Labor

Red Cups Raised in Rebellion: Starbucks Strike Spreads

Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Dec 8, 2025 After four years of organizing, Starbucks workers are still trying to get a contract. The current strike is the longest in the history of the coffee giant and has spread to 145 stores in 100-plus cities. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Donald Trump: Union Buster

Lawrence S. Wittner / Z Network Dec 3, 2025 Trump's second term in office has seen an all-out assault on organized labor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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No Business as Usual

Peter Olney, Rand Wilson / Labor Notes Oct 21, 2025 Urgent times call for something old and something new from the labor movement. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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PATCO’s 21st Century Sequel

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Oct 6, 2025 Why Trump's assault on federal employees could spell disaster for the labor movement. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Federal Workers Declare Five-Alarm Fires at Key Agencies

Jenny Brown / LaborNotes Sep 25, 2025 Unprecedented public letters express outrage and dismay that their work protecting the public is being wrecked by know-nothing political lackeys. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Turkish Workers: You Don’t Want a Strongman

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes Jun 3, 2025 In Turkey, labor leaders find themselves under arrest for organizing against a government that wants to bend labor to its will. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Workers Respond as Trump Tries To Bust Airport Screeners Union

Jenny Brown / LaborNotes Mar 13, 2025 Many fear what's next after the Department of Homeland Security announced it was canceling the union contract of 47,000 workers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Walmart Patents Technology to Eavesdrop on Workers

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jul 13, 2018 In addition to capturing conversations, the retail giant's spy system could also track the length of lines at the checkout counter, how many items are scanned and the number of bags employees use. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Preview: The Pope Casts a Long Shadow Over the New Term

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 29, 2015 Francis' full-throated opposition to the death penalty puts him at the opposite end of the moral universe from Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

United Nations Forces a Showdown—With Its Own Workers

BLANK Sep 24, 2013 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is trying to make an end run around the U.N.’s system for negotiating collective-bargaining agreements with its workers. Maybe he needs to call in his organization's International Labor Organization to monitor its own actions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Michigan May Be Next Battleground for Anti-Union Forces

Staff / Truthdig May 29, 2012 As Wisconsin voters prepare to head to the polls next week for the recall election of GOP Gov. Scott Walker, anti-labor forces are already eyeing where they will take their union-busting battle to next. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Says It’s Not About Destroying Unions?

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Apr 1, 2011 The centennial commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Co fire in New York City, with the loss of 146 young women trapped in a factory that had blatantly ignored the meager safety legislation of the time, paradoxically raises the question of whether we are doomed to forget the past fire in New York City paradoxically raises the question of whether we are doomed to forget the past. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )