Unions

Texas Electricians Open Up Negotiations And Win Big

November 7, 2025 Paul Steiner, Labor Notes. Organize! Electricians, Texas, Unions, Victory, Worker Rights and Jobs

The building trades can be a tough place for union reformers. Union business is typically conducted behind the scenes, with little involvement from members, while the bosses stall and derail negotiations. But here in Austin, Texas, our Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 520 got off the hamster wheel and got members active like never before—spurred by the organizing of members like me who had joined the national Caucus of Rank-and-File Electrical Workers (CREW). Through an unprecedented amount of outreach, actions that brought members in to confront the bosses head-on, and good old-fashioned raising of stakes and expectations, Local 520 won a contract that put decades of closed-off negotiations to shame.

Union Starbucks Baristas Overwhelmingly Authorize ULP Strike

November 6, 2025 Starbucks Workers United. Resist! Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Nationwide - Union baristas announced Wednesday that they have authorized an open-ended unfair labor practice (ULP) strike with 92% voting “yes” ahead of the critical holiday season. The vote comes after six months of Starbucks refusing to offer new proposals to address workers’ demands for better staffing, higher pay, and a resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges. “Our fight is about actually making Starbucks jobs the best jobs in retail. Right now, it’s only the best job in retail for Brian Niccol,” said Jasmine Leli, a 3-year Starbucks barista and strike captain from Buffalo, NY.

Boeing Machinists Strike At Three Months

November 6, 2025 Jim McMahan, Workers World. Resist! Boeing, IAM, St. Louis, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

With their strike against Boeing closing in on three months, St. Louis members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 837 have now rejected Boeing’s fourth disrespectful contract offer. The workers walked out on Aug. 4. Facing an austerity contract from a powerful monopoly corporation, the Machinists have shown tremendous resilience. Boeing is heavily involved in supplying war planes from the St. Louis plants for the Pentagon’s war on Gaza. Boeing and the Pentagon’s genocidal war against Gaza has the makings of an economic war on strikers at the company’s main military division in St. Louis.

How El Salvador’s Labor Martyrs Shaped A Revolutionary Tradition

November 6, 2025 Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch. Strategize! El Salvador, Labor Movement, Unions, Worker Rights

October 31 in El Salvador is recognized as the Day of the Salvadoran Trade Unionist. This year’s commemoration event brought together veteran organizers and a new generation of grassroots leaders, bridging past and present struggles for workers’ rights and social change. “This date brings us back to the origin of labor organizing in our country,” asserted Marisela Ramírez, a leader of the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Bloc, at the rally at Cuscatlán Park in San Salvador, organized by the group. “We remember with dignity, the history of struggle, resistance, and sacrifice, of the labor movement in El Salvador.”

Teachers Unions Leverage Contracts To Fight Climate Change

November 5, 2025 Caroline Preston, Hechinger Report. Create! climate crisis, Green Energy Transition, Teachers, Unions

In Illinois, the Chicago Teachers Union won a contract with the city’s schools to add solar panels on some buildings and clean energy career pathways for students, among other actions. In Minnesota, the Minneapolis Federation of Educators demanded that the district create a task force on environmental issues and provide free metro passes for students. And in California, the Los Angeles teachers union’s demands include electrifying the district’s bus fleet and providing electric vehicle charging stations at all schools.

SUNTRACS Fights Political Persecution In Panama

November 3, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, People's Dispatch. Resist! National Strike, Panama, Panama Canal, Single Union of Construction Workers (SUNTRACS), Unions, US military

The National Union of Construction and Related Industry Workers (SUNTRACS), Panama’s largest and most militant trade union, has denounced the right-wing government of José Raúl Mulino for ordering the arrest of several political leaders of its organization and their relatives. The leaders and family members were released on October 29. Following sustained pressure from SUNTRACS and international trade unions, the court determined there was no reason to keep them detained. The union has vowed to continue resisting the Mulino government’s repression. In a public statement, SUNTRACS said: “We denounce before the country that heavily armed and masked national police units … stormed … the homes of several members of our union’s board of directors and family members of some of our comrades.”

SNAP Axe Could Fall On Grocery Shoppers And Workers Alike

November 1, 2025 Caitlyn Clark, Labor Notes. Educate! Grocery Workers, SNAP, Unions, Working Class

Beginning November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail. SNAP keeps millions of Americans and their families from going hungry. Due to the government shutdown, new SNAP funding has not been allocated by Congress, and existing funding has run out. This would be the first time in the program’s 61-year history that SNAP benefits have not been paid. For years Congress has appropriated a SNAP contingency fund to cover emergencies like a shutdown. UFCW Votes, the United Food and Commercial Workers’ political arm, has launched a petition calling for the release of these funds, something the AFL-CIO and 25 other unions are also calling for.

