Troublemakers Blog

SNAP Axe Could Fall on Grocery Shoppers and Workers Alike [1]

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October 31, 2025 / Caitlyn Clark

Beginning November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail. » [1]

How to Build a Union Culture that Welcomes Immigrant Members [2]

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October 29, 2025 / Dan La Botz, Luis Feliz Leon, and Natascha Elena Uhlmann

Solidarity between workers is the lifeblood of a fighting labor movement. The workplace throws us together regardless of culture, race, gender, and language; we may have little in common but the need to earn a livelihood. But working shoulder to shoulder, we forge genuine bonds. » [2]

Loyola Marymount Is Trying to Bust our Union. We’re Fighting Back. [3]

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October 27, 2025 / Arik Greenberg

I was working from home when I got the email: The college I’ve taught at since 2003, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, was shutting down negotiations. They would no longer recognize the non-tenure track (NTT) faculty union my colleagues and I had fought tirelessly for. » [3]

Bring Your Union Banner to the Protest [4]

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October 23, 2025 / Luis Feliz Leon [5], / Alexandra Bradbury [6]

Nearly 7 million people [7] hit the streets October 18 to oppose Trump’s authoritarian actions. Demonstrators waved American flags and donned whimsical animal costumes. One sight we were especially glad to see in the crowds: union T-shirts, banners, and slogans. » [4]

Indiana Kroger Workers Win Better Contract after Voting ‘No’ Twice [8]

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October 22, 2025 / Andrea Reynolds

With 8,000 workers, the Indianapolis Kroger contract is the largest in Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700. After keeping members in the dark about negotiations, our local union leadership dropped a concessionary contract in our laps. Wage increases didn’t keep up with inflation, and there was no contract language to address understaffing. » [8]

Still Got the Power of the People [9]

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October 20, 2025 / Alexandra Bradbury [6]

In these terrifying times, I keep thinking of something Racine, Wisconsin, educator Angelina Cruz once said: “There’s a reason we’re supposed to feel isolated and powerless. It’s because we’re not.” » [9]

Our Siemens Union Drive Lost. But We Need More Like It. [10]

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October 14, 2025 / Kyle Loewen

Workers at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing plant in Sacramento, where I worked, lost a unionization election in March, 838 to 538. While the result was disappointing, the joint campaign by Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1245 and the Boilermakers represents the kind of organizing that the labor movement should double down on to reverse the tide of declining » [10]

Viewpoint: Attacks on U.S. Labor Rights Should Be an International Scandal [11]

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October 09, 2025 / Benjamin Dictor

The National Labor Relations Board, the only federal agency charged with enforcing private-sector workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively, is facing a constitutional crisis. » [11]

River Valley Co-op Workers Opened up Bargaining—and Won Big [12]

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October 02, 2025 / Katrina Jagelski

River Valley Co-op is a consumer-owned cooperative grocery store with two locations in Western Massachusetts. We have been unionized with Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1459 for the last decade with 175 workers in our bargaining unit. » [12]

North Carolina AFL-CIO Convention Backs May Day 2028 Plans [13]

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October 01, 2025 / Dan DiMaggio [14]

The North Carolina AFL-CIO passed a resolution at its September convention backing the call from the United Auto Workers for mass action on May 1, 2028 [15]. » [13]