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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
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📣 The Labor Action Tracker 2024 Annual Report is officially here, courtesy of @laboraction.bsky.social, @cornellilr.bsky.social, and LER at Illinois!

Check out the link below for the full report or take a look at the overview in the following thread!

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Labor Action Tracker 2024
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Since Nov. 5th, IT workers with @UAW (Local 2325) in Brooklyn at a small non-profit went on strike for:
📍Overpay
📍Staffing
📍Remote Work Options
Legal aid workers at this non-profit were on strike over the summer as well.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2f6sz83p/
Unionized IT Workers At CAMBA, Incorporated In New York City Are On Strike, ‘Fighting For Fair Wages, Dignity & Respect For The Vital Work They Do’ - WNY Labor Today: Your On-Line Labor Newspaper, Bringing You Labor News From Across The Nation, New York State & Western New York
Your On-Line Labor Newspaper, Bringing You Labor News From Across The Nation, New York State & Western New York
https://tinyurl.com/2f6sz83p\
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Since Nov. 14th, 50 organized drivers and warehouse workers at a Connecticut alcohol distributor represented by @teamsters.bsky.social began striking over:

📍First Contract
📍Better Pay
📍Health & Safety Provisions
📍Scheduling
📍End to Union Busting Tactics

🔗 tinyurl.com/nbca6ebr
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Strikes work! ✊🏻
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Whether on the field or the factory floor, every worker deserves a safe workplace and dignity and respect on the job.

All of America’s unions stand in solidarity with USL players as they stand up and fight for the pro standards they deserve.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Our Local 1775-Barrie, ON, members are united in their fight for a fair contract. #OurVoiceOurPower #canlab ⁦‪@OFLabour‬⁩ #UnionStrong barrie360.com/barrie-trans...
Barrie Transit workers vote for strike action amid stalled contract talks
Barrie Transit employees have voted in favour of strike action, citing stalled negotiations over wages, benefits, and working conditions.
barrie360.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Since Nov. 13th, Starbucks workers are on strike! 1000 workers from 65 stores across the country are striking over:

📍Understaffing
📍A first contract
📍End to union-busting tactics

They represent @sbworkersunited.org , a subsidiary union under @seiu.org
🔗 tinyurl.com/34daue6f
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 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.
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In Muskegon, MI, 7 plumbers at Moore Mechanical walked off the job on Nov. 13, demanding union recognition.
📍majority signed union cards
📍company refused voluntary recognition
📍election delayed due to shutdown

🔗 archive.ph/zoKmw
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In Floyd County, KY, 32 school bus drivers called in sick to protest:

📍low pay
📍unfair scheduling

The sickout, organized by the drivers themselves, disrupted student transportation across the district. They are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social. Union was not involved.

🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4cbusm
More than 30 bus drivers in KY school district call in sick amid labor dispute
Thirty-two of Floyd County School District’s bus drivers called in sick Tuesday amid a labor dispute with the district.
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In Tacoma, 35 teachers and paraeducators at a local elementary school called in sick to protest:

📍staffing shortages

The educators, who are members of the @neatoday.bsky.social, took action independently; the union itself was not involved.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3d6b6rp2
Staff sickout over staffing issues in Tacoma Elementary triggers district investigation
This week, a flyer addressed to families of Jennie Reed Elementary expressed concerns over recent announcements of staff cuts at the school.
tinyurl.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:17 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...
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 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
October 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In Ohio, @teamsters.bsky.social Local 413 members at Herbal Wellness Center walked out on Sept. 27 over:

📍fighting for a first contract
📍job security & seniority system
📍fair scheduling

Around 6 dispensary workers joined the strike for a stronger voice at work
🔗 tinyurl.com/58cx4ds4
Teamsters Strike Herbal Wellness Center
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Cannabis dispensary workers have been forced to go on strike at Herbal Wellness Center in Columbus to protest the company’s unfair labor
tinyurl.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 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
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 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
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 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.
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 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.
October 16, 2025 at 2:26 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
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 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
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In Pittsburgh, @pghguild.com journalists at the Post-Gazette have been on strike for over 3 years:

📍illegal union-busting & bad-faith bargaining
📍loss of health care, pay, and job protections

🔗 www.unionprogress.com/2025/10/08/h...
Hallam and County Council recognize our resilience as this damn strike nears its third anniversary - Pittsburgh Union Progress
Tuesday night about a dozen of us wore our black PUP T-shirts, the most vigorously chic attire in labor history, and gathered in the Gold Room at the Allegheny County Courthouse to stand with the coun...
www.unionprogress.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In Vermont, @teamsters.bsky.social at a Dairy Farmers of America plant are on strike over:

📍long shifts, low pay, short staffing
📍retirement/health benefits.

The plant, which supplies cream to Ben & Jerry’s, also faces sewage and odor complaints.

🔗 tinyurl.com/4cnaekct
St. Albans dairy workers go on strike
Dairy workers at Dairy Farmers of America's St. Albans facility went on strike Friday after contract negotiations broke down.
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is the embodiment of oligarchy & corporate greed.

Even with the largest CEO-to-worker pay gap in the S&P 500, he’d rather threaten our livelihoods and make stores worse to “cut costs.”

If Starbucks doesn’t finalize union contracts soon, we’re ready to STRIKE.✊
September 29, 2025 at 8:42 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
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Care workers in Connecticut are on strike across 3 companies (Network Inc., Caring Community, and Alternative Services Inc.).

Unionized with @seiu.org, about 500 workers are demanding:

📍 A fair retirement package

🔗 tinyurl.com/54fm7dyy
Hundreds of caregivers go on strike over pension funding
Hundreds of caregivers plan to strike on Friday, unless pension contributions are increased, according to union leaders
tinyurl.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:51 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
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM