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Class War In Sugartown

August 7, 2026 Joe Allen, Counter Punch. , , ,
Crockett, California, is located on the Carquinez Strait, a forty-minute drive from Oakland, and popularly known as “Sugartown.” This small, unincorporated town of thirty-two hundred residents is the longtime home of the California and Hawaii Sugar (C&H) refinery, one of the last cane sugar processors in the western United States. For more than a month starting on June 15, ninety-three warehouse workers represented by Local 6 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) were on strike against a straight-up union-busting effort by the refinery’s owner, ASR Group, led by the billionaire Fanjul family. 

Dockworkers Unions In Six Countries Announce Day Of Strikes, Protests

August 1, 2026 Sarah Lazare, In These Times. , , ,
Dockworkers unions in France, Greece, Basque Country, Turkey, Morocco, and Italy are calling an international day of action ​“against war and militarization” on October 30. They are demanding an end to ​“the genocide of the Palestinian people” and the ​“US-Israeli wars of aggression in the Middle East and against Iran.” “Each union will decide the most appropriate form of mobilization according to its national circumstances, starting from strike action and from a shared commitment to prevent the loading of death and destruction,” reads a joint statement from the unions.

Rochester Nurses Stood With Their Nonunion Co-Workers

July 31, 2026 Will McMahon, Labor Notes. , , , , , ,
What should union workers do when their nonunion co-workers come under attack? When our health care system in Rochester, New York, announced deep cuts to employee health benefits last November, “we started hearing from people right away,” said critical care nurse Carmen Camelio, president of the Rochester Union of Nurses & Allied Professionals. “And not just members. “We knew we had to do something, and we had to bring people in fast,” he said. In the span of days, union and nonunion workers came together to build a campaign that crossed job titles and worksites, forced the boss to backpedal, and inspired a wave of new organizing.

Bronx Defenders Union Walks Off The Job

July 28, 2026 Max Parrot and Emily Swanson, Portside. , , ,
Yet another union representing public defenders representing clients who cannot afford attorneys in the city’s justice system has gone on strike. Around 300 staff with the Bronx Defenders Union walked off the job on Monday — the third such guild to strike this month over economic demands on behalf of its lowest-paid workers. The move adds further strain on the city’s court system. On Friday, 120 staff members of the Harlem-based Neighborhood Defender Services announced they were going on strike. The Brooklyn Defender Services, which covers both Brooklyn and Queens, ended a five-day strike with a tentative contract agreement last Wednesday.

Rochester Nurses Stood With Their Nonunion Co-Workers

July 24, 2026 Will McMahon, Labor Notes. , , , ,
What should union workers do when their nonunion co-workers come under attack? When our health care system in Rochester, New York, announced deep cuts to employee health benefits last November, “we started hearing from people right away,” said critical care nurse Carmen Camelio, president of the Rochester Union of Nurses & Allied Professionals. “And not just members. “We knew we had to do something, and we had to bring people in fast,” he said. In the span of days, union and nonunion workers came together to build a campaign that crossed job titles and worksites, forced the boss to backpedal, and inspired a wave of new organizing.

Bus Drivers Strike Again In Jackson, Mississippi

July 19, 2026 Press Associates, People's World. , , , , ,
For the second time in three years, the 60-plus bus drivers in Jackson, Miss., members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1208, have been forced to strike. The workers walked out starting at 4 a.m. on July 13 after fruitless talks since December with MV Transportation, the Texas-based private contractor which runs the city’s bus system. In response, news reports said, MV switched to smaller vehicles, waived the requirement that drivers it imports—from out of state—have Commercial Drivers Licenses, and eliminated Saturday service. Key issues in this strike, like the two-week walkout in September 2024, are low pay, lack of respect, and this time, MV’s refusal to bargain in good faith.

California Stadium Workers Win The Right To Strike Over ICE

July 15, 2026 Paul Prescod and Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. , , , ,
In a World Cup-fueled union win, concessions workers at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have won the right to walk off the job, should ICE pose a threat to their safety. The stadium’s 2,000 cooks, bartenders, dishwashers, servers, and attendants had a major piece of leverage this summer: eight scheduled World Cup matches. Their victory came days after a 96 percent vote to authorize a strike. Their next contract will expire at the end of April 2028, weeks before the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. “Workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11 have created an important tool to keep themselves and their communities safe,” said Cassandra Gomez

Power Workers Independence Day Strike Wins Pensions

July 10, 2026 Mindy Isser, Labor Notes. , , , ,
Workers at PECO, the electric company for the Philadelphia region and Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas utility, went on strike just after midnight on Saturday, July 4, winning a tentative agreement for the 1,500 workers just before midnight on Monday, July 6. They restored defined-benefit pensions for the 600 newer hires who had been relegated to 401(k)s, and won full medical coverage in retirement. They had leverage: Philadelphia celebrates the July Fourth holiday massively, with a giant concert in Center City, and this year was even bigger with the country celebrating its 250th birthday and the city hosting some World Cup games.

