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"In a new political moment with a left beginning to feel its power in NYC, there's a big opportunity to increase community support and bring many more people into a labor solidarity fight."
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December 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"In a new political moment with a left beginning to feel its power in NYC, there's a big opportunity to increase community support and bring many more people into a labor solidarity fight."
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What do a "Charlie Brown Christmas," "Love Actually," "Little Women" and many of your other holiday faves have in common? We at the Labor Notes pod have played them backwards to decipher their coded organizing messages labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/all-holida...
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What do a "Charlie Brown Christmas," "Love Actually," "Little Women" and many of your other holiday faves have in common? We at the Labor Notes pod have played them backwards to decipher their coded organizing messages labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/all-holida...
How workers organized against immigration raids in 2025: @sbworkersunited.org ramped up KYR trainings and protested at detention centers; IUPAT boosted member education; Teachers at @ctulocal1.bsky.social and @utlanow.bsky.social built rapid response to ICE labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in Review: Stark Battle Lines, Big Potential
Already before Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, there were dire omens. Poultry workers reported that their supervisors were using Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to divide workers up—allowing ...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How workers organized against immigration raids in 2025: @sbworkersunited.org ramped up KYR trainings and protested at detention centers; IUPAT boosted member education; Teachers at @ctulocal1.bsky.social and @utlanow.bsky.social built rapid response to ICE labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
New on the Labor Notes Pod🎲You can count cards, mute your poker tells, or patiently coax the windfall out of a slot machine that someone just gave up on—but the house always wins, right? 1/3
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December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New on the Labor Notes Pod🎲You can count cards, mute your poker tells, or patiently coax the windfall out of a slot machine that someone just gave up on—but the house always wins, right? 1/3
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In 2025, federal workers held down the front lines against Trump’s assault on unions, workers across industries went on strike, and caucuses built momentum as members rejected sub-par contract offers. Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
2025 in Review: Stark Battle Lines, Big Potential
Already before Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, there were dire omens. Poultry workers reported that their supervisors were using Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric to divide workers up—allowing ...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In 2025, federal workers held down the front lines against Trump’s assault on unions, workers across industries went on strike, and caucuses built momentum as members rejected sub-par contract offers. Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/12/2025...
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 labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Union Members Distribute Food for Federal Workers
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 eff...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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 labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
“The Brotherhood,” as many members affectionately called it, would become a vehicle to educate Black communities about labor unions and an institutional anchor for waging civil rights fights and developing activist pressure tactics, writes Paul Prescod labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
100 Years Ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Changed Black Politics
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 ...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“The Brotherhood,” as many members affectionately called it, would become a vehicle to educate Black communities about labor unions and an institutional anchor for waging civil rights fights and developing activist pressure tactics, writes Paul Prescod labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
From Chicago to LA, masked armed men are dragging people off the street, out of cars, from places of employment, and disappearing them into detention centers for deportation
Join our webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to hear from union members fighting back labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Join our webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to hear from union members fighting back labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Workers Organize to Resist ICE
ICE has invaded our cities and communities across the US are under assault. From Chicago to LA, in cities large and small, masked armed men are dragging people off the street, out of their cars, and f...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
From Chicago to LA, masked armed men are dragging people off the street, out of cars, from places of employment, and disappearing them into detention centers for deportation
Join our webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to hear from union members fighting back labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Join our webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to hear from union members fighting back labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Taxing the rich was always popular among working people—and more so as this regime's assault on health care and public schools becomes clearer—and when the Medicaid cuts hit next year, it will be catastrophic, writes @massteacher.bsky.social president Max Page
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We’re Making ‘Tax the Rich’ More Than a Slogan
Taxing the rich should bring a smile to your face. It certainly brings one to mine. Here’s what passing the Fair Share Amendment in Massachusetts allowed us to do, in just the first years since its pa...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Taxing the rich was always popular among working people—and more so as this regime's assault on health care and public schools becomes clearer—and when the Medicaid cuts hit next year, it will be catastrophic, writes @massteacher.bsky.social president Max Page
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A culture of fear serves bosses very well. It allows them to withhold information, change the rules, and avoid accountability.
But there is a lot we can do as organizers to help our coworkers move from fear to action. labornotes.org/2020/10/stew...
But there is a lot we can do as organizers to help our coworkers move from fear to action. labornotes.org/2020/10/stew...
December 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A culture of fear serves bosses very well. It allows them to withhold information, change the rules, and avoid accountability.
But there is a lot we can do as organizers to help our coworkers move from fear to action. labornotes.org/2020/10/stew...
But there is a lot we can do as organizers to help our coworkers move from fear to action. labornotes.org/2020/10/stew...
"SEIU California routinely uses fighting words. But when was time to “stand up” and “fight back” against legislation that threatens the working conditions of tens of thousands of SEIU education workers, our union’s spirited rhetoric dissipated." labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
Viewpoint: SEIU California Sits Out Fight Against Classroom Censorship
SEIU California routinely uses fighting words. Unfortunately, when was time to “stand up” and “fight back” against legislation that threatens the working conditions of tens of thousands of SEIU educat...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"SEIU California routinely uses fighting words. But when was time to “stand up” and “fight back” against legislation that threatens the working conditions of tens of thousands of SEIU education workers, our union’s spirited rhetoric dissipated." labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...
