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On Tuesday, October 6, join the virtual training designed for local, regional, and state level labor leaders looking for resources on how to facilitate planning related to election defense and mass mobilizations in their union. actionnetwork.org/events/union...

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Union Training to Defend Our Votes and Elections

Join us for a virtual 90-minute training for union leaders and members that will be leading election scenario planning at their union local and/or in their community. Trump and his minions have made...

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UE @ueunion.org · 28/09/2026

Following the political action report, the region’s delegates passed a resolution which declared that “the fight to maintain open, free, and fair elections... [is] an opportunity to bring working people together to build an even stronger force for change in our country and the world.“

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UE Western Region: Fight to Maintain Open, Free, and Fair Elections

The fight to maintain open, free, and fair elections, and the work to build a strong resistance to the voter intimidation led and orchestrated by the oligarchs and their puppets in government, is not ...

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UE @ueunion.org · 28/09/2026

McCoy and Local 1107 President Kellye Allen were reporting on resolutions that their locals, both located in Wisconsin, had passed about defending labor and democratic rights in the upcoming midterm elections.

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UE @ueunion.org · 28/09/2026

“Our union is a powerful tool that we must utilize to attain a society and a world that is truly equitable and just for all,” Local 1186 Vice President Michele McCoy told the Western Region council meeting during the region’s political action report.

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UE Western Region: Fight to Maintain Open, Free, and Fair Elections

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UE @ueunion.org · 24/09/2026

Happening tonight!

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UE @ueunion.org · 22/09/2026

An August poll found that support for #MedicareForAll has risen from 54 to 60 percent in the past year. Voters who have significant medical debt or who have been denied treatment by their insurance company support M4A at 68 and 71 percent respectively. www.ueunion.org/political-ac...

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New Poll Finds Rising Support for Medicare for All

An August poll found that support for Medicare for All has risen significantly in the past year, from 54 to 60 percent. Among voters who have significant medical debt ($1,000 or more) or who have been...

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UE @ueunion.org · 21/09/2026

Join the May Day Strong coalition on Thursday, September 24 at 8pm ET for Pulling Out the Pillar: Corporate Campaigns to Reject Trump's Attack on the Elections. Register here: bit.ly/pulloutthepillar

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UE @ueunion.org · 21/09/2026

In this month’s Economics News for Workers, from the UE NEWS: higher prices ahead, deportation policies shut down job creation, Canadian unions demand improved unemployment insurance to deal with tariff chaos, and more. www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026...

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Economics News for Workers, September 2026

Higher prices ahead thanks to war and corporate greed; nearly half of private-sector workers saw wages decline from 2021 to 2024; deportation policies have shut down job creation; Canadian unions dema...

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UE @ueunion.org · 19/09/2026

Nandell Baines, the president of UE Local 977, passed away on August 16. Local 977 represents Hallcon rail crew drivers in TX, LA, OK, TN and KS. “She just fought for the members until the very end,” said Local 1177 President Larry Hopkins, a fellow Hallcon driver. www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026...

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Nandell Baines, Local 977 President, Dies

Nandell Baines, the president of UE Local 977, passed away on August 16. Local 977 represents Hallcon rail crew drivers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kansas. “She just fought for the me...

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UE @ueunion.org · 18/09/2026

This Is How We Win is a guide to building a bolder, more militant labor and working-class movement, and to how working people can effectively use economic disruption to fight the billionaire class. Read the UE NEWS review here: www.ueunion.org/ue-news-feat...

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UE @ueunion.org · 17/09/2026

“We protected the integrity of our contract, strengthened our relationships and resolve, and built confidence in our own power so that we’re ready for the next struggle.”

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UE @ueunion.org · 17/09/2026

“While on the surface this fight seemed to revolve around a single person, members saw that this injury to Genesis was a threat to us all, and acted accordingly.” Read this @labornotes.bsky.social article written by two UE Local 255 members!

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Labor Notes @labornotes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Workers at Hunger Mountain Co-op, a consumer-owned grocery store in Vermont, won a five-month fight to enforce seniority, beat back bias, and win a promotion for a beloved co-worker. We did it not just by filing a grievance, but also by mobilizing union members and the public”

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The American Postal Workers Union @apwu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last night, in a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s executive order on Vote-by-Mail will not be in effect for the 2026 midterm elections, ensuring postal workers can continue to follow the procedures that have proven to work in the past.

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UE @ueunion.org · 17/09/2026

Fifteen years ago, on September 17, 2011, approximately one thousand people gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, launching the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Read more here:

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Fifteen Years Ago, Occupy Wall Street Denounced Economic Inequality

Fifteen years ago, on September 17, 2011, approximately one thousand people gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, launching the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.

