Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Trabajadores de la salud luchan por la comunidad inmigrante en Vermont

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September 02, 2026

Los trabajadores de la salud quienes están luchando por un contrato sindical en Vermont han acudido a la mesa de negociaciones no solo con sus propias demandas de plantillas suficientes y salarios justos, sino también con una petición algo inusual: una planteada en solidaridad con trabajadores lecheros en el estado.

Quieren que su empleador, el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Vermont, se una al programa “Leche con Dignidad”.

Vermont Hospital Workers Fight for Immigrant Neighbors

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September 02, 2026

Health care workers fighting for a contract in Vermont have come to the table with not only their own demands for safe staffing and fair pay, but also a more unusual demand—one made in solidarity with farmworkers.

They want their employer, the University of Vermont Medical Center, to join the Milk with Dignity program.

“We’ve been in spaces with folks, seen them, heard their stories. They’ve come to our rallies,” said administrative assistant Melissa Lavallee, secretary of the union, Support Staff United (AFT-VT). “We’re doing for our neighbors what they do for us.”

World Cup Leverage: California Stadium Workers Win the Right to Strike Over ICE

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A worker holding a sign that says: Red card for the bad boss
July 14, 2026

In a World Cup-fueled union win, concessions workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have won the right to walk off the job, should ICE pose a threat to their safety.

The stadium’s 2,000 cooks, bartenders, dishwashers, servers, and attendants had a major piece of leverage this summer: eight scheduled World Cup matches. Their victory came days after a 96 percent vote to authorize a strike.

Their next contract will expire at the end of April 2028, weeks before the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.

Los trabajadores por aplicación luchan por hacer valer sus derechos bajo la reforma laboral

Natascha Elena Uhlmann
Trabajadores realizan un paro laboral en sus motocicletas.

Al grito de, “No somos socios, somos trabajadores”, cientos de trabajadores de todo México que prestan servicios de transporte y reparto a través de las plataformas digitales realizaron un paro laboral de dos horas el 15 de mayo para exigir tarifas justas, un fin a las desconexiones injustificadas, y, en última instancia, un acuerdo colectivo de trabajo con gigantes de las aplicaciones como Uber, Didi y Rappi.

Mexico's Gig Workers Fight Efforts to Hollow Out Their Employee Status Win

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Workers stand by on their motorcycles.
June 24, 2026

Chanting, “We are not partners, we are workers,” hundreds of workers across Mexico who provide rides and deliveries through apps held a two-hour work stoppage on May 15 demanding fair rates, an end to unjustified deactivations, and ultimately, a collective labor agreement with app giants like Uber, DiDi, and Rappi (two Uber Eats-style delivery platforms).

Trabajador de Honda México logrará su reinstalación tras una lucha de 15 años

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Ex trabajadores de Honda se reunen para una foto.

El líder del sindicato de trabajadores de Honda ganó su reinstalación la semana pasada, en una victoria importante para trabajadores que buscan construir sindicatos democráticos en el sector automotriz masivo. Pero tomó 15 años para que José Luis Solorio Alcalá, del Sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de Honda de México, STUHM, pudiera llegar un paso más cercano a la justicia.

Honda Mexico Worker Wins Reinstatement After 15-Year Fight

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Former Honda workers gather for a photo at a press conference.
June 05, 2026

The leader of Mexico's Honda workers’ union won reinstatement last week, in an important win for workers seeking to build real unions in the country's massive auto sector. But it took 15 years for José Luis Solorio Alcalá, of the Union of United Honda Workers of Mexico (Sindicato de Trabajadores Unidos de Honda de México, STUHM), to get one step closer to justice.

La gerencia les cobraba 100 dólares semanales por trabajar, alegan los trabajadores. Pero están luchando por sus derechos.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Cuando Evelyn comenzó a trabajar en Marder Trawling, un centro de procesamiento de mariscos en New Bedford, Massachusetts, se enteró de una condición de trabajo inusual: tendría que pagar discretamente a su gerente $100 dólares semanales por el privilegio de trabajar, dijo. “Yo no tenía trabajo, y tengo a mis niños. Yo le dije, ‘Está bien. Con tal de tener un trabajo.’

Management Charged Them $100 a Week to Work, Workers Say. They’re Fighting Back.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

When Evelyn began work at New Bedford, Massachusetts, seafood processing center Marder Trawling, she learned of an unusual condition of employment: She’d need to quietly pay her manager $100 per week for the privilege of working, she said. “I didn’t have work, and I have kids,” she said. “So I told him, ‘All right,’ just to have a job.

“There were times I didn’t have money for rent, bills, or food for my kids,” she told Labor Notes, but her manager was happy to oblige: she could skip a week’s payment, and owe $200 the next week.

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