Food Service Workers, Members of UNITE HERE Local 17, at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have ratified a new contract that averted a potential Strike during the busy Thanksgiving travel week. “It is an historic agreement that includes the HIGHEST wage increases ever won at the Airport,” the Union said in a statement. HMSHost operates more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) - the largest Airline Union in North America, representing Airline Workers at every major U.S. Airline, has announced it will file an application with the National Mediation Board (NMB), the Federal Agency that conducts Union Elections in the Airline and Railroad more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Shepherdsville, Kentucky that another crack in the Amazon Empire has been exposed. This time, in a breakthrough for Workers around the world trying to organize the notoriously Anti-Union monopoly, Amazon CDL Drivers at the SDF9 Warehouse here have become the first company Tractor-Trailer Drivers more»

Pat Maio at The Orange County Register reports Members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) have ratified a four-year agreement for nearly 24,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at the University of California (UC), which features an 18.5% minimum increase in wages over the life of the four-year contract across the University’s 19 Medical more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports from Glendale, Kentucky: In the battle between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the forces of Corporate Greed and Union-Busting, BlueOval SK (BOSK) has been forced to withdraw all its objections to the Union Election held this past August. This capitulation by the Trans-National Joint Venture removes the more»

Greta Cross at USA TODAY reports thousands of Unionized Starbucks Workers remain on Strike across the country as the Coffee Chain debuted a new holiday beverage earlier this week. Strikers are on day seven (on Thursday, November 20th) of their nationwide Red Cup Rebellion. Starbucks Workers United, which represents Employees at about 550 of the chain's more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is commending those House Members who have added their names to a discharge petition that will now force a vote on legislation to restore the Collective Bargaining Rights of hundreds of thousands of Federal Workers targeted by Republican President Donald Trump. Shuler said: “The Labor more»

Dana Thiede & Raya Quttaineh at KARE-TV in Minneapolis, Minnesota report Union Leaders representing more than 200 Food Workers at MSP International Airport said they will Strike during one of the busiest travel periods of the year unless the company they work for steps up. HMSHost operates multiple well-known brands at MSP, like Shake Shack and more»

Madeleine Wright at CBS Philadelphia reports the Union representing thousands of SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) Workers have voted to authorize a Strike, raising the possibility of more transit disruptions across the Philadelphia region. The vote gives Union Leadership the power to call a walkout if contract negotiations with more»

3,200 IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) District 837 Members in the St. Louis area have voted to ratify a new contract with Boeing, ending a Strike that began on August 4th (2025). The Workers will begin returning to work today (Sunday, November 16th). The Union said: “IAM Members stood strong and united for over more»

The 21,000 Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA (UPTE-CWA) and the University of California (UC) have reached a contract agreement and averted a Strike planned for next week that was to be joined by more than 60,000 supporters from two additional UC Unions - American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees more»

Drew Hawkins at WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio reports Unionized Nurses employed at the University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans are on Strike. National Nurses United (NNU), which represents UMC Nurses, has been negotiating new Staff contracts with hospital administrators since March 2024. This is the fifth Strike in just over a year. Nurses are more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals today (Monday, November 10th) ordered The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to repeal more than five years of Worker Rights violations and to compensate the Workers who were impacted by those violations. The order, which enforces a September 2024 ruling from the National Labor Relations Board more»

Pat Maio at The Los Angeles Daily News reports in what would be considered the largest Strike in the University of California’s (UC) history, more than 86,000 Union-represented Nurses and Health Care Professionals within its Medical System has announced plans to authorize a two-day Strike (November 17th and 18th). The contract expiration (October more»

Suhauna Hussain at The Los Angeles Times reports Unionized Starbucks Baristas have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leaders to call a Strike as soon as next week if the Coffee Giant doesn't make new proposals or they don't see real progress in contract talks. The authorization was approved by 92% of those who voted, Starbucks Workers United said. more»

Alyssa Chen at The Minnesota Reformer reports Doctors, Physicians’ Assistants and Nurse Practitioners employed at Allina Health Care Clinics across the Twin Cities Metro Area held a one-day strike on Wednesday (November 5th) to pressure the multi-state Health System into bargaining a fair contract and addressing safe staffing. Allina Doctors more»

The International Association of Machinists’ (IAM) Winpisinger Center in Hollywood, Maryland recently welcomed its largest-ever Women’s Leadership Class in IAM History. It was the final Women’s Leadership Class to take place under current IAM Women’s & Young Worker’s Director Julie Frietchen before she moves into her new more»

