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Three photos. Upper left: white people stand outdoors with handmade signs like "Save our mail," "no consolidation," "protect good jobs in southern Oregon." Lower left: A racially diverse crowd outside a mail plant with printed APWU signs for better staffing, better service, respect at work, and safer conditions. Right: a Black woman with raised fist, Miriam, and a white woman smiling big, Sheri, hold signs: "Service matters! ""10-year plan is bound to fail, we don't want to delay the mail!"

October 1: Nationwide Rallies to Save the Postal Service »

September 16, 2024 | Miriam Brockman

The Postal Workers (APWU) will hold a national day of action on October 1, with rallies all across the country for better staffing and better service, a better contract that ends the two-tier wage system, and the right to speak to the board that governs the postal service.

AT&T Southeast Strike Nears One Month, With California and Nevada on Brink of Walkout »

September 13, 2024 | Dan DiMaggio

UPDATE: On September 15, CWA announced tentative agreements with both AT&T Southeast and AT&T West. Workers at AT&T Southeast returned to work on September 16.
a young asian woman grips a sign that says on On Strike at Boeing. Others around her have signs. It’s nighttime.

Boeing Machinists Strike »

September 13, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Third-shift workers walked out of Boeing’s giant factories at Renton and Everett, Washington, as their contract expired early Friday morning, blasting music and airhorns, shooting off fireworks, and waving hand-made signs.
A Black dancer dances joyfully on the picket line, her long hair streaming out behind her. She is wearing a blue AGMA shirt. A delighted crowd, also mostly Black, surrounds her watching and taking photos -- some also wear AGMA shirts. The photo is full of energy, motion, and joy.

Dallas Black Dancers Fight for Their Union »

September 12, 2024 | Rosemary Curts

Leave it to performing arts unions to make a picket line that grabs attention. The rally outside Dallas Black Dance Theatre included a drummer, line dancing, and spontaneous performances from the unionized dancers.
LiUNA Local 78 members participated in the 2024 NYC Labor Day Parade on September 7.

Worker Solidarity Is the Best Strategy to Defeat Rising Fascism »

September 11, 2024 | Percy Lujan

Donald Trump and his accomplices want working people to look at each other with distrust and divide ourselves over banal differences.
Hundreds march though an industrial plant, one sign reads: Historic Slap in Our Faces

‘Hard No’: Boeing Workers React to Tentative Agreement »

September 10, 2024 | Jenny Brown

With their contract expiring at midnight on Thursday, the Machinists union at the aircraft giant Boeing announced a tentative contract agreement September 8. It was a shock to many union members.
A group of a dozen hotel workers with signs saying “On Strike, Make them Pay” look at the camera, one waves

10,000 Hotel Workers Struck on Labor Day Weekend, More Could Follow »

September 9, 2024 | Natascha Elena Uhlmann

More than 10,000 hotel workers across nine cities went out on a rolling strike Labor Day weekend after contract talks with the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotel chains stalled. They are members of UNITE HERE.
Six workers march carrying printed "UAW on strike" signs and wearing rain ponchos. One smiles, and others look determined; one person wearing two long braids punches their fist high in the air. They are outdoors on a green campus.

Cornell Workers Strike for the First Time in Decades »

August 28, 2024 | José Pérez-Zetune

As students moved into campus, Cornell University’s 1,200 dining, custodial, and maintenance workers in Ithaca, New York, walked off the job August 18.

Three women stand by a wall depicting ‘labor rights’ and ‘peaceful transition of power’ as pillars holding a roof called ‘democracy’

Interview: Bridging Political Divides through Solidarity »

August 28, 2024 | Katy Habr

How should unions engage with members drawn to right-wing, anti-worker politics and candidates? One union trying to tackle this disconnect is the Communications Workers (CWA).
A white woman, right, hands a baby to a Latina woman, left. They are in an apartment kitchen. Both are smiling big. The baby's face is not visible.

Worker Co-ops: A Pathway to Good Jobs for Immigrant Workers »

August 27, 2024 | Tareq Saghie

How can immigrants without work authorization avoid being hyper-exploited, and instead find work where they have some autonomy and collective power to raise standards? A movement that has been incubating in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, might offer some answers.

A group of men in sweatshirts gather around a table and sign things, a parking lot is behind them.

Work to Rule and Open Bargaining Back Down Kroger Warehouse Bosses »

August 26, 2024 | Alexandra Bradbury

Teamsters in an Indiana grocery warehouse scored big this year with a contract campaign like never before.
Around dawn, but still dark, a group stand around a burn barrel with signs saying Teamsters Rail locked out

Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers »

August 22, 2024 | Joe DeManuelle-Hall

UPDATE, August 22: The lockout was not even a day old when the government moved to end it with a back-to-work order and initiate b
Flipcharts on the wall list workplace hazards including combustible dust and bloodborne pathogens

Workplace Safety Is Not a Game »

August 22, 2024 | United Electrical Workers Education Department

Employer-sponsored “safety games” or “safety contests” may seem benign on the surface, but there’s a deadly motive.


Employers are rediscovering an old scheme to con workers into undermining their own job safety. These games are designed to reward employees for not reporting accidents.

Striking Is in the Air at Boeing »

August 22, 2024 | Jenny Brown

Mondays and Wednesdays are loud at the vast Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. As the Machinists’ contract campaign heats up, the workforce has been serenading management at lunch with air horns, train horns, and vuvuzelas—plus chants of “Out the Door in ’24.”
In a bright sunny room, a man in a black polo shirt and jeans stands on the left, speaking into mic, while about 30 people seated in chairs on the right listen. Most or all appear Latino/a.

Grocery Teamster Gets Job Back, Prepares to Organize for More »

August 14, 2024 | Luis Feliz Leon

Sixteen months after his illegal firing, Juan Vargas walked into work in June to cheers and pats on the back from his co-workers at the Anthony Marano Company, a major produce distributor in the Chicago area. He won full back pay.

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