The ILR Labor Action Tracker’s 2022 report is out, and it’s a must-read for anyone who’s obsessed enough with the US union movement to subscribe to a…
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Hi all, apologies for a delayed edition, and just a quick note that because it’s such a mega-edition I left out some lower-frequency stuff (like smaller…
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January 2023

STRIKES & NEGOTIATIONS Last week, I mused that the HarperCollins UAW Local 2110 strike (which is now bringing in a federal mediator) might be the…
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For Jacobin, I wrote about the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report on union membership in the United States, and the big picture, twenty-year view…
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Happy Martin Luther King Day, and a shout out to one of the most important labor champions and socialists in history. I will always recommend Going Down…
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Happy new year! The holidays brought an unexpected semi-hiatus, so welcome to one of our three-week mega-editions. Fair warning that there are…
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December 2022

Happy Hannukah! STRIKES & NEGOTIATIONS The remaining 36,000 University of California strikers, members of Student Researchers United and UAW Local 2865…
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STRIKES & NEGOTIATIONS The largest strike in the country got a little bit smaller this week, with University of California post-docs with UAW Local 5810…
A mid-week edition due to other work (and a big week in labor (see items on the UAW and the railroads below)) means there’s a little bit of this week in…
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November 2022

STRIKES & NEGOTIATIONS Education: The 48,000 University of California academic workers of UAW Local 2865, UAW Local 5810, and Student Researchers United…
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This Saturday, November 19th, Labor Notes is holding a New York City Troublemakers School, a day-long conference of trainings and workshops on building…
An overdue and late-night edition means we kind of play loose with the boundaries of what happened in what week, and I dropped a few lower-frequency…
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