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UE @ueunion.org · 16/09/2026

Join us for a virtual 90-minute training for union leaders and members that will be leading election scenario planning at their union local and/or in their community. RSVP for Sept 22 at 8pm ET: actionnetwork.org/events/union... RSVP for Oct 6 at 12pm ET: actionnetwork.org/events/union...

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Union Training to Defend Our Votes and Elections

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

The council meeting also heard from Director of Organization Kimberly Lawson, who gave an update on the union’s organizing work, and General Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Dinkelaker.

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

After outlining some of the challenges facing working people, including the health care crisis, the war in Iran, and the anti-worker majority on the National Labor Relations Board, Gray declared that “By standing together in solidarity, that's how we fight, that's how we win.”

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

In her president’s report, Eastern Region President Janet Gray outlined steps the region has taken to increase rank-and-file participation.

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

Earlier that week, the local reported, over 550 graduate workers had gathered to launch a strike pledge campaign, and over 1,000 workers signed the pledge within 24 hours. Delegates from locals across the region, from VT to Western PA to NC, pledged their solidarity with Local 256.

UE members from across the Eastern region stand and sit together with fists raised

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

Their contract expired in May, but MIT has refused to meet for more than a few hours at a time, and is insisting on healthcare givebacks and attacking the local’s union shop.

Around a dozen MIT workers stand in the photo together as their coworker speaks into a microphone

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UE @ueunion.org · 14/09/2026

During the UE Eastern Region council meeting held in Needham MA on Saturday, over a dozen members of UE Local 256 (MIT-Graduate Student Union) came to the front of the room to report on their difficult contract negotiations with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT workers gather in front of podium while members of other UE locals sit and listen

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

“Today's war against the terrorism of an evil few must not be confused with attacks on an ethnicity or religion. Verbal slurs and physical assaults against our Arab-American and Islamic neighbors and co-workers must be countered, condemned and stopped.”

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

“We recall with pride that weeks after Pearl Harbor, as UE mobilized to win the war for freedom, our union condemned anti-Japanese racism as fundamentally opposed to that great cause.

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

“with renewed commitment to freedom and solidarity. We shall not be stopped by cold-blooded, calculating killers. And we shall not allow our grief and righteous anger to be polluted by hatred and bigotry.

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

…and express our solidarity with the families of the victims.” The statement went on to say, “We are resolved not to yield to terror or to terrorists' designs. Democracy is too precious. We continue with plans for our convention — the highest expression of our union democracy —

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

UE’s General Executive Board adopted a statement addressing the attacks ahead of the convention. It said, “Many of the slain were union members, murdered at their place of work and on the job. With profound sorrow, we mourn our fallen brothers and sisters…

STATEMENT OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
(Adopted Friday, September 14)
ike all Americans, the members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) are devastated by the mind-numbing loss of life caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. We share the sense of loss and violation, despair and outrage. We mourn as our nation mourns.
The horror visited upon our nation that Tuesday morning should never have happened; it should never happen to another people again, anywhere. Innocent people suffered deaths more horrific than could be imagined in nightmares. Many of the slain were union members, murdered at their place of work and on the job. With profound sorrow, we mourn our fallen brothers and sisters and express our solidarity with the families of the victims.
We condemn unreservedly the hidden, unseen, faceless killers who are responsible for this crime against humanity. We demand that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
We are resolved not to yield to terror or to terrorists' designs. Democracy is too precious. We continue with plans for our convention — the highest expression of our union democracy — with renewed commitment to freedom and solidarity. We shall not be stopped by cold-blooded, calculating killers.
And we shall not allow our grief and righteous anger to be polluted by hatred and bigotry. We recall with pride that weeks after Pearl Harbor, as UE mobilized to win the war for freedom, our union condemned anti-Japanese racism as fundamentally opposed to that great cause. Today's war against the terrorism of an evil few must not be confused with attacks on an ethnicity or religion. Verbal slurs and physical assaults against our Arab-American and Islamic neighbors and co-workers must be countered, condemned and stopped
As we mourn and as we rage, we also declare our resistance to efforts to use this tragedy to curtail our civil liberties or to engage in military adventures…

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UE @ueunion.org · 11/09/2026

25 years ago, the terror attacks that occurred on 9/11 killed thousands of working people and forever changed the lives of others. UE’s 66th National Convention was scheduled to occur only a few days after the attacks took place.

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UE @ueunion.org · 09/09/2026

Bill Turner may have been fictional, but his triumphs were real, and the defeats that he suffered continue to hinder the working class to this day. Read more about how UE pioneered the use of film to deliver union messages and watch the film here: www.ueunion.org/ue-news-feat...

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UE Pioneered Use of Film to Deliver Union Message

Delegates to UE’s 11th Convention, held in September 1946, not only debated resolutions and elected officers, they also got to see the world premier of a 37-minute film, one of the first films ever pr...

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UE @ueunion.org · 09/09/2026

The film remains an inspiring story of labor’s greatest triumph over big business in U.S. history, and a cautionary tale about the power of concentrated capital — power and concentration that has only increased in the ensuing eight decades.

