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12 Days Left! Meet with workers from the South, including nurses at the University Medical Center in New Orleans who've mounted five strikes so far in their fight for a first contract, and Starbucks baristas in the midst of their own nationwide escalation: labornotes.swoogo.com/notms2/9383808
November 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
12 Days Left! Meet with workers from the South, including nurses at the University Medical Center in New Orleans who've mounted five strikes so far in their fight for a first contract, and Starbucks baristas in the midst of their own nationwide escalation: labornotes.swoogo.com/notms2/9383808
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️ International solidarity is how we raise conditions for workers across borders. Few things make that clearer than the story of auto workers in Mexico who've dealt with bad bosses, sham unions, and decades of U.S. trade policy labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/notes-on-t...
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️ International solidarity is how we raise conditions for workers across borders. Few things make that clearer than the story of auto workers in Mexico who've dealt with bad bosses, sham unions, and decades of U.S. trade policy labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/notes-on-t...
Employers in Mexico are flagrantly breaching their obligations to workers with few consequences. “The problem is not the law,” said Mexican labor activist Willebaldo Gómez Zuppa. “The problem is its enforcement.” labornotes.org/usmca-mexico...
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Employers in Mexico are flagrantly breaching their obligations to workers with few consequences. “The problem is not the law,” said Mexican labor activist Willebaldo Gómez Zuppa. “The problem is its enforcement.” labornotes.org/usmca-mexico...
“It feels like we’re constantly being made to do more with less. They assume that by placing a time constraint on [orders] it will automatically solve the problem when, as we all know, staffing fixes these issues, nothing else.”
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November 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“It feels like we’re constantly being made to do more with less. They assume that by placing a time constraint on [orders] it will automatically solve the problem when, as we all know, staffing fixes these issues, nothing else.”
labornotes.org/2025/11/no-c...
labornotes.org/2025/11/no-c...
🎯 The clock is ticking to register for the New Orleans Troublemakers School in December! Join labor activists from around the Gulf coast to strategize, share skills, and organize to win!
Saturday, December 6
IATSE Local 478, 511 N Hennessey St
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Saturday, December 6
IATSE Local 478, 511 N Hennessey St
Sign up labornotes.swoogo.com/notms2/9383808
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🎯 The clock is ticking to register for the New Orleans Troublemakers School in December! Join labor activists from around the Gulf coast to strategize, share skills, and organize to win!
Saturday, December 6
IATSE Local 478, 511 N Hennessey St
Sign up labornotes.swoogo.com/notms2/9383808
Saturday, December 6
IATSE Local 478, 511 N Hennessey St
Sign up labornotes.swoogo.com/notms2/9383808
On Friday's episode of the Labor Notes Pod, @sbworkersunited.org member Sabina Aguirre, who works in Columbus, Ohio, said baristas are often so overworked trying to serve long lines of customers that they rush to make as many as 80 drinks an hour
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November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
On Friday's episode of the Labor Notes Pod, @sbworkersunited.org member Sabina Aguirre, who works in Columbus, Ohio, said baristas are often so overworked trying to serve long lines of customers that they rush to make as many as 80 drinks an hour
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This discussion is based on our Roundtable Series featuring contributions by organizers and scholars on how unions can fight the authoritarian consolidation of power under Trump and the billionaire capture of the economy
Read the pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
Read the pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This discussion is based on our Roundtable Series featuring contributions by organizers and scholars on how unions can fight the authoritarian consolidation of power under Trump and the billionaire capture of the economy
Read the pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
Read the pieces here: labornotes.org/content/how-... 2/2
🚨Tuesday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. ET: Hear from UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla; Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown; and Jackson Potter, VP @ctulocal1.bsky.social, at our online panel with @prospect.org and @haymarketbooks.org
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November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨Tuesday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. ET: Hear from UAW Region 9A director Brandon Mancilla; Baltimore Teachers Union president Diamonté Brown; and Jackson Potter, VP @ctulocal1.bsky.social, at our online panel with @prospect.org and @haymarketbooks.org
Sign up now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma... 1/2
Sign up now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma... 1/2
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️@sbworkersunited.org's Sabina Aguirre on what striking workers are fighting for: decent wages that won't leave them dependent on SNAP and Medicaid, and proper staffing so baristas aren't scrambling to make 80 drinks an hour labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/starbucks-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️@sbworkersunited.org's Sabina Aguirre on what striking workers are fighting for: decent wages that won't leave them dependent on SNAP and Medicaid, and proper staffing so baristas aren't scrambling to make 80 drinks an hour labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/starbucks-...
What can unions do to survive in the second Trump presidency? What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights?
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What can unions do to survive in the second Trump presidency? What tactics and strategies can help organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on labor and other rights?
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Register now! www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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
Sign up here! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
Sign up here! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
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/...
Sign up here! labornotes.org/events/2025/...
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
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/...
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?
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 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