Become a monthly donor!

Troublemakers Blog

Book Review: Maximum Leverage: From the Street to the Picket Line

Cover of book Maximum Leverage shows a rainy night street scene.
October 16, 2026 / Kurt Stand
Union strength or weakness is often seen only through the light of a strike or lockout. Phil Cohen’s memoir, Maximum Leverage: From the Street to the Picket Line, tells a different story. »

Trabajadores de la salud de Iowa exigen el regreso de una compañera deportada

Un grupo diverso y serio de personas se encuentra apiñado en el interior de lo que parece ser una iglesia, frente a los tubos de un órgano, sosteniendo una gran pancarta roja impresa con el lema «Esenciales, no deportables» y el logotipo de Escucha Mi Voz. La persona situada en el centro habla por un micrófono. Varios niños están sentados delante y uno de ellos sostiene un cartel escrito a mano: «¡Liberen a mi abuela! ¡Liberenla! ¡Odio al ICE!».
October 13, 2026 / Sara Gilmore
Fatou Traore se dirigía a su trabajo como personal de limpieza en los Hospitales y Clínicas de la Universidad de Iowa (UIHC) en la mañana del jueves 24 de septiembre, cuando agentes de ICE la detuvieron. »

Iowa Hospital Workers Demand Return of Deported Co-Worker

A diverse and serious crowd of people stands close together inside what looks like a church, in front of organ pipes, holding a big printed red banner that says "Essential not deportable" with the logo of Escucha Mi Voz. The person in the middle is speaking into a mic. Several kids sit in front and one holds a hand-lettered sign: "Free my grandma! Free her! I hate ICE!"
October 13, 2026 / Sara Gilmore
Fatou Traore was on her way to work as a custodian at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) on the morning of Thursday, September 24, when ICE agents detained her. »

Palestinian Arts Workers Call for Solidarity

Seven women in long skirts and kerchiefs kneel, their arms in motion, apparently mid-dance. They are on a stage, bathed in red light.
October 07, 2026 / Mona Abhari
Palestinian cultural workers living through apartheid, occupation, and genocide are calling for solidarity from their counterparts abroad. »

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike

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.
October 06, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon
“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. »

How Unions Can Reverse Privatization of Medicaid and Why It Matters

A diverse group of people, mostly in white lab coats, stand outside holding printed signs that say, in red on white, "Medicaid saves lives." Other signs say "Code red: patients in crisis" and "Our patients rely on Medicaid to get the care they need. This bill would end that."
October 01, 2026 / Rose Roach
The following was adapted from a March 2026 speech that Rose Roach, National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer, gave to the Minnesota AFL-CIO. »

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Protect Their Hearing and Their Craft

Orchestra musicians on a stage, apparently performing or rehearsing (conductor's baton is raised). Everyone, including the conductor, is wearing matching blue T-shirts that say "Philadelphia Musicians Union Local 77-274" on the back.
September 24, 2026 / Paul Prescod
Philadelphia Orchestra musicians have won first-in-the-nation protections against hearing loss. The groundbreaking provisions, which could serve as a model for other orchestras, are part of a contract just ratified by Musicians (AFM) Local 77-274. »

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

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.
September 21, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon
UPDATE, September 26: AutoZone workers won their union election on Friday—the first ever union election win at the company. »

Stewards Corner: How We Won Our Co-Worker Her Rightful Promotion

Eight people outside face the camera with signs, including “Hire Genesis” and a UE banner.
September 17, 2026 / Bevin Barber-Campbell and Tim Rousseau
Workers at Hunger Mountain Co-op, a consumer-owned grocery store in Montpelier, Vermont, won a five-month fight to enforce seniority, beat back bias, and win a promotion for a beloved co-worker. We did it not just by filing a grievance, but also by mobilizing union members and the public. »

Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028?

A group of autoworkers with black “Protect Our Freedom to Vote” shirts march
September 09, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon
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. »

Pages