Troublemakers Blog
January 29, 2025 / Kari Thompson
The Trump administration has swept into office with a volley of attacks: Gutting programs that acknowledge race and gender inequality. Freezing funding for a wide swath of programs (though that order has already been rescinded). New work rules. Immigration raids. Replacing career civil servants with political lackeys. A mass email inviting federal employees to »
January 21, 2025 /
While running for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, working class candidate Dan Osborn characterized the Senate as “a country club of millionaires that work for billionaires.”
In November, he almost crashed their party. »
January 16, 2025 /
The following language was compiled from a series of unions and labor activists. It is intended as a resource for workers looking to include pro-immigrant provisions in their collective bargaining agreements. »
January 14, 2025 /
In a resounding display of international solidarity, members of the Swedish Dockworkers Union (SDU) voted by 68 percent in December to block the handling of military shipments to and from Israel. »
January 13, 2025 /
Nancy Wohlforth, a pioneering labor leader and gay rights activist, died on December 31, 2024, after a long illness. She was 79. »
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. »