Troublemakers Blog

The Country Where Starbucks Workers Have a National Contract [1]

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February 09, 2026 / Jane Slaughter [2]

Starbucks has signed union contracts almost nowhere, but in Chile, workers have a national agreement covering 176 stores. They were the first in the world to unionize, in 2009. » [1]

More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ [3]

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February 06, 2026 / Alexandra Bradbury

More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse and union member. » [3]

Striking New York Nurses Brave Subzero Cold [4]

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February 04, 2026 / A.J. Schumann [5], / Sarah Hughes [6]

Fifteen thousand New York nurses are more than three weeks into their strike [7] for a fairer contract. Yesterday members of the New York State Nurses Association braved below-freezing temperatures to march across the Brooklyn Bridge and deliver a message to City Hall. » [4]

Malaysian Workers Protest Union-Busting at Apple Supplier [8]

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February 04, 2026 / Dan DiMaggio [9]

Workers in Malaysia who make screens like the one you are reading this article on are protesting after union leaders were fired following an organizing victory. The workers make LED screens for companies including Apple. » [8]

Delete the Starbucks App Now, Say Striking Workers [10]

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February 03, 2026 / Jenny Brown [11]

Starbucks barista Christi Gomoljak has been on strike for 80 days. Managers at her Disney store in Anaheim, California had taken away the workers’ restroom without consultation. “There was a note on our break table that we were losing our employee restroom,” she said. Workers would have to go elsewhere in the busy theme park. » [10]

Iowa Nurses Join Teamsters in Hard-Fought Election Win [12]

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February 02, 2026 / Belinda Carpenter

In a hospital, there is always another patient waiting. As soon as one bed empties, another is filled. » [12]

‘No More Blood for Oil’: Global Labor Movement Opposes Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela [13]

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January 07, 2026 / Luis Feliz Leon [14]

Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela. In a raw display of imperialist aggression, the United States bombed the country, kidnapped its president and his wife, and imprisoned them in New York City on January 4. Special forces and military aircraft killed 80 civilians and military personnel. » [13]

100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics [15]

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December 18, 2025 / Paul Prescod

The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. One hundred years ago on August 25, 1925, Black sleeping car porters, hoping to form a union at the Pullman company, packed the Elks Hall in Harlem. Company spies were probably in the audience as well. » [15]

Union Members Distribute Food for Federal Workers [16]

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December 17, 2025 / Kerry Taylor

More than a dozen volunteers gathered on November 14 at the Community Resource Center in North Charleston for a large-scale food distribution aimed at supporting federal employees reeling from the effects of the recent government shutdown. » [16]

From Temp Trap to Union Jobs: Building Pathways for Workers with Criminal Records [17]

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December 17, 2025 / Maya Ragsdale

During a factory organizing drive, the Steelworkers in Chester, South Carolina, saw how criminal legal barriers were undermining its organizing efforts. Many of the workers had felony records and were afraid of losing their jobs, while others in the community were barred from getting these jobs in the first place. » [17]