🎙️ New on the Labor Notes Pod: Part 1 of our webinar this month with @haymarketbooks.org and @prospect.org, featuring contributors to our Roundtable Series on how unions can defend worker power under Trump 2.0. labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/part-1-how-can-unions-defend-worker-power-under-trump-20/

🗞️ Out now: Our December issue on Zohran Mamdani's working class politics, Canadian postal workers' fight to save a vital public service, Indiana casino dealers' recognition strike, and more

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Union stewards are expected to wear many hats. But instead of doing all the work yourself, find ways to spread the work around. That builds union strength—and will pay off in the long run. labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0...

In our upcoming “Winning a Strong Contract” two-part online workshop series (Mondays, December 1 & 8, at 7 p.m. Eastern), we'll talk about the steps to build power on the shop floor to win your demands!

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Watch our full online panel with @prospect.org and @haymarketbooks.org, featuring UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla, Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown, and Jackson Potter, vice president of @ctulocal1.bsky.social

Program starts at 11:25 mark www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZH... 1/4

What can unions do to survive in the second Trump presidency? What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights?

Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

"It’s a good thing that members want more from us. It means they’re hungry for contact, for information, for a relationship with their union. There’s so much misinformation out there, and it’s essential that they hear from their union about what really matters." labornotes.org/2025/10/buil... 1/2

Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and the Democratic nominee, will be New York City’s next mayor, after trouncing former Governor Andrew Cuomo in a primary and general election double whammy. @lfelizleon.bsky.social reports labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...

Building a welcoming culture in your local, adapted by @lfelizleon.bsky.social and @nataschaelena.bsky.social from a piece Dan La Botz wrote in A Troublemaker's Handbook 2: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1... 1/2

Starbucks workers in Louisville, KY is ready to do what it takes to get a fair union contract - even if that means going on strike.

NO CONTRACT? NO COFFEE 🗣️

"Rather than treat these as perfunctory glad-handing checklists or a staple of retail politics, Mamdani appears to have successfully connected his platform to the base he wants to unite behind his economic agenda, using his national prominence to elevate worker struggles in his home state."

"Unions remain one of the most durable, democratic, and internally diverse institutions that are a microcosm of society, with different races, religions, countries of origin, genders, and political views. And they represent 14 million members."