Labor Notes Archive

September, 2022

The Right to Strike Is at Stake on the Railroads
After Strike Threat, Wisconsin Nurses Get a Possible Path to Union Recognition
Rest in Power, Tim Schermerhorn: Leader of New York Subway Union Reform Effort
Workers Building New U.S. Embassy in Honduras Strike over Severed Fingers, Illegal Contracts
Ten Years Ago, Chicago Teachers Gave Us All a Jolt of Hope
Rank-and-File Power Is Essential to Rebuilding the Labor Movement
Wisconsin Nurses Set to Strike, As Employer Claims It's Banned from Bargaining
Viewpoint: Confronting the Nature of Work
Rail Workers Reject Contract Recommendations, Say They're Ready to Strike
Mexican Auto Parts Workers Win a Union of Their Own, Defeating Company Attempts to Impose One

August, 2022

How Zoomers Organized the First Chipotle Union
How Intermodal Yard Workers Doubled Their Pay
Interview: Starbucks Workers Are in the Fight of Their Lives for a Contract
Trader Joe's Union Campaign Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
'Milk Was Still Steaming, We Just Walked Out': Scenes from a Summer of Strikes in a South Carolina Starbucks
Nine For-Profit Nursing Homes Pull A Simultaneous Strike—And Another Is on the Way
UPS Says No to Air Conditioning, But Here’s a Surveillance Camera
Kaiser Clinicians Strike against ‘Separate and Unequal’ Mental Health Care
Video Game and Tech Workers ‘Drop the U-Word’
Immigrant Detainees Strike Over $1-a-Day Pay, Working Conditions
Auto Workers Turn a Corner for Strike Pay and Democracy
Recent Books of Note for Labor Activists

July, 2022

St. Louis Boeing Plant Workers to Strike
Every Boss Has a Weak Spot. Find and Use It.
What Can Unions Do Now to Defend Abortion Rights?
Yes, Abortion Rights Are a Union Issue
2022 Labor Notes: ‘A Special Moment for the Labor Movement’
UPenn Teamsters Defeat Two-Tier
International Students in Ontario Are Fighting Wage Theft—And Winning
UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections

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