Labor Notes Editor’s Note: Originally published on the Labor Politics Substack, this article is part of a Labor Notes Roundtable Series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Labor Notes will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the rest of the series. American Democracy more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports Unionized Starbucks Workers across the U.S. are casting their votes on whether to hold a Strike amid anger over pay and conditions at the World’s Largest Coffee Chain, and allegations it breached Labor Laws by engaging in bad faith bargaining. Starbucks has faced a rapid wave of mobilization since 2021. more»

(ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI) - The torch has been passed in one of the Nation’s best known and longest standing Labor Organizations. Brian Sanson has become the new President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). Sanson was sworn in as the 16th President of the Union at the UMWA Special Convention in St. Louis this week and replaces long-time Union more»

Labor Notes Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Labor Notes roundtable series: How Can Unions Defend Worker Power Against Trump 2.0? Labor Notes will be publishing more contributions here and in our magazine in the months ahead. Click here to read the rest of the series. Alex Caputo-Pearl and Jackson Potter at Labor Notes reports that history more»

(PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA) – A historic new slate of Officers will take over leadership of the United Steelworkers (USW) in March following the Union’s regular four-year nomination and election process that took place this Fall. Roxanne Brown (Pictured Above/USW Photo), who currently serves as USW International Vice President At Large, will be more»

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office and the New Jersey Department of Labor are suing Amazon for misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors - rather than as Employees. This is yet another high-profile case the Governor Phil Murphy’s Administration has led to ensure Workers have access to the benefits the law allows. “The Murphy more»

The Mass Timber Industry is experiencing rapid growth, with the number of multi-family, commercial and institutional projects increasing by more than fivefold over the past seven years, according to WoodWorks. As demand rises, Ironworkers believe their skills and experience with structural steel can be successfully applied to mass timber projects. more»

Matthew Blake at The MINNPOST reports that for Organized Labor in the State of Minnesota, the 2023 legislative session was a rousing success. Labor Unions worked closely with Governor’s Tim Walz Administration and a DFL-controlled Legislature on high-profile accomplishments, like the creation of a State Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. There more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Teamsters-represented Workers have won their nationwide Strike against Republic Services after Members of Local 728 in Cumming, Georgia voted to ratify a record-setting contract with the multibillion-dollar Waste Giant. “Republic’s greed and arrogance were no match for Teamsters’ strength and solidarity,” more»

Elijah Decious at The Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gazette reports after 75 years of holding her torch high, Cedar Rapids’ replica Lady Liberty is getting a helping hand. The City’s first public statue was installed in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America in a Strengthening the Arm of Liberty Campaign that placed about 200 Statue of Liberty replicas around more»

Michael Sainato at The Guardian reports some of the largest Labor Unions in the United States were involved in organizing the highly-successful No Kings protests on Saturday (October 18th), with more than 2,600 demonstrations taking place across all 50 States that drew a combined and estimated seven million people who participated. The Service Employees more»

McKenna Schueler at Tampa Creative Loafing reports the Walt Disney Company has blocked what could have been a historic Labor Strike by Food Service Workers at Disney World’s Epcot in Orlando, thereby forcing Workers to take a different approach to leverage their demands for a new Union contract. Restaurant workers at Epcot’s Italy Pavilion - more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) - An overwhelming majority of Los Angeles Times Journalists have voted to authorize their Union’s Leaders to call a Strike if such a step is necessary to reach a new contract. The Union announced 85% of the Los Angeles Times Guild, which represents Reporters, Editors, Designers, Photographers and other Journalists at the more»

(LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA) – Tens of thousands of Front-Line Kaiser Permanente Registered Nurses (RNs) and Health Care Professionals represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) are on Strike across California and Hawaii to protect the future of patient care. Kaiser Employees launched a more»

(JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN) – United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 95 Unit 14 Members employed at Mercyhealth’s East Clinic have reached a major milestone - 100 days on strike. Since July 2nd, the Health Care Workers have been standing up not just for themselves, but for their patients. They’re fighting to restore quality care and fair jobs at more»

Cameron Harrison at People’s World reports the chants from thrilled Home Care Workers, in a sea of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) purple, echoed through the streets of Downtown Detroit, culminating in a victory rally outside SEIU Healthcare’s Michigan offices. The rally’s message was simple - but powerful: “We got our more»

(HOUSTON, TEXAS) - The first Hotel Strike in Texas History has come to an end after Strikers voted to ratify a new contract with Hilton Americas-Houston on Friday (October 10th). The 40-day strike, which was the first Hotel Strike led by Union Members in the State of Texas, has brought significant gains raising the standard for Hotel Workers in the City. more»

