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Putting the movement back in the labor movement since 1979. Follow us on Bluesky: https://t.co/5bPM08eDsd

Detroit, MI Katılım Şubat 2009
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"Every single time that you get frustrated or you run into a wall, someone from Labor Notes is going to be there to pick you up," Nora Meek, a founding member of the IATSE CREW reform caucus, says in our new video. Help us build a fighting labor movement! labornotes.org/donate
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Their next contract will expire at the end of April 2028, weeks before the LA Summer Olympics. “Workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11 have created an important tool to keep themselves and their communities safe,” said Cassandra Gomez, senior staff attorney at @NelpNews 3/4
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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 1/4
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He told @mindyisser the last negotiation was during Covid, and because of the uncertainty, “we got a little bit behind with regards to inflation.” “You feel the pressure of having to pay your electric bill—we have to work a lot of hours overtime to make ends meet.” 3/4
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But if these efforts are not successful, then it may be time to lay the groundwork for a caucus. Some advice from Eric Marcuz, a Safeway grocery store worker in northern California and a member of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 8: labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/… 2/2
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If you have ideas for making your union better, the first step is to talk with your fellow members about what improvements can be made, and then approach union leaders together in a calm, strategic way, or try to get involved through official union structures 1/2
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Send us more organizing questions in writing or on a voice note to podcast@labornotes.org, and we’ll try to answer them on the pod!
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Have you ever been so stumped by an organizing challenge that you've wished you could just beam out a help signal to others who’ve dealt with the same thing? (episode link in thread)
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Workers at Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas utility went on strike this month and won a deal covering 1,500 workers. 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 1/2
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