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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.

Four men and one woman wearing Machinists tabards and holding strike signs face the camera at night with plant lights behind them.

Machinists Ratify Contract at Airplane Parts Supplier, But Expose Rift with Union Leadership »

July 5, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Six thousand Machinists working for Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, ratified a new four-year contract last week, returning to work today. The company had locked workers out on June 22, two days before their strike.
A woman holds a sign about Work from Home, while a child and a group behind her hold other signs.

Communications Workers Seek Answers and Accountability from Top Leaders »

June 29, 2023 | Steve Early

When your union doesn’t permit direct election of national officers, hasn’t had a contested convention vote for union president since the 1950s, and has never had a presidential debate, how should an activist respond to an unprecedented three-way race for the top spot?
A crowd of workers walk away from the camera at night wearing tabards reading “District Lodge 70 on strike”

Six Thousand Machinists Strike Aircraft Parts Giant in Kansas—Threatening Boeing Production »

June 27, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Six thousand Machinists at a key Boeing supplier, Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas, went on strike June 24 after voting down the company’s “best and final offer.”
workers walk a circular picket in a driveway, with one visible sign saying “Fighting for our future: Jobs, respect, accountability.”

Wabtec Workers Walk Out for Grievance Strikes and Green Locomotives »

June 27, 2023 | Alex Press

On the evening of June 22, members of the United Electrical workers (UE) crowded into Iroquois High School to vote on whether they would accept what their boss was offering them.
Detail from comic. There is a rainbow at upper left with text: Moranda Smith, Not Words But Action, Pride and Liberation. Background is a photo of a factory; overlaid letters say FTA, CIO. A drawn panel on the right shows Black women with their backs to a conveyor belt, and this caption: "Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 1943. 10,000 workers turned their backs on their machines at R.J. Reynolds, the largest factory in the South." One worker is saying, "Moranda! Come on!"

Not Words, But Action: Moranda Smith, Food and Tobacco Workers Local 22, and the Fight to Expand Democracy »

June 23, 2023 | Jonathan Kissam


Comic: ‘Not Words, But Action: Moranda Smith, Pride and Liberation’
Five headshots. Alex and Deborah are white women, Caitlyn is an Asian-American woman, Edward is a Black man, Finley is a Black woman. Another photos shows a hand truck with a PM press logo in a warehouse surrounded by shipping packages. Another photo shows a bookstore storefront with the name Autumn Leaves.

Welcomes, Farewells, and New Projects at Labor Notes »

June 22, 2023 | Labor Notes staff



Adrian Campbell
Large, multiracial, masked crowd stands on the steps of a public buliding. Many have fists in the air. Back row holds ATU banners. Front row holds a giant banner that reads "Hazard pay now!" with a line drawing of a bus.

Intolerable Conditions Drive ‘Shortages,’ Transit Workers Say »

June 14, 2023 | Sultana Adams and Richard Marcantonio

Why are public transit operators struggling to retain workers and hire new ones? Workers at AC Transit say one major factor is intolerable working conditions—overwork, inadequate breaks, safety hazards, and a pervasive culture of disrespect.
workers cross the road carrying UE flags in front of a grey semi tractor-trailer

Will Erie Locomotive Plant Workers Strike for the Right to Strike over Grievances? »

June 14, 2023 | Alex Press

UPDATE, June 23: After rejecting the company’s last, best and final offer today, the 1,400 members of UE Locals 506 and 618 are on strike at Wabtec’s locomotive plant in Lawrence Park.
A group of workers looks to the left, with signs saying UAW on strike

Six Weeks In, Stock Dwindles at Struck Ohio Battery Plant »

June 13, 2023 | Courtney Smith

Update, June 14: As we went to press, a third tentative agreement was announced, but without details.

As New York Skies Darken, Delivery Workers Help Each Other »

June 8, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

Wildfire smoke muddled the New York City skyline on Tuesday. Many people experienced the eerie threat mainly by scrolling through social media. But others experienced it in their bodies.

A group of excited Teamsters, some in brown uniforms, others in union hoodies, hold signs saying time to pay up,

UPS Teamsters Start Strike Authorization Vote »

June 7, 2023 | Sean Orr and Elliot Lewis

With the largest private sector labor contract in the United States set to expire on July 31 at midnight, the eyes of the American labor movement are on United Parcel Service (UPS) and the nearly 350,000 Teamsters who work there.

Three workers picket, facing slightly away from the camera, on a tree-lined road outdoors. Their picket signs say "On strike, Unfair Labor Practice, Calportland Glacier Northwest, Teamsters Local 174."

Unions Can Still Strike—Don't Let the Supreme Court Tell You Otherwise »

June 1, 2023 | Alexandra Bradbury

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters Local 174 is outrageous—valuing property over workers’ rights. But it could have been much worse.

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