Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They want Amazon to pay them for all their work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time labornotes.org/2026/09/germ...

German Amazon Workers Organize to Get Paid for Every Minute

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that ...

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“For years, Amazon has relied on a convoluted subcontracting system that denies last-mile drivers the protections other workers get, while maintaining extraordinary control over their schedules, workloads, and uniforms.” -Julie Su, NYC's deputy mayor for economic justice 1/2

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 4d ago

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in NYC, under legislation that Teamsters, Amazon workers, and the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing to pass labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

"Not every artist has as large a platform as rapper Macklemore, children’s TV star Miss Rachel, or country singer Zach Bryan but there’s plenty that artists and art workers can do to end complicity in Israel’s ongoing atrocities." labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 3d ago

Read the piece by Mona Abhari, the North America labor organizer for the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Movement: labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1... 2/2

While some expected Fain’s strongest support to come from the higher education and legal aid locals on the East Coast, turnout there was down by more than half from 2022, with fewer than 2,000 ballots counted 1/2

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 2d ago

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain looks poised to win a second four-year term, with an overwhelming lead in member balloting for the union’s top officers. @lfelizleon.bsky.social and Jane Slaughter report labornotes.org/2026/10/uaw-...

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Treating DSP delivery drivers as Amazon’s direct employees would make the company responsible for wage and safety protections and other legal liabilities labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 4d ago

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in NYC, under legislation that Teamsters, Amazon workers, and the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing to pass labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain looks poised to win a second four-year term, with an overwhelming lead in member balloting for the union’s top officers. @lfelizleon.bsky.social and Jane Slaughter report labornotes.org/2026/10/uaw-...

UAW President Shawn Fain Nears Re-election Victory

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain looks poised to win a second four-year term, with an overwhelming lead in member balloting for the union’s top officers. The election was a referendum on the n...

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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, writes @lfelizleon.bsky.social labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike

“Who Moves America” is touring the U.S., with upcoming screenings across the West Coast, Northeast, and South. See when it’s coming to your town, or request a screening, here. In the new documentary “...

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Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 4d ago

In the new documentary “Who Moves America,” filmmaker Yael Bridge offers a window into the working-class culture of one of the country’s largest unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at United Parcel Service in 2023 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

The Delivery Protection Act would require Amazon, alongside FedEx and other companies, to directly employ drivers rather than rely on third-party subcontractors. It would also establish safety, training, and labor standards for delivery drivers labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 4d ago

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in NYC, under legislation that Teamsters, Amazon workers, and the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing to pass labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

Palestinian cultural workers want U.S. arts unions to: -Reject the blacklisting of members supporting Palestinian rights -Stop working with complicit institutions -Exclude Israel from international labor federations -Pressure governments to compel Israel to end the genocide 1/2

In the new documentary “Who Moves America,” filmmaker Yael Bridge offers a window into the working-class culture of one of the country’s largest unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, at United Parcel Service in 2023 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/1...

Film Review: A Portrait of How Workers Build a Strike

“Who Moves America” is touring the U.S., with upcoming screenings across the West Coast, Northeast, and South. See when it’s coming to your town, or request a screening, here. In the new documentary “...

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The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in NYC, under legislation that Teamsters, Amazon workers, and the Democratic Socialists of America are organizing to pass labornotes.org/2026/10/amaz...

Amazon Package Drivers Rev Up Organizing to Become Direct Employees

The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in New York City, under legislation that Teamsters and Amazon workers ...

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Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time labornotes.org/2026/09/germ...

German Amazon Workers Organize to Get Paid for Every Minute

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that ...

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Union members typically have health insurance through their employers, but labor has a stake in fighting the privatization of Medicaid, says Rose Roach, National Coordinator for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer 1/3

Join us for a celebration of Ellen David Friedman’s new book, Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard. RSVP: labornotes.org/events/2026/...

NYC Book Talk—Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard

Join us for a celebration of Ellen David Friedman’s new book, Keep Going: A Guide to Organizing When It's Hard. When: Friday, October 23 Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Where: Woodbine NYC; 414 Broadway, 3rd Floor ...

