Author: The Labor Force
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Free David Huerta, End Ice Raids! Day of Action
Today, take action with us to demand freedom for David Huerta and an end to ICE raids, now! On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocating for immigrant workers. While he has been released from the hospital,…
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Judge Blocks Attack on TSA Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights
Big news for federal workers: a federal judge just temporarily blocked the Department of Homeland Security from stripping TSA workers of their collective bargaining rights! On February 27, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem issued a memo rescinding TSA workers’ collective bargaining agreement, which covers approximately 50,000 TSA agents. AFGE, the union representing TSA workers,…
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Tell Nitehawk Cinema: Reinstate Malik Now!
Just miles away from an Alamo Drafthouse movie theater where union members just went on strike and won big, Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema is undertaking its own union-busting campaign. Nitehawk just fired vocal union representative Malik Smith from its Prospect Park location. Nitehawk is an independent theater with two locations in Brooklyn―but the way it has…
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Rally With Unionized Whole Foods Workers In Philadelphia!
Tomorrow, rally with unionized Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia to demand that Whole Foods (and Amazon!) respect workers’ union vote and come to the bargaining table! In January, Philly Whole Foods workers made history by voting YES to unionize with UFCW Local 1776, becoming the first unionized Whole Foods location in the country. Just days…
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Stand With Anthonie, An Organizer Fired By Amazon
Amazon just fired Anthonie, a union steward with Amazon Labor Union in New York. This isn’t the first time Amazon has unjustly fired Anthonie before the union helped him win reinstatement―but right now he needs our support more than ever. Just days after Amazon fired him, Anthonie had emergency gallbladder surgery. He’s now at home…
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Build International Solidarity Among Nestlé Workers!
Nestlé workers are building international solidarity across borders–and here’s how you can help! Nestlé is a multinational corporation whose name has become synonymous with human rights abuses. It’s also the owner of Blue Bottle, the national chain of coffee shops with six unionized locations in Boston, MA. Blue Bottle baristas went on strike last month,…
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Support Bella, Fired Blue Bottle Barista
Blue Bottle, the national Nestlé-owned coffee chain, just fired barista and union member Bella Roman from one of its Boston cafés. This firing comes just after Blue Bottle unlawfully bypassed negotiations to announce plans to install surveillance cameras in union cafés. In response, Blue Bottle Independent Union members marched on the boss, filed unfair labor…
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At Amazon, Arrests Are A Union-Busting Tactic
At Amazon, arrests are a union-busting tactic. Sultana Hossain, the Recording Secretary of Amazon Labor Union-IBT Local 1 in Staten Island, the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the US, just returned to NYC from a court date in Garner, NC. The charge against Sultana? Trespassing. The alleged victim? Amazon. Sultana was arrested for trespassing while…
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Tell New Seasons Market: Negotiate With Your Workers!
New Seasons Market, a crunchy grocery chain in the Pacific Northwest, just implemented a big change in working conditions for union workers without their consent. New Seasons Labor Union is fighting back. Workers are now being asked to reduce their work hours and tasked with taking on work not just in their own departments, but…
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Co-Sign Amazon Labor Union’s Safety Bill of Rights
Every day, workers are injured while trying to fulfill Amazon orders. And instead of working to make warehouses safer, Amazon treats these injuries as the cost of doing business. The United States Senate investigated, and found that Amazon warehouses recorded over 30 percent more injuries than the warehousing industry average in 2023. Amazon is a…
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The Labor Force Impact Report #1: Some Good News
Feeling fatigued by the constant onslaught of bad news? We got you–because the antidote to that particular overwhelm is celebrating our wins. Each week, The Labor Force partners with labor groups to share their urgent needs with our growing community of labor activists and supporters. Together, we’re building a stronger labor movement by donating to…
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Blue Bottle Baristas Are On Strike Now!
Blue Bottle baristas are on strike! Blue Bottle baristas at five unionized cafes Boston just walked off the job in protest of the company’s decision to unilaterally install cameras. Can you make a donation to Blue Bottle Independent’s Strike Fund to help cover the wages of the workers who walked out today? Why Are Blue…
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Trader Joe’s Just Fired Jamie Edwards, Founding Union President
Trader Joe’s really has no shame. On May Day, of all days, the company fired Jamie Edwards, a national leader of the effort to unionize Trader Joe’s who worked at the Hadley, MA location for over ten years. The Labor Force has worked closely with Jamie and Trader Joe’s United since 2022, when the Hadley…
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Amazon Labor Union Announces Safety Bill of Rights
Happy May Day! Across the country, working class folks are taking to the streets in protest and in celebration of our collective power. This May Day also marks the launch of Amazon Labor Union’s Safety Bill of Rights: the core safety issues facing Amazon workers and the concrete changes workers are demanding in order to…
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A (Very) Brief History of May Day
May Day, also celebrated by workers across the globe as International Labor Day, is not officially recognized in the U.S. despite the fact that the holiday traces its origins to the fight for an eight-hour workday in America. This year, a coalition of labor groups are organizing over one thousand May Day events across the…
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Tell Blue Bottle Corporate: No Surveillance Cameras!