Rebecca Gvozden, Brianna Leonard & Blake Sammann at KKTV 11 in Colorado report hundreds of Union-represented Teachers from Colorado Springs’ largest School District are on Strike and are picketing outside District 11 Schools. Teachers, students, parents and grandparents gathered outside Palmer High School at 7 a.m. on Wednesday (October 8th) with more»

David Wright at Ocean State Media reports the Rhode Island AFL-CIO and a coalition of homeowners, solar energy companies and non-profits are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its termination of $7 billion in grants meant to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels. The suit concerns the Solar for All Program, which more»

Cory Sharber at WHYY Philadelphia 250 reports Strikes have begun at two Center City Philadelphia Hotels as Workers demand better workplace protections and fair wages ahead of next year’s celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary. Union contracts at nine hotels in the City have expired, according to UNITE HERE Local 274, which represents more more»

For several decades, both major parties - bankrolled by Big Business, watched as deindustrialization, mass layoffs and a changing tech-driven economy hollowed out the former Industrial Heartland. Working-Class Communities, feeling betrayed by a Democratic Party that embraced neo-liberalism and a Republican Party that offers only false populism and a more»

Dominic Anthony Walsh at Houston Public Media reports striking Hotel Workers at the Downtown Hilton Americas-Houston plan to remain on the picket line through October 12th, marking the second significant extension of a historic labor action that was initially slated to end on September 9th. UNITE HERE Local 23 Lead Negotiator Willy Gonzalez is calling the more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - An increasingly unhinged President of the United States, Donald Trump, formally notified Congress of his “declaration of war” against drug cartels this week to lay the groundwork for even more unconstitutional power grabs he is piling up by the day. Trump says that his Director of Budget and Management - Russell Voight, more»

The International Association of Machinists (IAM) and its allies in Organized Labor took part in a rally held earlier this week in St. Louis to support IAM District 837 Members who’ve been on Strike at Boeing Defense for nearly two months now. About 3,200 Boeing Machinists are demanding better pay and retirement benefits. This week, Union more»

Following the company’s announcement Starbucks will close hundreds of stores and cut an additional 900 corporate support positions, Starbucks Workers United has secured critical wins for impacted Union-represented Baristas through effects bargaining. Michelle Eisen, Starbucks Workers United spokesperson and a 15-year Veteran Barista, said: more»

Nurses represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) recently conducted informational pickets to speak out against recent layoffs, wage theft, the implementation of untested technologies, and Kaiser’s Permanente’s prioritization of its finances over patient care. The CNA/NNU represents nearly 25,000 Nurses more»

A California Judge has approved a $233 million settlement in a Class Action Lawsuit against Disneyland for failing to pay a living wage to Union Members at the Resort and Theme Park. In 2018, Anaheim voters passed Measure L, which required companies in the City’s Resort Area that receive tax rebates to pay their Staff a $15 minimum wage. UNITE HERE more»

Erich Wagner at Government Executive reports attorneys for the Nation’s largest Federal Employee Union warns the August decision to allow President Trump’s Executive Orders stripping two-thirds of the Federal Workforce of their Collective Bargaining Rights would leave a “gaping hole” in the First Amendment if left in place. In a more»

Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports students and Faculty on University of California (UC) Campuses say it’s not the same anymore. Security Officers are everywhere, stopping people to question them about where they are headed and what’s in their bags. President Donald Trump’s attacks on free speech and academic freedom, they say, more»

(HONOLULU, HAWAII) – More Than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente Workers in Hawaii represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 and Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (HNHP) have voted to authorize a Strike, Union Officials announced. Local 5 Members voted 97% yes to authorizing a strike and HNHP members from three Bargaining Units voted 89% - giving Union more»

Women make up only 4% of Construction Workers on job sites who work with tools. And now, some are worried Trump’s tariffs on building supplies will slow down commercial building construction. But in Chicago over this past weekend, more than 5,000 Unionized Construction Workers from all over the U.S. and Canada gathered in Chicago, all of them Women. more»

Leo Gerard - former International President of the United Steelworkers Union (USW), died at the age of 78 on Sunday (September 21st). Gerard worked with the USW for more than 50 years. He served as a USW Staff Representative, District Director, National Director of Canada and Secretary-Treasurer before his election as International President in 2001. He more»

Randy Furst at LaborNotes reports 1,400 Teamster-represented Service Workers at the University of Minnesota have won a resounding victory in a five-day walkout that showcased their militancy and underscored the power of solidarity. “This is what happens when people stick together,” said Steve Tesfagiorgis, a Shop Steward and Strike Captain for more»