brown picket sign that says "UPS Teamsters, Just Practicing for a Just Contract." She is surrounded by matching signs, presumably held by other people who are mostly not visible in the shot.

UPS Teamsters to Vote on Contract that Ends Driver Tiers, Lifts Part-Timer Pay »

July 27, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury

With just a week to go before the strike deadline, UPS and the Teamsters announced a tentative agreement July 25. There will be no strike on August 1.

As Big 3 Auto Contracts Expire: Hurried Line Speeds and Horrible Hours »

July 25, 2023 | Keith Brower Brown

David Sandoval remembers when he and his co-workers had a whole 72 seconds to assemble their sections of each seat for the Ford F-150, back when he started at a Michigan parts plant in 2004.

Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With ‘Members’ Handshake’ »

July 20, 2023 | Dan DiMaggio | Courtney Smith

Bargaining between the United Auto Workers and Big 3 automakers is looking very different this year.
Workers picket with "United for a strong contract" and "Just practicing" teamsters signs. Some wear brown UPS driver uniforms. One little kid, riding on a parent's shoulders, turns to look happily directly into the camera.

UPS Teamsters ‘Just Practicing’ »

July 19, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury | Luis Feliz Leon

The clock is ticking on the August 1 strike deadline of 340,000 UPS Teamsters. It would be the largest strike at a private employer in decades.
Workers (men and women, Black and white) picket outside in the sunshine. Some carry printed signs that say "Amazon workers on strike" with a Teamsters logo. One carries a hand-written sign that says "Stop the captive audience."

Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet »

July 17, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

In the middle of Amazon’s Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown.

Amazon Teamsters’ Rolling Pickets Hit Facilities Nationwide »

July 13, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Brandi Diaz was at a customer’s door in Palmdale, California, delivering stuff for Amazon, when the customer asked her, “What’s the difference between you and UPS drivers?”


“He said the difference is UPS is union, Amazon is not. He referred to us as ‘Jeff’s Bozos.’
UPS truck viewed from behind on a Brooklyn street; visible are a few pedestrians and a fruit market. The sky and the whole scene is blanketed in a thick orange haze; buildings down the block are fuzzier because of the smoke.

In Heat and Smoke, Workers Fight Negligent Bosses »

July 12, 2023 | Caitlyn Clark

On June 29, the air quality in Detroit was among the worst in the world.
A group of nurses in dark blue scrubs with badges confront a man in a grey suit who is blocking their path.

Newly Organized Nurses in Texas and Kansas Strike for a First Contract »

July 11, 2023 | Seth Uzman

Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out.
Two posters, one colorful, the other a ripped letter, in two different photographs.

Reform Caucus Rises, Sues for Elections in Amazon Labor Union »

July 10, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

One year after the landmark union victory at Amazon's JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, New York, the brightly colored posters that once adorned the glass at the

Slingshot: ‘Work Requirements’ or Real Jobs? »

July 6, 2023 | Jenny Brown

When I heard the debt-ceiling deal would target people in their fifties for new work requirements to get food stamps, I thought about my brother.

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