Philadelphia Orchestra musicians have won first-in-the-nation protections against hearing loss. The groundbreaking provisions, which could serve as a model for other orchestras, are part of a contract...

Health and safety issues arise in every type of workplace. We want to keep our coworkers safe AND we want to build the power of the union. How can we do both at the same time? In this workshop, we'll ...

Workers who make some of the world’s most popular video games, including World of Warcraft and Diablo, won their first union contracts in early September, in an important step forward for organizing i...

This workshop has limited capacity and is for stewards and elected officers who work with stewards—not staff. Please register only if this applies to you. As the union's most active members in the wor...

Workers at a Corning solar manufacturing plant in Michigan voted September 1 to join the Steelworkers (USW). The vote was a close 520 to 512, following an intense anti-union campaign by the company. N...

Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics g...

Who Moves America chronicles the Teamsters’ 2023 near-strike at UPS. It’s a rare and moving portrait of a massive, diverse group of workers building themselves into a fighting force, who then must wrestle with a different version of victory than they expected.

Union flight attendants are mourning lost co-workers on the 25-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In Chicago today, they’re joining with Transportation Security Officers to defend airport s...

Union flight attendants are mourning lost co-workers on the 25-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks. In Chicago today, they’re joining with Transportation Security Officers to defend airport s...

Update, September 7, 2026: WINNERS ANNOUNCED! This years Anne Feeney Hellraiser Fund grantees are: • Emmet Doyle, political folksinger and MN 15 defendant • Juliana Sanromán, Mexican-American visual a...

Workers around the country experienced brutal heat this summer, with July the hottest month on record. It’s creating a safety crisis on the job, as workers report severe nausea, dizziness, exhaustion,...

U.S. military veterans are drilled by their commanders to obey their superior officers. Many still believe it is their duty to support the commander-in-chief even after their tour of duty. But at a ti...

Health care workers fighting for a contract in Vermont have come to the table with not only their own demands for safe staffing and fair pay, but also a more unusual demand—one made in solidarity with...

For four decades Labor Notes has offered activists a ringside view of labor's ups and downs.Whether we're reporting on a struggle across the street or around the world, Labor Notes delivers the best l...

Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant close...

Health care workers fighting for a contract in Vermont have come to the table with not only their own demands for safe staffing and fair pay, but also a more unusual demand—one made in solidarity with...

What's the secret to winning a strong contract? Hint: You won't find it at the negotiations table! Save the date for a two-part workshop from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays, September 2 and 9,...

Dolly Parton’s song, “9 to 5,” has endured as a beloved anthem for nearly half a century. What many people don’t know is that the direct inspiration for the song—and the hit movie—was the 9 to 5 worki...

United Auto Workers members are voting by mail ballot for their top officers, for the second time in the union’s 91 years. Ballots went out August 21 and are due back by October 5. The contest will de...

“The number one takeaway is that the times in the NALC, they are a-changing,” said Margo O’Neill of Branch 352 in Des Moines, Iowa, who attended her first Letter Carriers convention August 3-7 in Los ...

Learn how to skillfully navigate contract negotiations! Join other bargaining committee members at this crash course covering legal frameworks, common terminology, drafting proposals, democratic pract...