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UE @ueunion.org · 09/09/2026

Deadline for Action was intended as a tool for political action, “to renew the resolve of all decent people to get men in government who will fight inflation, depression, want and war.”

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UE @ueunion.org · 09/09/2026

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UE Pioneered Use of Film to Deliver Union Message

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UE @ueunion.org · 08/09/2026

UE Local 506 members marched together in a show of strength at the annual Erie Labor Day parade yesterday!

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UE @ueunion.org · 07/09/2026

Many delegates gave reports on recent workplace victories and important struggles. The local leaders also discussed rising threats to labor and strategies for winning rights in the workplace without collective bargaining, elected new officers, and debated and adopted policy resolutions.

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UE @ueunion.org · 07/09/2026

“Unite, Empower, and Transform” was the theme for the convention, which drew in over 70 delegates and guests from across North Carolina. The union leaders met at the Franklinton Center at Bricks on August 15 and 16.

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UE @ueunion.org · 07/09/2026

On this Labor Day, read about UE Local 150’s recent convention! “Over the past two years, we have proven that unity and determination can lead to some incredible wins for our members across the state,” said President Willie Brown during his State of the Union address www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026...

UE Local 150 members stand and sit together with UE banners

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UE @ueunion.org · 01/09/2026

Local 197 member, April Ma, spoke in solidarity with the nurses who are fighting against Palantir, the company whose AI-powered surveillance has fueled murders by ICE, mass deportation and detention, and the genocide in Palestine.

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UE @ueunion.org · 01/09/2026

TRU-UE Local 197 members attended @nationalnurses.bsky.social day of action on Thursday to get AI surveillance out of hospitals. Photo is of @trujhu.bsky.social members & retired UE General President Carl Rosen.

Members stand together with Palantir Out signs

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UE @ueunion.org · 31/08/2026

Photos are from bannering actions in California, Tennessee, Ohio, and Illinois.

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UE @ueunion.org · 31/08/2026

The workers are fighting for immediate pay increases, annual raises, shift differential pay, and other basic benefits. Their current contract has been extended and now expires at the end of September. The workers plan to continue pressuring the company by bannering between bargaining days.

Workers stand and sit together at a bannering event

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UE @ueunion.org · 31/08/2026

Hallcon rail crew drivers represented by UE Locals 155, 977, 1077, 1177, and 1477 have organized bannering actions in several different states to pressure their employer for a fair contract.

UE members hold signs together at a bannering event

Members hold signs that say “fair $$$” and one union, one voice

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 22/08/2026

Community members at BNSF San Bernardino Yard in support of rail crew drivers (UE 1077) who are bargaining for a new contract. These workers keep our freight system moving in dangerous, polluted conditions, but Halcon is offering them below-inflation raises.

About 10 people stand in the sun holding signs saying Apoyamos a UE, Aumentos Justos Ahora, Inland Empire Stands with UE, Together We Drive, Together We win, and UE

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UE @ueunion.org · 27/08/2026

As the local celebrates the 1yr anniversary of its labor board election, the bargaining committee hunkered down for a retreat in order to plan for a strike escalation strategy. The local is building out its 1-20 network of Contract Action Team organizers to support their efforts this fall & winter.

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UE @ueunion.org · 27/08/2026

UE Local 1151-Northwestern University Postdoc Union has been bargaining for a first contract covering 1200 postdoc workers since March of 2026. The local has so far secured tentative agreements on eight articles, including recognition, union security, and international worker rights.

NUPU bargaining committee standing and sitting together

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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Asheville nurses join today's Palantir Out Day of Action to demand HCA Healthcare cut ties with the A.I. giant! Palantir's technology is used in our hospitals to short staff us AND used by ICE to terrorize us in the streets. We don't want either! #PurgePalantir

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National Nurses United @nationalnurses.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New Orleans nurses kick off a day of action to protest Palantir, the A.I. giant fueling ICE detention & deportation. Louisiana nurses know this terror firsthand: More than 1/4 of people detained since Jan. were held in the state at some point. Nurses say: Palantir Out!

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UE @ueunion.org · 26/08/2026

“This surveillance campaign is part and parcel of the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to demonize working people and distract from his many failures as president,” said retired UE General President Carl Rosen, convener of Labor for Democracy.

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UE @ueunion.org · 26/08/2026

Labor for Democracy, a network of labor unions (of which UE is a founding member) committed to upholding democracy and the right to organize, is calling for federal and state investigations into recent reports of illegal and unconstitutional surveillance of unions and community groups in Minnesota.

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Labor for Democracy Demands Investigations Into Unconstitutional Surveillance of Unions

Labor for Democracy, a network of labor unions committed to upholding democracy and the right to organize, is calling for federal and state investigations into recent reports of illegal and unconstitu...

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