Labor Action Tracker
@laboraction.bsky.social
Labor Action Tracker from Cornell ILR and LER at Illinois https://striketracker.ilr.cornell.edu/. Comprehensive data on strikes in the US, 2021-present. ✊ Report a strike or labor protest 👉 http://tinyurl.com/dtw7tkje
Largest strike in September:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Largest strike in September:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
In Honolulu, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 996 members at Kapiolani Medical Center are on strike over:
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In Honolulu, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 996 members at Kapiolani Medical Center are on strike over:
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
📍better pay
📍paid time off
Around 300 healthcare staff in multiple positions walked out, demanding fair compensation and respect on the job.
🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251026...
In Salt Lake City, workers at SunTrapp, a gay bar, walked out demanding:
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In Salt Lake City, workers at SunTrapp, a gay bar, walked out demanding:
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
📍union recognition
📍job security for pro-union staff
📍fair treatment
They’re organizing with the @cwaunion.bsky.social after management fired—and later reinstated—several union supporters.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ba6dta6t
Kaiser Permanente workers across the Western region wrapped up their strike today after walking out over:
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Kaiser Permanente workers across the Western region wrapped up their strike today after walking out over:
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
📍low pay
📍short staffing
📍unfair scheduling
They’re represented by @afscme.bsky.social , UFCW , USW, IBT, KPNAA , IUOE, AFT, UNITE HERE, ILWU, and HNHP.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3njwxnxa
In Northern California, 17 hospital maintenance workers at two Providence hospitals, members of IUOE, are on strike over:
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In Northern California, 17 hospital maintenance workers at two Providence hospitals, members of IUOE, are on strike over:
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
📍higher pay
The workers say they’re essential to keeping hospital systems running and deserve fair compensation.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdsmxwt6
#union #labor #strike #IUOE
Largest strike in August:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Largest strike in August:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
Largest strike in July:
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Largest strike in July:
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In Philly, @afscme.bsky.social DC 33 (≈ 10,000 city workers) struck on July 1, 2025, over:
📍low wages & inadequate raises
📍cuts to benefits & staffing
📍management refusing a fair deal
City services were deeply disrupted: trash piled high, pools & libraries shut.
In NYC, around 50 @kickstarter.com workers unionized with @opeiu.org and are on strike over:
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In NYC, around 50 @kickstarter.com workers unionized with @opeiu.org and are on strike over:
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
📍a 4-day work week
📍living wage protections
The crowdfunding platform’s staff say management is stalling contract talks while they fight for humane tech work.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3zsda6
In Indianapolis, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 135 members at Brulin Holding Company are on strike over:
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Indianapolis, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 135 members at Brulin Holding Company are on strike over:
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
📍wage disputes
📍lack of fair contract progress
🔗 tinyurl.com/3cnhtude
#Teamsters #Indianapolis
🚨 The largest strike in June 2025: 🚨
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨 The largest strike in June 2025: 🚨
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
UFCW members at Safeway/Albertson (7,000 workers) stood together for:
📍Fair Pay
📍Affordable Healthcare
📍Secure Pensions
📍Fair schedules & staffing
📢The August report should be out soon.
#strike #WorkersRights #Union #LaborRights
In Ohio, 14 Signal newsroom workers at a small non-profit newsroom (affiliated with @cwaunion.bsky.social ) hit 80% on cards & demanded voluntary recognition.
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
In Ohio, 14 Signal newsroom workers at a small non-profit newsroom (affiliated with @cwaunion.bsky.social ) hit 80% on cards & demanded voluntary recognition.
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
📍 Company refused & hired union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.
📍 Workers responded with a 2-hour walkout.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/5drw4zkh
UCFW Workers at a dispensary in Ann Arbor, MI, are on strike after a colleague was fired for organizing.
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
UCFW Workers at a dispensary in Ann Arbor, MI, are on strike after a colleague was fired for organizing.
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
They’re fighting back against the company’s claim that federal labor law doesn’t apply to cannabis workers.
📍Union recognition
📍Job security
🔗https://tinyurl.com/y5wkjwm9
🚨 The largest strike in May 2025:
📍 AFSCME & @cwaunion.bsky.social workers at the University of California & UC Health
📍Over 57,000 workers took action ✊
We’ll also be releasing the June–August monthly reports soon—stay tuned!
#LaborAction #Strikes #WorkerPower
📍 AFSCME & @cwaunion.bsky.social workers at the University of California & UC Health
📍Over 57,000 workers took action ✊
We’ll also be releasing the June–August monthly reports soon—stay tuned!
#LaborAction #Strikes #WorkerPower
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨 The largest strike in May 2025:
📍 AFSCME & @cwaunion.bsky.social workers at the University of California & UC Health
📍Over 57,000 workers took action ✊
We’ll also be releasing the June–August monthly reports soon—stay tuned!
#LaborAction #Strikes #WorkerPower
📍 AFSCME & @cwaunion.bsky.social workers at the University of California & UC Health
📍Over 57,000 workers took action ✊
We’ll also be releasing the June–August monthly reports soon—stay tuned!