How To Build A Union Culture That Welcomes Immigrant Members

October 31, 2025 Dan La Botz, Luis Feliz Leon, and Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Labor Notes. Organize! Immigrants, Labor Movement, Solidarity, Unions

Here is some basic advice for union officers and activists who are new to working with immigrant members. You probably already know that immigrant workers want pretty much the same things any unionized worker wants. A decent job. A living wage. Respect and trust. Some measure of control over their lives. The other thing you should know is: Don’t presume to know anything. Forget stereotypes. Approach immigrant workers in an open, straightforward manner and see what you can learn. Many immigrants may have as much to teach you about the labor movement as they have to learn. Some may have been involved in labor, political, or even revolutionary movements in their native countries.

Palestine Solidarity In US Labor Will Come From The Rank And File

October 29, 2025 Derek Seidman, Truthout. Strategize! Israel, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity, Unions

As Israel’s genocide in Gaza intensified in late 2023, a small number of U.S. labor unions began calling for a ceasefire. Others soon joined in, and many also started calling for a halt of military support to Israel. For many union members, statements didn’t go far enough, so they formed new national networks or pushed their unions to divest from Israel. Some even went on strike. Pro-Palestine organizing within U.S. unions is not new, but the breadth of criticism of Israel’s actions and sympathy with Palestinians coming out of the labor movement may have signaled a shift away from U.S. labor’s historic support for the Zionist movement and the State of Israel

Michigan’s Labor Revival

October 29, 2025 Ben Solis, Michigan Advance. Strategize! Healthcare workers, Labor Movement, Michigan, Service Workers, Unions

Michigan now has a more receptive environment for labor organizing and collective bargaining following the repeal of Right to Work laws within the past few years, and previous failures to retain unions in the private sector, according to a new report from Wayne State University’s Labor Workshop. One area of potential labor growth is in the health care sector, with a recent uptick of union organizing petitions. But the report also noted new challenges and political strain are on the horizon, including budget cuts, unfair labor practices and new anti-labor laws considering signals from federal and state leaders.

Indiana Kroger Workers Win Better Contract After Voting ‘No’ Twice

October 24, 2025 Andrea Reynolds, Labor Notes. Organize! Indiana, Krogers, Unions, Victory, Worker Rights and Jobs

With 8,000 workers, the Indianapolis Kroger contract is the largest in Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700. After keeping members in the dark about negotiations, our local union leadership dropped a concessionary contract in our laps. Wage increases didn’t keep up with inflation, and there was no contract language to address understaffing. It was obvious this contract was sending us backwards. My co-workers and I were angry, but we weren’t sure what to do. I joined a Zoom meeting hosted through the reform group Essential Workers for Democracy. I was shocked to see how many members felt the same way about our contract and our union.

The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine

October 24, 2025 Maurizio Guerrero, In These Times. Resist! Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deportations, ICE, Unions

In the current political climate, the last bulwark against the abusive deployment of corporate-owned generative artificial intelligence might just come from union shareholders. AI tools are constantly evolving, and “with no one stepping in to create some guardrails, they will become harder and harder to regulate,” says Emma Pullman, head of shareholder engagement at the British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) in Canada. The union, representing more than 95,000 members in the public and private sectors, is a long-term investor in Thomson Reuters and is pressuring the Toronto-based data broker to align its AI products with human rights principles. “As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue,” Pullman says.

We Can’t Rebuild The Labor Movement Without Taking On Big Targets

October 23, 2025 Kate Bronfenbrenner, Labor Notes. Organize! Labor Movement, Militancy, Unions, Worker Rights

Last year, U.S. unions cautiously celebrated a turnaround in their organizing fortunes. National Labor Relations Board election win rates had reached 79 percent, and the number of workers organized for the year approached 100,000, the highest number since 2009. Yet these gains masked a harsher reality for labor, even before the disastrous 2024 elections. For the labor movement to grow, it needs to organize millions of workers each year, not 100,000. Organizing continues to lag in fast-growing, low-density sectors such as personal services, IT, finance, and health care, while union-heavy sectors like government and manufacturing keep shedding jobs.

Starbucks Workers Aim To Bring A Contract Home

October 22, 2025 Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. Organize! Starbucks, Strikes, Unions, Worker Rights

Unionized Starbucks workers are electing strike captains and getting customers to pledge they won't cross picket lines. They’re amassing in front of stores with picket signs, borrowing a slogan that UPS Teamsters used during their 2023 contract campaign: “Just Practicing for a Just Contract.” Thirty-eight stores held practice pickets in early October, and starting October 25, 80 more stores plan to hold pickets and sign up customers to a “No Contract, No Coffee” pledge, promising not to patronize any Starbucks in case of a strike. “We're all strike-ready,” said Jhoana Canada, a barista in Nashville.

Artificial Intelligence: Principles To Protect Workers

October 19, 2025 AFL-CIO, Portside. Strategize! Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Unions, Worker Rights

There is a path where new technology makes work better and safer, with good union jobs that have fair pay and better job quality. In this vision, working people have economic security, knowing that companies and public agencies must follow rules to make sure technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) is used safely, responsibly, and fairly. These rules put people first, and include worker input in the research and development (R&D) process, during development and deployment, and at the collective bargaining table where they negotiate protections with employers. There is accountability with meaningful enforcement so that employers think twice before designing or using AI systems that hurt workers or communities.

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