Philadelphia Hot ‘Strike Summer’ Rages On

July 9, 2026 Emma Glazer and Angel Rodriguez Gomez, People's World. , , , , ,
Philadelphia—So far, it’s been “strike summer” here in Philadelphia. As the city prepared to take the global stage for the 2026 World Cup and the nation’s 250th anniversary, the battle lines of the class struggle were squared up across the city. On one side stood corporations raking in ever-increasing, record-breaking profits. On the other side stood the workers—the bedrock of the city’s economy—holding the line on the pavement in oppressive, historic heatwaves. Anticipating a massive influx of international tourists and booming profits for local hospitality monopolies ahead of the World Cup and America 250 celebrations, hotel workers, organized with Unite HERE Local 274, took the offensive by announcing their intent to strike.

Strike Six: New Orleans Nurses Fight For First Contract

July 6, 2026 Lee Abbott, Labor Notes. , , , ,
Two years and six strikes into bargaining—after switching law firms, cancelling negotiation sessions, firing union leaders, and allegedly backing a decertification effort—perhaps it’s dawning on University Medical Center in New Orleans that nurses don’t tire out easily. On May 1 the nurses held their sixth strike—at five days, the longest yet—and their picket lines keep growing. There was dance music blasting, spontaneous line-dancing, boiled crawfish and jambalaya. “We have first-time strikers out here who are brand new nurses!” said endoscopy nurse Hailey Dupré, a member of the bargaining team. “You understand that you can take your job into your hands and shape the future of it.”

Learning, Recharging, Uniting At Labor Notes 2026

July 5, 2026 Alexandra Bradbury and Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. , , ,
In a time when there’s real cause for fear and despair—and when the Trump administration is pushing hard to divide us—the Labor Notes Conference June 12-14 in Chicago was an oasis of inspiration and solidarity. In every hallway you could feel the electric buzz of conversation, of strategies in the making. Labor Notes gives workers a rare chance to come together across unions, sectors, and identities. Conferencegoers packed into sessions on overcoming division: “Organizing in the Multiethnic Workplace,” “Building Unity Across Job Classifications,” “Overcoming Generational Divides.”

Solidarity Strikes And Taft-Hartley’s Long Shadow

June 30, 2026 Hayley Brown, Counter Punch. , , ,
This week marks the anniversary of the enactment of one of the most consequential pieces of labor legislation in US history. The Labor Management Relations Act, better known as the Taft-Hartley Act, was passed over President Truman’s veto on June 23, 1947, and substantially narrowed the forms of collective action protected under federal labor law. The Taft-Hartley Act provided employers with a myriad of new legal weapons while suppressing some of organized labor’s most powerful tactics, dramatically reshaping the US labor landscape.

More Than 4,000 Mass General Brigham Nurses To Strike On July 8

June 28, 2026 Beth Treffeisen, Portside. , , , ,
Approximately 4,500 nurses and clinicians at two Mass General Brigham units will walk off the job on July 8 unless hospital executives reach new labor agreements, setting the stage for what the union says will be the largest nurses’ strike in Massachusetts history. The Massachusetts Nurses Association issued the required 10-day strike notice, saying workers are seeking contracts that include competitive wages, affordable health insurance, investments in the permanent nursing workforce, and stronger protections for patient care. The planned walkout includes more than 4,000 registered nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and about 450 clinicians at Mass General Brigham Home Care.

Mexico’s Gig Workers Won Recognition As Employees

June 24, 2026 Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. , , ,
Chanting, “We are not partners, we are workers,” hundreds of workers across Mexico who provide rides and deliveries through apps held a two-hour work stoppage on May 15 demanding fair rates, an end to unjustified deactivations, and ultimately, a collective labor agreement with app giants like Uber, Didi, and Rappi (two Uber-Eats style delivery platforms). The National App Workers Union (la Union Nacional de Trabajadores por Aplicación, UNTA) said the work stoppage included workers in five states and Mexico City. They were joined by app workers in at least 15 countries who held similar stoppages during peak hours.

Workers At Sheraton Downtown Hotel Strike For Second Straight Day

June 23, 2026 Michaela Althouse, PhillyVoice. , , , ,
Hospitality workers at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown hotel in Center City are continuing their strike into a second day after walking off the job Sunday morning. Represented by the Unite Here Local 274 union, workers are seeking a wage increase from $22.11 to $30 per hour for non-tipped employees by 2028, a decrease from a 16-room to a 15-room quota per day for housekeeping staff and 18% banquet gratuity. Unite Here said the demands are in line with a new citywide standard at five other unionized hotels in Center City. The union initially set a strike deadline of June 12, but extended it after workers at two other hotels were able to reach an agreement with management for new contracts.
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