Blue Bottle Independent Union, the badass baristas who unionized six Boston area Blue Bottle cafés last year, are still fighting for a fair first contract. And they are up against a true Goliath. That’s because Blue Bottle, despite the vibes, isn’t a tiny group of hip, locally owned coffee shops. The fact is, Blue Bottle…
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Announcing the Federal Worker Defense Fund
Trump’s Executive Order stripped federal workers of their bargaining rights…and federal unions of the critical resources they need to fight back. That’s why we just launched the Federal Worker Defense Fund. Trump’s Executive Order Is An Attack On Federal Workers Last month, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order declaring war on working people by…
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Stand With Federal Workers!
On March 27, the Trump administration issued a disgraceful and retaliatory Executive Order declaring war on working people by denying their collective bargaining rights. Read on to learn how you can stand with federal workers under attack. This order was a direct attack on the rights of one million patriotic American civil servants. They are…
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Stand With Diedre, A Union Organizer Fired By Amazon
Amazon truly has no shame. In March, they fired Diedre King, a union organizer fighting to unionize Amazon’s RDU1 facility in Garner, NC. Contribute to Diedre’s GoFundMe right here, and read on to learn Diedre’s story. Diedre’s Story Diedre is a union organizer with C.A.U.S.E. (Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment), the organization founded…
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Touchstone Climbing Workers Are On Strike Now!
Right now, workers at five Touchstone Climbing gyms across Southern California are on strike due to unfair labor practices. Can you chip in to their strike fund today to keep their picket line strong? Touchstone Climbing workers unionized at five SoCal locations last year after their employer failed to disclose a shooting threat. After the…
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Amazon Labor Union Passes Immigrant Solidarity Resolution
In the face of increasing immigration raids across the country, unionized Amazon workers are coming together to protect each other. Amazon Labor Union just passed an Immigrant Solidarity Resolution outlining their demands on Amazon and the union’s plan to protect immigrant members. Right now, Amazon Labor Union is training worker leaders to provide know-your-rights trainings…
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Blue Bottle Baristas vs. Nestlé: The Battle for Bargaining Space
In the fight for a first contract, unionized Blue Bottle baristas are up against a true Goliath: Nestlé. Last year, after Nestlé refused to pay these baristas what they’re worth, six Boston-area cafés voted to form Blue Bottle Independent Union. But instead of coming to the table and negotiating a fair contract, Nestlé’s Blue Bottle…
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A Big Win For Amazon Labor Union!
Amazon workers went on strike during the busiest part of the holiday season―and Amazon fought back with a vengeance, unlawfully docking hundreds of workers unpaid time off for time they were on strike. And because Amazon’s faceless HR system automatically fires workers whose time off balance falls below zero, some workers were fired as a…
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New Oregon Bill Would Give Unemployment to Striking Workers
Oregon’s recently introduced Senate Bill 916 would make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits, giving them more power to secure a fair union contract. Right now, Oregon’s workers aren’t eligible for these benefits. Strikes are one of the most effective tools that workers have. But they are also an economic hardship, leaving workers without a…
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Demand Your Reps Reject the National Right to Work Act Now
In case you missed it, earlier this month the “National Right to Work Act” was reintroduced in both the House and Senate by Congressman Joe Wilson and Senator Rand Paul. If enacted, this legislation will have serious negative repercussions for not just unionized workers, but for all workers. Can you take a moment today to…
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Cowen’s NLRB Memo & Workers’ Rights Under Trump
Trump-appointed NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cowen just gave us a glimpse into the future with a memorandum rescinding thirty NLRB memos, indicating that this administration is set on dismantling workers’ rights as we know them today. In this post, we’ll discuss three key points in Cowen’s memo. NLRB General Counsel memorandums aren’t legally binding,…
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A Big Win For New Seasons Labor Union
Usually, when you hear from us, it’s because urgent action is needed, but today we are reporting back on a big WIN for New Seasons Labor Union. When New Seasons Market in Portland, OR fired union treasurer Randy Foster for helping a blind co-worker while Randy was off the clock, the Labor Force was there…
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C.A.U.S.E. Union Election Results Are In
We’ve got tough news about C.A.U.S.E.―the union that held its vote to become the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Amazon’s Orwellian Tactics In the most anti-union, anti-worker climate in our lifetime, Amazon took no chances in trying to crush the union in Garner, NC’s RDU1 warehouse. Amazon ran a propaganda campaign straight out…
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New Seasons Workers Are ON STRIKE!
Big news: union workers at multiple locations in Pacific Northwest grocery chain New Seasons are on strike to force management to reinstate Randy Foster, a long-time New Seasons worker who was unjustly terminated last week in retaliation for his union support. New Seasons Retaliates Against Union Officer Management says Randy was fired for helping a…
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Help C.A.U.S.E. Win First Union Election At Amazon in the South!
In case you missed it, the worker-led union C.A.U.S.E. filed for a union election at Amazon’s RDU1 fulfillment center in Garner, NC. The election will take place in one week, on February 10-15. Below is a message from C.A.U.S.E.’s president, Ryan Brown, who was recently fired from RDU1 in retaliation for organizing. Read on to…