As of October 17, the dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana, were on strike for union recognition. Read the story by our editor Al Bradbury: labornotes.org/2025/11/indi... 3/3

“...slammed down the lids on their games of baccarat, blackjack, craps, and roulette, and announced they were on strike.

“'It was more powerful than anything I’ve ever felt in my life,' said dealer Tera Arnold. 'I had goosebumps head to toe.'” 2/3

🚨There's still time to sign up for tonight's workshop (Tuesday, Nov. 11) at 7.30 p.m. Eastern: labornotes.org/events/2025/... 2/2

“Six weeks of hardship for federal workers as well as hungry families and the traveling public, and all Congress could offer was a promise to talk later,” said Ellen Mei, president of Treasury Employees (NTEU) Chapter 255 at the Food Nutrition Service (SNAP) 2/2

Read about the campaign here, as reported by Andrea Reynolds, a Kroger worker in Kokomo for 20 years, and a member of UFCW Local 700: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/0... 2/2

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

Read the piece about the Indianapolis Kroger workers' contract fight, by Andrea Reynolds, a member of UFCW Local 700 who has worked at Kroger in Kokomo for 20 years: labornotes.org/blogs/2025/09/indiana-kroger-workers-win-better-contract-after-voting-no-twice

Grocery workers are also concerned about how a rise in theft and customer frustration might affect their stores, considering they’re already facing an overwhelming crisis of understaffing, reports Caitlyn Clark, a national organizer at Essential Workers for Democracy 2/2

"We blamed the failure of the 2022 tentative agreement on poor communication. Without bargaining updates, members had no idea how the negotiation team reached the TA, and were surprised by the relatively small raise, considering Austin’s booming economy at the time. Our arguments prevailed." 2/2

"We need something of that level of sort of easy entryway for millions of people, if we're going to defeat authoritarianism."

Also read @_ericblanc's piece in the Labor Notes Roundtable Series: labornotes.org/2025/10/afte... 3/3

"We saw that with a 100,000 people in New York, who volunteered for Zohran [Mamdani] because they knew that if they went and canvassed, that could help elect a democratic socialist to power." 2/3