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On October 2, the SITIAVW bargaining committee reached a tentative agreement with VW offering a 13.16% combined increase to wages and benefits over the next two years 1/3

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mexican Volkswagen workers could soon be on strike if their salary demands are not met. The 6,500 workers build the Jetta, Tiguan, and Taos at the company’s Puebla plant, the largest Volkswagen facility outside of Germany 🔗⤵️

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that the company is stealing their time labornotes.org/2026/09/germ...

German Amazon Workers Organize To Get Paid for Every Minute

Amazon workers at four delivery and sorting warehouses in Germany are organizing to make every minute count. They’re demanding that Amazon pay them for every minute of work, saying in a petition that ...

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Longtime Labor Notes supporter Gene Bruskin, an organizer and strategist and former director for the Justice for Smithfield campaign in North Carolina, shares why he and his wife Evie are pledging to give to Labor Notes in their will 1/2

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 just ratified by Musicians Local 77-274 labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Protect Their Hearing and Their Craft

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...

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Mexican Volkswagen workers could soon be on strike if their salary demands are not met. The 6,500 workers build the Jetta, Tiguan, and Taos at the company’s Puebla plant, the largest Volkswagen facility outside of Germany 🔗⤵️

Join union members, labor activists, and local officers in Colorado who are fighting creatively and building solidarity against union-busting bosses and politicians. Build skills through practical workshops, and hear from workers on the front lines of recent struggles 🔗 ⬇️

AutoZone workers in White Plains, NY, on Saturday became the first in their company to win a union election. Since then, the company has fired Nathan DuCongé, one of its key worker-organizers 1/4

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 2w ago

Read the story by @lfelizleon.bsky.social labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...

“It’s like hitting a fly with a mallet,” said Michael DiGuiseppe, vice president of Local 259. “At the first whiff of a union, they had their corporate executives in the store the next day.”

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new calculator from workers’ rights watchdog LaborLab estimates that the parts retailer AutoZone has paid $257,943 to managers and lawyers to crush a union drive by 11 workers in one store in White Plains, New York 1/2

A new calculator from workers’ rights watchdog LaborLab estimates that the parts retailer AutoZone has paid $257,943 to managers and lawyers to crush a union drive by 11 workers in one store in White Plains, New York 1/2

Want to keep your co-workers safe *and* build your union? Join workers at our online workshop tomorrow, Tuesday, September 22, 8 p.m. Eastern. Sign up here! labornotes.org/events/2026/...

Online Workshop: Organizing for Health & Safety

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 ...

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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 in the tech industry. Labor Notes editor Dan DiMaggio reports labornotes.org/2026/09/vide...

Video Game Workers Win First Contract at Microsoft-Owned Blizzard

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...

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🚨 Tonight (Monday, September 21, 8 p.m. ET): Online Steward's Workshop on 'Dealing with Difficult Supervisors' — there's still time to sign up! labornotes.org/events/2026/...

Stewards' Online Workshop: Dealing With Difficult Supervisors

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...

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Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Dealing with a difficult supervisor? We can fix that (by preparing, setting clear goals, and acting with our co-workers)! Learn more at our next online Stewards' Workshop on Monday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. ET! Sign up here: labornotes.org/events/2026/...

Our archetypal villainesses—Amy Dunne of Gone Girl, sisters Sally and Gillian Owens of Practical Magic, and Merricat Blackwood of We Have Always Lived in the Castle—have some positively devilish organizing tactics (not all of which we endorse!) up their trumpet sleeves 1/2

Dealing with a difficult supervisor? We can fix that (by preparing, setting clear goals, and acting with our co-workers)! Learn more at our next online Stewards' Workshop on Monday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. ET! Sign up here: labornotes.org/events/2026/...

The new contract also prevents Walmart from raising wages at other warehouses without doing the same at this one. The unionized workers have received a matching raise and back pay for the months when other warehouse workers received raises that they didn’t labornotes.org/2026/09/cana...

Labor Notes@labornotes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Eight hundred workers at a Walmart distribution center in Canada succeeded where others have not: they are now working under a two-year contract with North America’s largest logistics giant labornotes.org/2026/09/cana...