Troublemakers Blog

Viewpoint: What Amazon Workers Can Learn from the Successes (and Failures) of the Fight for 15

Fast food strikers, mostly young and Black, a mix of genders, sit in an intersection, linking arms. A long red banner laid out in front of them says "Whatever it takes." In the crowd behind them, some people hold a white handlettered banner: "Give us this day our daily bread."
July 15, 2026 / Rand Wilson and Peter Olney
If the labor movement is to maintain and raise standards, then we must organize Amazon—one of the largest employers and most powerful corporations in the U.S. today. »

‘Give Me a Chance to Survive’: Workers, Employers Dread Deportations’ Effect on Health Care

A large crowd of people, mostly Black women, rallies in Manhattan's Foley Square. Many wear purple 1199 T-shirts. Some hold yellow 1199 signs, or red ones shaped like hearts with the message "We are the heart of New York healthcare." The mood is active, with many arms reaching up into the air and mouths opening to speak, chant, or sing.
July 15, 2026 / Steve Wishnia
“They killed my cousin,” said the Brooklyn man, a Haitian immigrant in his forties, explaining why he came to the United States four years ago. He asked to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. »

Power Workers Independence Day Strike Wins Pensions in Pennsylvania

A group of workers pose for the camera on a city sidewalk. They are diverse in race, gender, and age. Many hold printed red and blue signs that say "PECO workers on strike!" One holds a big hand-drawn sign: "26+666+614=1. IBEW united!"
July 09, 2026 / Mindy Isser
Workers at PECO, the electric company for the Philadelphia region and Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas utility, went on strike just after midnight on Saturday, July 4, winning a tentative agreement for the 1,500 workers just before midnight on Monday, July 6. »

Artists: Apply for an Anne Feeney Hellraiser Grant

Artwork in the distinctive woodcut style of Ricardo Levins Morales has a guitar, a bullhorn, a rose, and a photo of Anne. Text says: "Celebrating the life and legacy of a hellraiser, Anne Feeney, 1951-2021."
July 06, 2026 / Alexandra Bradbury
Applications are open once again for the Anne Feeney Hellraiser Memorial Fund, this year offering five grants of up to $1,000 for emerging artists of any discipline who create art in support of social movements for justice. »

Still Fighting at 250

July 02, 2026 / Dan DiMaggio
As America turns 250, it’s easy to despair about where we're going. The Labor Notes Conference was a powerful antidote. These 4,000-plus fighters have not given up. They're still fighting. And this country is filled with courageous working people like them, who believe that a better world is possible »

On Eve of Election, UAW's Shawn Fain Stands Up to Government Monitor

Shawn Fain, a white man with glasses, speaks at a podium. Behind him (and on the podium) is the UAW logo in white on a blue background. Yellow letters around it say (partly obscured) "Our Generation's Defining Moment."
June 25, 2026 / Jane Slaughter
The federal monitor charged with rooting out “fraud, corruption, illegal behavior, dishonesty, and unethical practices” in the Auto Workers union issued a report on June 25 accusing UAW »

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

Trabajadores realizan un paro laboral en sus motocicletas.
June 24, 2026 / Natascha Elena Uhlmann
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 »

From Cell to Cell, Jailed Minnesota Unionists Sang of Freedom

Emmett Doyle, a bearded white man wearing a "Class war veteran" hat, a keffiyeh, and a Carhartt jacket, plays an Irish bouzouki. He is outdoors, silhouetted against a blue sky with thin white clouds.
June 17, 2026 / Emmett Doyle
Yesterday the federal government arrested and indicted 15 people, many of them union activists, on conspiracy charges over the protests and massive strike »

How (and When) to Build a Union Reform Caucus: Advice from a Grocery Worker

A man and a woman hold up fists
June 17, 2026 / Lisa Xu
Quick! What do these exciting stories have in common? Educators bringing a new fighting spirit to their unions, from Los Angeles to Chicago to Massachusetts. Members overthrowing corrupt leaders in the Teamsters and the United Auto Workers. Grocery workers and letter carriers rebelling against subpar contracts. Building trade workers organizing to turn their »

Minnesota Unionists Among Those Targeted in Federal Indictments of ICE Observers

Six workers, of various races and genders, stand together on a ballroom stage with a big "Labor Notes" banner hanging behind them. Three are raising fists in the air, and one holds out a purple "SEIU Local 26, #UnionsForAll" scarf.
June 16, 2026 / Sarah Lazare and Amy Livingston
Minnesota trade unionists active in worker assemblies are among the 15 people indicted by the federal government today, as part of a sweeping crackdown on organizing in opposition to the ICE and Border Patrol since December 2025. »

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