NEW: The Union Bug is back! On this week's episode, I spoke with @dgorganize.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, "Unions of Our Own: 8 Building Blocks to Change Work...and the World."
It's a damn good conversation and I hope you'll check it out. Daniel's book is out April 28th.
A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.
Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.
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Yesterday, EB BBIU baristas went on a one day strike to protest the company’s illegal termination of Camden Castillo!
If you want to support striking baristas, donate to our strike fund @ tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike
People’s World: May Day Strong Movement maps plans at nationwide meeting
At a national May Day Strong meeting, unions including UEW, SEIU, and NNU aligned around one call: No Work. No School. No Shopping.
With growing threats to our democracy, we have to show our power on May Day.
Read more: bit.ly/4t7RWPc
New indie union just dropped! Congrats to the workers at Attaboy! jacobin.com/2026/04/atta...
New independent union just dropped!! 🥳🥳🥳
There's no such thing as an unorganizable industry. Only ones where workers are still figuring out a model that works.
Solidarity with these courageous workers.
We are thrilled to share we have come on board as a launch partner for Unions of Our Own by SUN member and staffer @dgorganize.bsky.social— out April 28 from @haymarketbooks.org
We'll be helping on companion trainings and materials as well as offering 1-on-1 support for readers with issues at work
Screenshot of an Instagram reel featuring an outlined silhouette of Washington DC with a sign post reading "Blank St Union" and the DC flag
Screenshot of another part of the reel, with a map of the eastern US and text reading "From DC to New York to Boston, Blank Street employees across the entire East coast are united to secure their rights"
According to a post on Instagram, Blank Street Coffee workers in Washington, DC, are unionising!
www.instagram.com/p/DW4H5TNOKYB/
Congrats, it's a union! Say hello to the newest Portland IWW affiliate, MUJI Workers United. They are representing the workers at MUJI, the Japanese retail store near Pioneer Square.
You can follow them on Instagram at @mujiworkersunited.pdx
Welcome to the One Big Union!
BIG NEWS! Amazon ordered by NLRB to bargain with Amazon Labor Union: www.nlrbedge.com/p/04022026-n...
After the 2024 Amazon Teamsters strike, the retail supergiant retaliated against workers by docking Unpaid Time Off, a bank of hours that give workers some cushion when unexpected emergencies arise and they need to take time off work. Amazon can fire them if they run out of UPT.
NEW from me: After major pressure from the Teamsters union both at the shop floor and in NLRB-mediated negotiations, Amazon has agreed to stop retaliating against workers for exercising their right to strike. "This is a huge win for us," shop floor organizer Josh Black said.
Coffee, for most, is a low-wage and precarious industry. Workers in the U.S. must navigate rock bottom wages, at-will employment laws, and few workplace protections.
Unionising, and securing a contract is one of the most powerful ways workers can combat these threats and improve lives. #CoffeeSky
Interviewing women coffee farmers in Colombia, Lucia Bawot realised that most of them were facing mental health challenges without any help. She created SANA to address this unmet need.
100+ women have now received mental healthcare through SANA. Its success offers lessons for the wider industry.
“After over 20 years working grocery retail, unionizing my store with my coworkers, and talking to other retail workers across the country, I’ve learned that grocery workers across our industry face similar challenges," Maeg from @traderjoesunited.bsky.social shared with us.
Salute on International Working Women’s Day!
All solidarity to the woman worker around the world - especially trans women - in the store, home, factory, hospital, street corner, online, school, field, office and everywhere
For unions against patriarchy! 💜🚩🏴🧡 #8M
“We can only ask ICE agents to leave if they are harassing or disrupting business,” Starbucks barista Alex Rivers told @nataschaelena.bsky.social. “Starbucks must follow hundreds of Minnesota businesses and forbid ICE from entering without a warrant.”
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“When management says they can't afford better wages or they can't fix staffing, we'll have the receipts showing exactly how they're running these stores into the ground. That's how we stop fighting their fights on their terms and start fighting ours on ours.”
“Documenting what we already know is broken, finding out it's broken everywhere, and using that information to build real power,” Janet from @NSLU_PDX shared.
Sheri’s Ranch responded to the petition for union recognition by firing workers Jupiter Jetson, Molly Wylder, Paloma Karr, Adalind Gray, Genevieve Dahl, and Gwen Bunny.
The union will be fighting their unlawful terminations, but for now, they need our support: www.gofundme.com/f/support-sh...
MA voters, please use this tool to write your state legislators demanding stronger protections for sex workers' rights and safety actionnetwork.org/letters/bloc...
Update on this story: WGA has cancelled the Writers Guild Awards, originally scheduled for March 8, due to the ongoing staff strike. WGA management walked away from the table earlier this week without a deal. Statement from WGSU below:
in less than 6 months Condé Nast got rid of every trans woman on editorial. there is no liberal media.
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