Labor and strikes – Struggle

Home care workers demand an end to 24-hour workdays

May 3, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

On May Day, home care workers and their supporters protested at the gates of City Hall, fighting for New York State funding to end their 24-hour workday. They demanded that Mayor Mamdani fulfill his election […]

New Orleans nurses strike for fair wages and safe staffing levels

May 2, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha

Nurses at New Orleans’ University Medical Center began a five-day strike on May 1, which is International Workers’ Day. This is their sixth time striking since they voted to unionize with National Nurses United in […]

Starbucks strike forces talks — company answers with anti-union expansion

April 24, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

Starbucks returned to the bargaining table with its baristas in April 2026 after the longest nationwide strike in company history forced the company back. Days into the renewed talks, management delivered its answer: a $100 […]

FILE PHOTO: JBS meatpacking workers hold a strike in Greeley

Greeley meatpackers win contract after three-week strike

April 13, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 released a statement on April 12 reporting that meatpackers at the JBS beef processing plant in Greeley, Colorado, voted to ratify a tentative agreement covering nearly 3,800 workers. […]

Clarence Thomas: Oakland labor’s anti-apartheid history points to Palestine

April 6, 2026 Clarence Thomas

The following are lightly edited remarks by Clarence Thomas, a retired executive board member of ILWU Local 10 and former Black Panther Party member. Speaking at a March 29 panel, “Oakland Says No to Apartheid: […]

Greeley meatpackers defy ICE, strike JBS over speedup and wage theft

April 3, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

The labor movement that helped drive the Jan. 23 anti-ICE Minnesota General Strike is now lending its muscle to support the meatpackers’ strike by members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 in Greeley, […]

Immigrant meatpackers strike against bosses and ICE in Greeley

March 28, 2026 Lallan Schoenstein

On Feb. 4, workers gathered in a Greeley, Colorado hotel to vote for strike authorization, empowering the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) meatpackers union members Local 7 to go on strike if negotiations broke […]

NYP nurses force deal after record 39 days

February 20, 2026 Gary Wilson

The New York State Nurses Association reached a tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian on Friday, Feb. 20, after a 39-day strike — the longest nursing strike in New York City history. The strike is not formally […]

Baltimore janitors fight for fair wages and dignity

February 15, 2026 Kat Davis

Baltimore – On Wednesday, Feb. 11, janitors working for CVVY Enterprises, SEIU Local 32BJ, local activists and church leaders met in front of the Department of Labor office on 100 S. Charles Street to make […]

Who decides? NYP nurses challenge forced vote

February 11, 2026 Gary Wilson

Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian are fighting a battle on two fronts. For four weeks they have stood on picket lines in freezing temperatures demanding enforceable staffing ratios. Now they face a ratification vote forced by their […]