Lisa Xu
@l-l-xu.bsky.social
Organizer and writer at @labornotes.bsky.social
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“I’ve talked to about a dozen people who told me if the contract was passed as is, they planned to quit the union,” said one shop steward at a Kroger store in Bloomington. “Ideally, this would be the time to show people exactly what the union is for." labornotes.org/2025/06/krog...
Dramatic development in Indiana, where grocery workers voted down a tentative agreement with a 74% “no” vote. The contract covers 8,000 workers.
Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract in Indiana by 74 Percent
Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 members in Indiana voted down a tentative agreement May 31 covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers, with 74 percent voting no. Rank-and-file members bucked th...
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June 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“I’ve talked to about a dozen people who told me if the contract was passed as is, they planned to quit the union,” said one shop steward at a Kroger store in Bloomington. “Ideally, this would be the time to show people exactly what the union is for." labornotes.org/2025/06/krog...
I recorded a podcast episode about all the inspiring (and less inspiring but still juicy) events occurring in the UFCW for the Labor Notes podcast! Thanks for having me on 🙏🏼 Let me know what you think, especially if you’re a UFCW member!
NEW 🎙️: Grocery Workers at the UFCW are Organizing for a Fighting Union
The UFCW is one of the biggest unions in the US—the second largest private sector union with over 1.2 million members! But its reform movement calls the union a “sleeping giant.”
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/grocery-wo... 1/7
The UFCW is one of the biggest unions in the US—the second largest private sector union with over 1.2 million members! But its reform movement calls the union a “sleeping giant.”
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/grocery-wo... 1/7
June 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I recorded a podcast episode about all the inspiring (and less inspiring but still juicy) events occurring in the UFCW for the Labor Notes podcast! Thanks for having me on 🙏🏼 Let me know what you think, especially if you’re a UFCW member!
My article on the imminent change in leadership at the top of the UFCW is up 👇🏼
United Food and Commercial Workers President Mark Perrone is expected to announce his retirement this week, according to sources close to the union’s leadership: labornotes.org/2025/05/ufcw...
UFCW President Stepping Down, Successor to Be Appointed This Week
United Food and Commercial Workers President Mark Perrone is expected to announce his retirement this week, according to sources close to the union’s leadership. UFCW has 1.3 million members in the U....
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May 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My article on the imminent change in leadership at the top of the UFCW is up 👇🏼
The fourth episode in the NEW @labornotes.bsky.social podcast! Check it out 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
NEW: Ep. 4: How Mexico City's trolleybus workers have been fighting against decades of disinvestment.
They built an effective public pressure campaign by bringing riders into the fight... 🧵1/7
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They built an effective public pressure campaign by bringing riders into the fight... 🧵1/7
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April 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The fourth episode in the NEW @labornotes.bsky.social podcast! Check it out 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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NEW: FUN is hosting an emergency organizing call this SUNDAY, to coordinate a response to the biggest attack on union rights in a generation.
March 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
NEW: FUN is hosting an emergency organizing call this SUNDAY, to coordinate a response to the biggest attack on union rights in a generation.
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Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
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Ep. 3: How TSA Agents and Federal Workers are Fighting Back, w/ our editor Jenny Brown. We recorded this before Trump's order last night seeking to end CBAs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. How they're organizing matters to all workers:
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/.../how-tsa-... 🧵1/4
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March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ep. 3: How TSA Agents and Federal Workers are Fighting Back, w/ our editor Jenny Brown. We recorded this before Trump's order last night seeking to end CBAs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. How they're organizing matters to all workers:
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/.../how-tsa-... 🧵1/4
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/.../how-tsa-... 🧵1/4
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Ep 2🎙️: How EV + locomotives workers, teachers and others are fighting for better conditions + a green transition
Kari Thompson + @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social talk to hosts Danielle Smith + @nataschaelena.bsky.social abt our April Climate Special Issue! labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-worker...
Kari Thompson + @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social talk to hosts Danielle Smith + @nataschaelena.bsky.social abt our April Climate Special Issue! labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-worker...
