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A woman with a strike picket sign and a ‘Teamsters Against Trump’ T-shirt looks past the camera

Viewpoint: We Won’t Win Until We’re Troublemakers »

November 14, 2024 | Jane Slaughter

Unions weren’t strong enough, in numbers or in influence with their members, to make a difference in this election. One sample showed union households at only 54 percent for Kamala Harris vs. 43 percent for the billionaire, with non-union households at 51 percent Trump, 47 percent Harris.
At least 32 letter carriers in uniform, holding "no" signs printed in various fonts, pose in a post office parking lot. The group looks diverse in race and gender. Several give the "thumbs-down" hand signal.

Letter Carriers are Organizing Against an Insulting 1.3 Percent Raise »

November 14, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

A wave of anger is cresting at post offices across the country. Letter carriers are looking at the big raises that other union members have won—38 percent over four years at Boeing, 62 percent in six years at the East Coast ports, $7.50 in five years at UPS.
A group of people hold picket signs in front of a canopy.

Canadian Longshore Workers Forced into Binding Arbitration by Government »

November 13, 2024 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Port employers in British Columbia shut down ports on November 4 over a contract dispute with the 730 members of the Longshore Union’s (ILWU) Canada’s foremen’s local.
Thirty people pose with a yellow van behind them that says One Union, One Family

Viewpoint: To Unify the Working Class, Put Workers First »

November 8, 2024 | Jimmy Williams, Jr.

Union leaders have a duty to tell members the truth about politics and how they affect our union.

New York Times Tech Strikers Sing 'No Scabs' and Call a Wordle Boycott »

November 7, 2024 | Danielle Smith
two people are stonefaced while another claps and smiles.

Boeing Machinists End 53-Day Strike with 38 Percent Raise »

November 5, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Striking Boeing Machinists will start returning to work tomorrow after voting for a new contract with substantial wage increases.
Cover of reviewed book, aqua green with a headset and looping wires.

Book Review: How Telecom Customer Service Reps Got Better Connected Via Their Union »

November 4, 2024 | Steve Early

American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing.
A man with a white beard in a blue postal uniform loads a tray of letters in to the back of a postal truck.

Consolidation Threatens to Rip ‘Service’ Out of Postal Service »

October 30, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

Workers are battling an overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country.
Eight picketers, who appear mostly young and white, stand in front of New Seasons. Their screen-printed picket signs say "New Seasons Labor Union, On Strike, Unfair Employer, Do Not Patronize" in red ink with flourishes. Two hold a black banner with yellow letters, only partly visible but appears to say "On strike." They all stand near the curb, facing traffic, and one has a bullhorn.

Portland Grocery Workers Strike Together »

October 29, 2024 | Paul Kirk-Davidoff

Over Labor Day weekend, 5,500 grocery workers in Portland, Oregon, went on strike across 38 stores—and two unions.
Nurses in yellow shirts pose smiling. Most are women; most appear Native Hawaiian or Asian. Many wear ballcaps. Some carry printed signs saying "ULP strike," "Zero tolerance for retaliation," or "on strike for better patient care." Two carry handmade signs--one with an image of a duck and the words "Unsafe staffing leads to quack-cidents," and the other with the logo of the show "Friends" crossed out, the word "Bullies" written in the same style, followed by "Episode 2: The One Where HPH Locks Us Out."

Honolulu Nurses Weather Long Lockout and Win Staffing Ratio Language »

October 28, 2024 | Nurse Erica

In a malicious ploy, a hospital in Honolulu locked out its nurses after a one-day strike—and not just for a couple days, as hospitals often do, but indefinitely. The message was, you can come back only when you accept our demands.

Viewpoint: Fellow Letter Carriers, Stand Together and Vote No on Sellout Contract! »

October 24, 2024 | Rob Darakjian

City letter carriers finally got to see the headlines of the tentative agreement Letter Carriers (NALC) President Brian Renfroe has negotiated—after more than 500 days of working without a contract and being kept completely in the dark about the state of bargaining.
Two workers staff a picket line with a giant red ‘strike’ sign and a “Pension or Bust” sign.

‘Not Good Enough’: Striking Machinists Reject New Boeing Offer »

October 24, 2024 | Jenny Brown

After 40 days on strike, 33,000 Machinists rejected an improved contract offer from Boeing by 64 percent on Wednesday. The offer included a 35 percent wage increase over 4 years.
White and Black men and women march with picket signs that say "Teamsters Local 238, Marathon Petroleum Co, Unfair Labor Practices against Detroit refinery workers." Most of those whose T-shirts are visible are wearing messages like "Teamsters against Trump," "Trump is a scab," and "Harris-Walz" with an IBT local logo.

These Teamsters Don’t Buy Trump’s Lies »

October 23, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

By the time Teamsters President Sean O’Brien finally announced in September that the union would not be endorsing anyone for U.S.
Workers and allies hold pro-union signs and raise their fists in a show of collective power.

Auto Parts Workers at Julian Electric Lose Union Election, Vow to Keep Fighting »

October 17, 2024 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Workers at Julian Electric, an auto parts plant in Lockport, Illinois, lost their election to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a devastatingly close tie vote.
A worker holds a flyer in the air. His hat reads: "Vote Unifor"

Walmart Warehouse Workers Win First Union in Canada »

October 17, 2024 | Kari Thompson

Eight hundred workers near Toronto have won the first Walmart warehouse union in Canada or the U.S.

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