Troublemakers Blog

Palestinian Arts Workers Call for Solidarity [1]

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October 07, 2026 / Mona Abhari

Palestinian cultural workers living through apartheid, occupation, and genocide are calling for solidarity [2] from their counterparts abroad. » [1]

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike [3]

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October 06, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [4]

“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 [5]. » [3]

How Unions Can Reverse Privatization of Medicaid and Why It Matters [6]

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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. » [6]

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Protect Their Hearing and Their Craft [7]

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September 24, 2026 / Paul Prescod [8]

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. » [7]

AutoZone Workers Are Trying to Form the Company’s First-Ever Union [9]

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September 21, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [4]

UPDATE, September 26: AutoZone workers won their union election on Friday—the first ever union election win at the company. » [9]

Stewards Corner: How We Won Our Co-Worker Her Rightful Promotion [10]

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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. » [10]

Persecuted by Trump, Will Unions Build Towards May 2028? [11]

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September 09, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [4]

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. » [11]

Book Review: Courage or Complicity? How Veterans are Responding to the Assault on Democracy [12]

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September 01, 2026 / John Braxton

U.S. military veterans are drilled by their commanders to obey their superior officers. Many still believe it is their duty to support the commander-in-chief even after their tour of duty. » [12]

Jackson Transit Workers Win Strike, Save Saturday Service [13]

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August 27, 2026 / Paul Prescod [8]

Eighty public transit workers in Jackson, Mississippi, have won a tentative agreement with MV Transportation, after a grueling five-week strike [14]. The transit workers represented by ATU Local 1208 garnered public support and were able to win most of » [13]

Mississippi Transit Workers Strike for Better Protections and Service [14]

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August 19, 2026 / Paul Prescod [8]

Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the U.S., and is a “right-to-work” state with only 4 percent of its workers in unions. But since July 13, Highway 80 near Jackson has been lined by chanting picketers. They’re on strike at JTRAN, the city’s public transit system. » [14]