#LaborAction #Strikes #WorkerPower
Port workers in Illinois need your help.
Workers at #QSL have been on #strike since May after employees reported dangerous working conditions, #wagetheft and relentless electronic #surveillance.
Join the workers in advocating for workers' rights!
shorturl.at/8MBbF
Workers at #QSL have been on #strike since May after employees reported dangerous working conditions, #wagetheft and relentless electronic #surveillance.
Join the workers in advocating for workers' rights!
shorturl.at/8MBbF
July 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Port workers in Illinois need your help.
Workers at #QSL have been on #strike since May after employees reported dangerous working conditions, #wagetheft and relentless electronic #surveillance.
Join the workers in advocating for workers' rights!
shorturl.at/8MBbF
Workers at #QSL have been on #strike since May after employees reported dangerous working conditions, #wagetheft and relentless electronic #surveillance.
Join the workers in advocating for workers' rights!
shorturl.at/8MBbF
🎉Today, our team based in the United States along with Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, UK and Uruguay have brought together data on strikes in 2023 to publish the International Strike Report (2023)!
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June 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
🎉Today, our team based in the United States along with Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, UK and Uruguay have brought together data on strikes in 2023 to publish the International Strike Report (2023)!
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🎉Our April Monthly Report as promised.
In April, @seiu721.bsky.social pulled together all its 55,000 members in a "wall-to-wall" #strike for a #contract which was the largest recorded work stoppage of the month.✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
In April, @seiu721.bsky.social pulled together all its 55,000 members in a "wall-to-wall" #strike for a #contract which was the largest recorded work stoppage of the month.✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
June 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🎉Our April Monthly Report as promised.
In April, @seiu721.bsky.social pulled together all its 55,000 members in a "wall-to-wall" #strike for a #contract which was the largest recorded work stoppage of the month.✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
In April, @seiu721.bsky.social pulled together all its 55,000 members in a "wall-to-wall" #strike for a #contract which was the largest recorded work stoppage of the month.✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
Today is also the 4th year anniversary of the day this project launched! We wanted to thank everyone who has supported this project over the past 4 years and we look forward to continuing to amplify the voices of striking and protesting workers for years to come.
May 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Today is also the 4th year anniversary of the day this project launched! We wanted to thank everyone who has supported this project over the past 4 years and we look forward to continuing to amplify the voices of striking and protesting workers for years to come.
As promised, here is our March Monthly Report!🎉
This month we saw a sizable increase in total labor actions and a shift in the industry with the most strikes.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the data!
This month we saw a sizable increase in total labor actions and a shift in the industry with the most strikes.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the data!
April 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
As promised, here is our March Monthly Report!🎉
This month we saw a sizable increase in total labor actions and a shift in the industry with the most strikes.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the data!
This month we saw a sizable increase in total labor actions and a shift in the industry with the most strikes.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the data!
Our February Monthly Report🎉
University of California workers made up the largest strike with an estimated 37,000 participants!✊
Our March Monthly Report will also be coming out later this week so keep an eye out!👀
University of California workers made up the largest strike with an estimated 37,000 participants!✊
Our March Monthly Report will also be coming out later this week so keep an eye out!👀
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Our February Monthly Report🎉
University of California workers made up the largest strike with an estimated 37,000 participants!✊
Our March Monthly Report will also be coming out later this week so keep an eye out!👀
University of California workers made up the largest strike with an estimated 37,000 participants!✊
Our March Monthly Report will also be coming out later this week so keep an eye out!👀
🎉Our January Monthly Report as promised.
This month Providence Healthcare workers with Oregon Nurses Association began what would become the largest Healthcare strike in Oregon's History. ✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
This month Providence Healthcare workers with Oregon Nurses Association began what would become the largest Healthcare strike in Oregon's History. ✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🎉Our January Monthly Report as promised.
This month Providence Healthcare workers with Oregon Nurses Association began what would become the largest Healthcare strike in Oregon's History. ✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
This month Providence Healthcare workers with Oregon Nurses Association began what would become the largest Healthcare strike in Oregon's History. ✊
Be sure to look over the report for more interesting information!
We’ve been a little busy working on our annual report, but better late than never. Here is our December 2024 monthly report!
Look out for our January report coming out this Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up!
Look out for our January report coming out this Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up!
March 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’ve been a little busy working on our annual report, but better late than never. Here is our December 2024 monthly report!
Look out for our January report coming out this Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up!
Look out for our January report coming out this Tuesday. Looking forward to catching up!
Here's a look at how some of the work stoppage data from 2024 stacks up against the last few years.
Be sure to check out our pinned post for even more details from our 2024 Annual Report!
Be sure to check out our pinned post for even more details from our 2024 Annual Report!
February 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Here's a look at how some of the work stoppage data from 2024 stacks up against the last few years.
Be sure to check out our pinned post for even more details from our 2024 Annual Report!
Be sure to check out our pinned post for even more details from our 2024 Annual Report!
Labor action by geographic region
February 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Labor action by geographic region