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ep 2🎙️: How EV + locomotives workers, teachers and others are fighting for better conditions + a green transition
Kari Thompson + @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social talk to hosts Danielle Smith + @nataschaelena.bsky.social abt our April Climate Special Issue! labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-worker...
Kari Thompson + @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social talk to hosts Danielle Smith + @nataschaelena.bsky.social abt our April Climate Special Issue! labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-worker...
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Our March cover by @l-l-xu.bsky.social spotlights the 10,000 UFCW Local 7 members—King Soopers grocery workers in Colorado—who walked out in the first big strike of this year’s large-scale grocery bargaining rounds.
Highlights 🧵 from the piece and this issue 1/6
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Highlights 🧵 from the piece and this issue 1/6
labornotes.org/store/labor-...
March 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our March cover by @l-l-xu.bsky.social spotlights the 10,000 UFCW Local 7 members—King Soopers grocery workers in Colorado—who walked out in the first big strike of this year’s large-scale grocery bargaining rounds.
Highlights 🧵 from the piece and this issue 1/6
labornotes.org/store/labor-...
Highlights 🧵 from the piece and this issue 1/6
labornotes.org/store/labor-...
The new Labor Notes podcast sounds so good! Check it out 👇🏼 Can't wait for the next few episodes that we have lined up!
📢📢Out now: The Labor Notes Podcast! 🧵
In our first episode our editor Jenny Brown talks to co-hosts @nataschaelena.bsky.social and Danielle Smith about U.S. Steel workers opposing a planned acquisition by Japanese steel maker Nippon:
Listen here: labornotespodcast.podbean.com
#laborradionetwork
In our first episode our editor Jenny Brown talks to co-hosts @nataschaelena.bsky.social and Danielle Smith about U.S. Steel workers opposing a planned acquisition by Japanese steel maker Nippon:
Listen here: labornotespodcast.podbean.com
#laborradionetwork
The Labor Notes Podcast | Labor Notes
The Labor Notes Podcast is a new show from the folks who put on the Labor Notes conference every two years.
We’ll talk each week about the strikes, contract campaigns, shop floor actions, reform cau...
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March 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The new Labor Notes podcast sounds so good! Check it out 👇🏼 Can't wait for the next few episodes that we have lined up!
Join us tonight at 7pm Eastern Time! 💪🏼
Workshop today, Tuesday, March 11 ⏰
Talk to other rank-and-file members about organizing to recommit to your union, and to change the culture into one where leaders respect and serve the membership.
There's still time to register! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Talk to other rank-and-file members about organizing to recommit to your union, and to change the culture into one where leaders respect and serve the membership.
There's still time to register! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Workshop: What To Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart (March)
Cartoon by Mary Matthews, drawingdailyusa.com If you’re a union member, unfortunately the chances are good that you’ve had your heart broken at least once by one of your own leaders. Whether you tried...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Join us tonight at 7pm Eastern Time! 💪🏼
This is going to be a great call!
Labor Notes National Call: March 17 🚨
Join federal worker unionists to talk about organizing rallies, workers getting more active in their unions (or joining them for the first time), and connecting across federal worker unions to escalate.
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Join federal worker unionists to talk about organizing rallies, workers getting more active in their unions (or joining them for the first time), and connecting across federal worker unions to escalate.
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Labor Notes National Call: Federal Workers Organizing
Photo by Labor Notes Editor Jenny Brown Taking a hatchet to the federal workforce—and the work those workers perform—has been a top priority in the second Trump administration. Enlisting Elon Musk, hi...
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March 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is going to be a great call!
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Meanwhile, we are going to be writing every day in support and defense of democracy and the collective struggle to return the profits of labor to the working class that produces them.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Meanwhile, we are going to be writing every day in support and defense of democracy and the collective struggle to return the profits of labor to the working class that produces them.
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Fed workers, incl. those fired or under threat at various agencies that do everything from run national parks to warn residents about impending floods raised the alarm at dozens of #SaveOurServices rallies around the country Wednesday.
Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk’s and Trump’s ‘Corporate Coup’
Federal employee union members have been speaking out, rallying, and suing, as agency after agency has been hit by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—a private unaccountable enti...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Fed workers, incl. those fired or under threat at various agencies that do everything from run national parks to warn residents about impending floods raised the alarm at dozens of #SaveOurServices rallies around the country Wednesday.
Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
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City and federal workers joined forces Wednesday night at the #SaveOurServices rally at Foley Square in New York City, organized by @fedworkersunited.bsky.social. Photos by @l-l-xu.bsky.social:
February 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
City and federal workers joined forces Wednesday night at the #SaveOurServices rally at Foley Square in New York City, organized by @fedworkersunited.bsky.social. Photos by @l-l-xu.bsky.social:
Must-read from @ericblanc.bsky.social 👇 I have also been thinking about PATCO: "We saw in 1981 how President Reagan’s firing of striking federal PATCO air traffic controllers sparked an employer offensive in all industries and against all unions"
Federal workers are the canary in the coal mine
Musk’s attacks aren’t just a threat to federal employees and their unions. They pose an unparalleled danger to every single American
My latest in The Nation
Musk’s attacks aren’t just a threat to federal employees and their unions. They pose an unparalleled danger to every single American
My latest in The Nation
February 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Must-read from @ericblanc.bsky.social 👇 I have also been thinking about PATCO: "We saw in 1981 how President Reagan’s firing of striking federal PATCO air traffic controllers sparked an employer offensive in all industries and against all unions"
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If you are wondering what’s happening with the attacks on federal workers, here’s a great article by my co-worker Joe DeManuelle-Hall who covers the public sector workers for Labor Notes. Essential reading! labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
Federal Workers Organize Against Billionaire Power Grab
The second Trump administration has the federal workforce in its crosshairs. Spearheading the effort is Elon Musk (the richest man in the world) and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (...
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February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you are wondering what’s happening with the attacks on federal workers, here’s a great article by my co-worker Joe DeManuelle-Hall who covers the public sector workers for Labor Notes. Essential reading! labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...
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A rank-and-file group called the Federal Unionists Network is planning a nationwide “Save Our Services” day of action on February 19, targeting the dealerships of Musk’s car company Tesla—sign up here to participate locally: actionnetwork.org/events/save-...
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A rank-and-file group called the Federal Unionists Network is planning a nationwide “Save Our Services” day of action on February 19, targeting the dealerships of Musk’s car company Tesla—sign up here to participate locally: actionnetwork.org/events/save-...
If you're a federal worker, don't miss an important opportunity to organize and fight back 👇
Federal workers organizing across unions through the Federal Unionist Network (FUN) are connecting activists to make plans to fight back. If you’re a federal worker, you can get connected with them here: www.federalunionists.net/join-us
Federal Unionists Network - Join Us!
Join Us!
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February 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you're a federal worker, don't miss an important opportunity to organize and fight back 👇
Hello Bluesky 👋 My @labornotes.bsky.social article on the ongoing strike of 10,000 Kroger workers in Colorado and coordinated bargaining with UFCW locals across the West is up! They're striking through Super Bowl and Valentine's Day weekends 💘 labornotes.org/2025/02/firs...
First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger
Ten thousand members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 are on strike all across Colorado. They work for King Soopers grocery stores, owned by Kroger, the largest supermarket chain i...
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February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hello Bluesky 👋 My @labornotes.bsky.social article on the ongoing strike of 10,000 Kroger workers in Colorado and coordinated bargaining with UFCW locals across the West is up! They're striking through Super Bowl and Valentine's Day weekends 💘 labornotes.org/2025/02/firs...
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The King Soopers workers on strike today are among the tens of thousands of grocery workers at the country’s largest supermarket chains fighting for new contracts in 2025 and taking on issues like understaffing. By Joe DeManuelle-Hall and @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social: labornotes.org/2024/12/big-...
The Big Union Contract Fights Coming in 2025
In some of the most exciting fights of 2024, strikers shut down ports on the East Coast and backed up plane orders on the West. The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The King Soopers workers on strike today are among the tens of thousands of grocery workers at the country’s largest supermarket chains fighting for new contracts in 2025 and taking on issues like understaffing. By Joe DeManuelle-Hall and @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social: labornotes.org/2024/12/big-...