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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.
A group of workers and supporters stand holding signs reading UAW on Strike.

Ford Parts Workers Strike over Money, Safety, Discipline »

June 1, 2023 | Jane Slaughter

“I wish to be like eggs,” said Abdullah Saleem, in his third week of striking Constellium Automotive west of Detroit. “You know how eggs used to be a dollar a dozen and now they’re $4,” said Saleem, who has 11 years working at the plant.
A group of 15 or so workers in hi-viz vests look excited and hold signs about voting for the Teamsters union.

DHL Violates Neutrality, Freight Workers Join Teamsters Anyway »

May 31, 2023 | Peter Lucas

At the DHL Express superhub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, 1,100 workers who load and unload freight on aircraft voted to join Teamsters Local 100 in April in one of the biggest private-sector union wins this year.
Cartoon of a an angry boss and an angry worker in a hardhat yelling at each other.

Biden Labor Board Restores Right to Use Heated Language »

May 26, 2023 | Robert M. Schwartz

In a landmark May Day ruling called Lion Elastomers, the National Labor Relations Board restored the rights of union representatives to use heated language, including occasional profanity, during arguments with management.
Protesters sitting in a row in a meeting hold up yellow posters with a picture of slain worker Juan Baten.

Slingshot: Children on the Killing Floor »

May 25, 2023 | Luis Feliz Leon

The first labor story I ever wrote was about the death of Juan Baten, a 22-year-old Guatemalan worker who was killed on the job at a food warehouse in Brooklyn in 2011. Baten got pulled into a mixing machine that lacked the required safety guard.

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