Troublemakers Blog
December 19, 2024 /
At the Port of Montréal, nearly 1,200 longshore workers have been ordered into binding arbitration by the Canadian government following a 10-day lockout. »
December 19, 2024 / Sarah Hughes, / Lisa Xu
This fall, workers at hundreds of CVS stores in California announced a rolling wave of strikes that seemed to take management by surprise. »
December 19, 2024 /
Organizing Amazon is obviously a daunting project.
Not only is the company willing to use all the tricks of its notoriously anti-union competitor Walmart, but it’s also growing rapidly. In 2022 and 2023, Amazon added 160 million square feet to its distribution network. That’s 10 million more square feet than Walmart’s entire distribution network. »
December 12, 2024 /
I am a licensed clinical social worker who has been on strike against the Kaiser Permanente health care system for 53 days now. »
December 11, 2024 /
Even before he takes office, the Trump victory has given more power to poultry corporations. They’re using the political environment to intimidate workers. I’ve been organizing with poultry processing workers in Arkansas for 10 years, and I see a high risk that the (already awful) working conditions will get worse. »
December 02, 2024 /
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was passed in 1993, the economies of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have become increasingly integrated. Workers in all three countries have suffered as corporations have used trade rules to maximize profits, push down wages and benefits, and manage the flow of people displaced by these rules. »
November 14, 2024 / Alexandra Bradbury
Our newest staff writer/organizer, Danielle Smith, joined the Labor Notes staff in October. Danielle is a dynamo—a skilled journalist and organizer. »
November 14, 2024 / Jane Slaughter
Unions weren’t strong enough, in numbers or in influence with their members, to make a difference in this election. One sample showed union households at only 54 percent for Kamala Harris vs. 43 percent for the billionaire, with non-union households at 51 percent Trump, 47 percent Harris. If union voters had listened to their officers, Trump’s numbers would have »
November 07, 2024 / Danielle Smith
November 04, 2024 /
American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing. »