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This article is part of the Labor Notes Roundtable Series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Read the other pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This article is part of the Labor Notes Roundtable Series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Read the other pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
"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
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"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
🚨 Tuesday, Nov. 11: What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart, with members of UFCW 700!
8,000 workers at the Indianapolis Kroger, members of Local 700, won a better contract just last month after two "no" votes
labornotes.org/events/2025/workshop-what-do-when-your-union-breaks-your-heart-0
8,000 workers at the Indianapolis Kroger, members of Local 700, won a better contract just last month after two "no" votes
labornotes.org/events/2025/workshop-what-do-when-your-union-breaks-your-heart-0
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🚨 Tuesday, Nov. 11: What to Do When Your Union Breaks Your Heart, with members of UFCW 700!
8,000 workers at the Indianapolis Kroger, members of Local 700, won a better contract just last month after two "no" votes
labornotes.org/events/2025/workshop-what-do-when-your-union-breaks-your-heart-0
8,000 workers at the Indianapolis Kroger, members of Local 700, won a better contract just last month after two "no" votes
labornotes.org/events/2025/workshop-what-do-when-your-union-breaks-your-heart-0
🚨Workshop Tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 8): Talk to other rank-and-file members about strategies to bring your co-workers closer to the center of the bullseye—the core of your union—and build power around issues resonating across the shop floor
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November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨Workshop Tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 8): Talk to other rank-and-file members about strategies to bring your co-workers closer to the center of the bullseye—the core of your union—and build power around issues resonating across the shop floor
Sign up here! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
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New on the Labor Notes Pod: @ericblanc.bsky.social on scalable tactics for non-violent disruption that build on the mass mobilization of "No Kings"—walkouts by students and teachers that can go viral, and May 2026 actions to pressure institutions labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-do-we-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New on the Labor Notes Pod: @ericblanc.bsky.social on scalable tactics for non-violent disruption that build on the mass mobilization of "No Kings"—walkouts by students and teachers that can go viral, and May 2026 actions to pressure institutions labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-do-we-...
Join rank-and-file members at the next Labor Notes 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' online workshop series in November!
First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern.
Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22
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First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern.
Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Join rank-and-file members at the next Labor Notes 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' online workshop series in November!
First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern.
Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern.
Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22
Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
“The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd at his victory party in Brooklyn.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“The working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd at his victory party in Brooklyn.
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
labornotes.org/2025/11/zohr...
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This article was originally published on the Labor Politics Substack and is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? labornotes.org/content/how-...
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This article was originally published on the Labor Politics Substack and is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? labornotes.org/content/how-...
This article, which was originally published on the Labor Politics Substack, is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? labornotes.org/content/how-... 3/3
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This article, which was originally published on the Labor Politics Substack, is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? labornotes.org/content/how-... 3/3
"Labor does not have to be paralyzed in the face of Trump: there is plenty of room for action that strikes at the MAGA billionaire boys club and becomes a problem for Trump’s sponsors."
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Labor does not have to be paralyzed in the face of Trump: there is plenty of room for action that strikes at the MAGA billionaire boys club and becomes a problem for Trump’s sponsors."
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
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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
🦇 On a very sinister Hallowepisode, our podcast team gleans organizing lessons from the 1988 John Carpenter cult classic, They Live, and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (1959). Plus, a little Stewards Corner with Nosferatu (2024) labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/all-horror... 1/2
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🦇 On a very sinister Hallowepisode, our podcast team gleans organizing lessons from the 1988 John Carpenter cult classic, They Live, and Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (1959). Plus, a little Stewards Corner with Nosferatu (2024) labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/all-horror... 1/2
"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."
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"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."
With an emboldened Trump in the White House for a second term, the ground has shifted dramatically for unions
What tactics and strategies can help unions organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on our rights?
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What tactics and strategies can help unions organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on our rights?
labornotes.org/content/how-... 1/2
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
With an emboldened Trump in the White House for a second term, the ground has shifted dramatically for unions
What tactics and strategies can help unions organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on our rights?
labornotes.org/content/how-... 1/2
What tactics and strategies can help unions organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on our rights?
labornotes.org/content/how-... 1/2
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Despite bright spots in organizing, our movement has not developed methods to reverse the staggering loss of union density over the last 40-plus years. Unions represented one in four U.S. workers in 1980, but today we represent just one in nine..." 1/5
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October 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"Despite bright spots in organizing, our movement has not developed methods to reverse the staggering loss of union density over the last 40-plus years. Unions represented one in four U.S. workers in 1980, but today we represent just one in nine..." 1/5
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This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions on our website and in our magazine in the coming weeks 2/2
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? We will be publishing more contributions on our website and in our magazine in the coming weeks 2/2
Stewards' Workshop Tomorrow (Monday, Oct. 27): Just Cause
This workshop is based on the popular book, "Just Cause: A Union Guide to Winning Discipline Cases," by veteran labor attorney Robert Schwartz (available on labornotes.org/store)
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This workshop is based on the popular book, "Just Cause: A Union Guide to Winning Discipline Cases," by veteran labor attorney Robert Schwartz (available on labornotes.org/store)
Sign up at labornotes.org/events
October 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Stewards' Workshop Tomorrow (Monday, Oct. 27): Just Cause
This workshop is based on the popular book, "Just Cause: A Union Guide to Winning Discipline Cases," by veteran labor attorney Robert Schwartz (available on labornotes.org/store)
Sign up at labornotes.org/events
This workshop is based on the popular book, "Just Cause: A Union Guide to Winning Discipline Cases," by veteran labor attorney Robert Schwartz (available on labornotes.org/store)
Sign up at labornotes.org/events
New episodes are also out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! linktr.ee/labornotes 2/2
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New episodes are also out on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! linktr.ee/labornotes 2/2
The new edition of "The Legal Rights of Union Stewards" is now available!
A useful primer for shop stewards by labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz, on basics including the National Labor Relations Act, the grievance process, and Weingarten rights
Order here labornotes.org/store/legal-...
A useful primer for shop stewards by labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz, on basics including the National Labor Relations Act, the grievance process, and Weingarten rights
Order here labornotes.org/store/legal-...
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The new edition of "The Legal Rights of Union Stewards" is now available!
A useful primer for shop stewards by labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz, on basics including the National Labor Relations Act, the grievance process, and Weingarten rights
Order here labornotes.org/store/legal-...
A useful primer for shop stewards by labor lawyer Robert M. Schwartz, on basics including the National Labor Relations Act, the grievance process, and Weingarten rights
Order here labornotes.org/store/legal-...
We build power with our fellow union members by developing meaningful relationships over shared demands, and fighting together to win what we need.
Bring your co-workers to our next 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' series in November: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Bring your co-workers to our next 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' series in November: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We build power with our fellow union members by developing meaningful relationships over shared demands, and fighting together to win what we need.
Bring your co-workers to our next 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' series in November: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Bring your co-workers to our next 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' series in November: labornotes.org/events/2025/...
