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Labor Goes on Election Defense

Luis Feliz Leon

New York City unions representing 1 million members launched a new coalition October 15 to defend the right to vote ahead of the midterm elections November 3. A thousand members rallied outside the city’s main post office, pledging to mobilize the labor movement to defend the elections from Trump administration interference.

UAW President Shawn Fain Wins Reelection Victory

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A large group stands behind a yellow banner saying “United to Fight, Experience to Win”
October 12, 2026

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has won a second four-year term, winning 68 percent of the vote in member balloting for the union’s top officers.

Amazon Package Drivers Rev Up Organizing to Become Direct Employees

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Amazon delivery drivers rally outside City Hall in NYC.
October 07, 2026

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in New York City, under legislation that Teamsters and Amazon workers alongside the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are organizing to pass.

The Delivery Protection Act would require Amazon, alongside FedEx and other companies, to directly employ drivers rather than rely on third-party subcontractors. It would also establish safety, training, and labor standards for delivery drivers.

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike

Luis Feliz Leon
Close-up of a man's chin with bullhorn and the back of someone's Teamsters jacket in a crowd. Overlaid in yellow type is the movie title: Who Moves America.

“Who Moves America” is touring the U.S., with upcoming screenings across the West Coast, Northeast, and South. See when it’s coming to your town, or request a screening, here.

In the new documentary “Who Moves America,” filmmaker Yael Bridge offers a window into the working-class culture of one of the country’s largest unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at United Parcel Service (UPS) in 2023.

German Amazon Workers Organize to Get Paid for Every Minute

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September 28, 2026

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time.

Working even 10 unpaid minutes a day, the workers say, adds up to 4.5 workdays per year of free labor, or about $712 U.S. (618 euros) in stolen wages. And at the most extreme, stolen time can reach up to 45 minutes per day.

The petition identifies three ways Amazon is stealing workers’ time:

AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union

Luis Feliz Leon
Three workers pose for a group selfie in front of the store. They read as three men of different races. The man in the middle is wearing an orange Knicks T-shirt.

UPDATE, September 26: AutoZone workers won their union election on Friday—the first ever union election win at the company.

When workers file for a union election, it’s like a Bat-Signal goes off: a column of light cuts through the night sky, summoning not Bruce Wayne but a swarm of anti-union managers and consultants who reap tens of thousands of dollars from sowing fear and doubt.

Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028?

Luis Feliz Leon
A group of autoworkers with black “Protect Our Freedom to Vote” shirts march

Three years ago the United Auto Workers, glowing with confidence after a successful strike at the Big 3 and pledging ambitious new organizing drives, put out a call for a national strike on May 1, 2028.

UAW President Shawn Fain called for unions to align their contracts with the Big 3 to build leverage and create a crisis for the billionaire class. It was a new day in the UAW, and a wider labor renewal felt possible.

UAW Members Voting for International Officers

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UAW delegates (men and women, Black and white) sit listening at the union's 2026 convention. Table signs identify those in the foreground as from Region 8, Locals 129 and 276.
August 25, 2026

United Auto Workers members are voting by mail ballot for their top officers, for the second time in the union’s 91 years. Ballots went out August 21 and are due back by October 5.

The contest will decide whether President Shawn Fain, who became famous for leading 2023’s Stand-Up Strike against the Big 3 automakers, will be able to continue the union’s about-face from its previous employer-friendly ways.

Federal Spies Hunt Minnesota Unions in Search of Conspiracy, But Find Solidarity

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Agents covered head to toe in tactical gear and warm clothing stand in a diamond formation, facing outward, in a city street. Their faces are covered. The vests say "police" though they are not in uniform. They all wear heavy boots and some carry spray cans. Visible behind them is a one-story brick building lined with retail shops, with faded signs reading "8 Street Nourish" and "Tobacco & Mas."
August 14, 2026

Yesterday news broke of a sweeping undercover investigation by the Department of Homeland Security in Minnesota early this year to infiltrate and surveil meetings and obtain the financial records of nonprofit groups and two of the country’s largest unions, the Communications Workers (CWA) and the Service Employees (SEIU).

Learning, Recharging, Uniting at Labor Notes 2026

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Several people stand on stage with fists raised and with a Labor Notes banner behind them.
July 02, 2026

In a time when there’s real cause for fear and despair—and when the Trump administration is pushing hard to divide us—the Labor Notes Conference June 12-14 in Chicago was an oasis of inspiration and solidarity.

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