"The coalition of Democrats and Republicans who perpetuated a politics of austerity, the undermining of unions, and attacks on the very idea of government have paved the path to full-blown authoritarianism," writes Massachusetts teachers Association President Max Page
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We’re Making ‘Tax the Rich’ More Than a Slogan | Labor Notes
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December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"The coalition of Democrats and Republicans who perpetuated a politics of austerity, the undermining of unions, and attacks on the very idea of government have paved the path to full-blown authoritarianism," writes Massachusetts teachers Association President Max Page
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December 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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"Joy must be a part of organizing—people will disengage if they don’t feel replenished. It’s important to have gatherings that don’t just focus on planning, plotting, and strategizing, because there are union members who are just not with all that…yet." labornotes.org/2025/12/get-...
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Joy must be a part of organizing—people will disengage if they don’t feel replenished. It’s important to have gatherings that don’t just focus on planning, plotting, and strategizing, because there are union members who are just not with all that…yet." labornotes.org/2025/12/get-...
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been bargaining for two years against intransigent management at Canada Post, whose stonewalling is being supported by the Canadian government. Organizer and pod-cohost Danielle Smith reports:
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Canadian Postal Workers Have Had Enough of Government Backed-Management Stonewalling | The Labor Notes Podcast
Mail and parcel delivery workers at Canada Post, who are members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, have been bargaining for two years against an intransigent management whose stonewalling is be...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been bargaining for two years against intransigent management at Canada Post, whose stonewalling is being supported by the Canadian government. Organizer and pod-cohost Danielle Smith reports:
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Dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville have voted to join Teamsters Local 135! They'd mounted a recognition strike, a rare, courageous, throwback tactic that was mainly how unions were formed 90 years ago, our editor Al Bradbury reported labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
Indiana Casino Dealers Are Bringing Back the Recognition Strike | Labor Notes
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December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville have voted to join Teamsters Local 135! They'd mounted a recognition strike, a rare, courageous, throwback tactic that was mainly how unions were formed 90 years ago, our editor Al Bradbury reported labornotes.org/2025/11/indi...
To fight for a labor agenda—whether that's a $30/hour starting wage, expanding workers’ rights, or building membership—we must bring new members in and emphasize organizing skills and political education, writes Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown labornotes.org/2025/12/get-...
To Get on Offense, Offer Workers Many Ways In | Labor Notes
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December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
To fight for a labor agenda—whether that's a $30/hour starting wage, expanding workers’ rights, or building membership—we must bring new members in and emphasize organizing skills and political education, writes Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown labornotes.org/2025/12/get-...
How community members and groups responded to the National Guard in D.C., when soldiers took up positions around Metro stations where students gather (D.C. students do not get school bus service, and rely on Metro trains to get to school) labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-... 1/5
ICE Raids Turn Schools into Battlegrounds to Defend Students | Labor Notes
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December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How community members and groups responded to the National Guard in D.C., when soldiers took up positions around Metro stations where students gather (D.C. students do not get school bus service, and rely on Metro trains to get to school) labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-... 1/5
"We’ve all heard calls for a general strike before—usually not as a serious proposal or strategy, but as a reaction to the attacks that working people face on a regular basis from existing political and economic power..." labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/7
December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"We’ve all heard calls for a general strike before—usually not as a serious proposal or strategy, but as a reaction to the attacks that working people face on a regular basis from existing political and economic power..." labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/7
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December 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The results are in, and this year, you were a Labor Notes super fan ⬇️
Several hundred more Starbucks baristas walked out Thursday, the 22nd day of their growing unfair labor practice strike. It is now the longest strike the coffee giant has faced, spreading to 145 stores in more than 100 cities. Our editor Jenny Brown reports
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December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Several hundred more Starbucks baristas walked out Thursday, the 22nd day of their growing unfair labor practice strike. It is now the longest strike the coffee giant has faced, spreading to 145 stores in more than 100 cities. Our editor Jenny Brown reports
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Members and supporters of @sbworkersunited.org at the Empire State Building on Thursday. Starbucks baristas have been on an unfolding strike across the U.S. since "Red Cup Day," last month when stores give out a reusable cup with most drinks, leading to long lines. Photos by our editor Jenny Brown
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Members and supporters of @sbworkersunited.org at the Empire State Building on Thursday. Starbucks baristas have been on an unfolding strike across the U.S. since "Red Cup Day," last month when stores give out a reusable cup with most drinks, leading to long lines. Photos by our editor Jenny Brown
12 people were arrested this afternoon blocking the doors at the Empire State Building in New York City, where @sbworkersunited.org members and supporters rallied as part of their ongoing nationwide strike. (Starbucks has offices and a roastery store at the ESB).
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
12 people were arrested this afternoon blocking the doors at the Empire State Building in New York City, where @sbworkersunited.org members and supporters rallied as part of their ongoing nationwide strike. (Starbucks has offices and a roastery store at the ESB).
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
Video by our editor Jenny Brown
At first glance, a general strike sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think, writes @alexhan.bsky.social, executive director of @inthesetimes.com labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/2
Maybe a General Strike Isn’t So Impossible Now | Labor Notes
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December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
At first glance, a general strike sounds impossible—but a strategic look back at the coordinated strikes and militancy of the past two decades shows we might be much closer than we think, writes @alexhan.bsky.social, executive director of @inthesetimes.com labornotes.org/2025/12/mayb... 1/2
Besides strong union structures, UTLA and the Chicago Teachers Union both had longstanding community relationships, which helped teachers respond, often following the lead of community organizations labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-...
ICE Raids Turn Schools into Battlegrounds to Defend Students | Labor Notes
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December 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Besides strong union structures, UTLA and the Chicago Teachers Union both had longstanding community relationships, which helped teachers respond, often following the lead of community organizations labornotes.org/2025/12/ice-...