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The largest and longest nurses strike in the New York City history occurred earlier this year, with fifteen thousand nurses taking to the picket line to demand safer staffing levels. 4/7
“If you’re supposed to have four patients, you should have four patients—not six, not seven, not eight,” said Sophie Damas, a nurse at Mount Sinai Medical Center. 5/7
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“The strike was about showing the company that the workers were strong in that plant, and showing the whole world who runs the plant: the workers,” said Local 7 President Kim Cordova. 7/7
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Get a copy of Ellen David Friedman's new book, "Keep Going: A Guide To Organizing When It’s Hard,” an essential starter kit for workplace organizers trying to make sense of the chaos and build collective power: labornotes.org/store/keepgo...
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The Massachusetts Teachers Association knocked on a million doors to pass their “tax the rich” referendum, which has helped provide free tuition, school meals, free regional buses, expanded child care, and more. 2/7
#LaborNotes2026 is off to a great start with panels on successful tax-the-rich campaigns, lessons from landmark healthcare strikes, building worker power in the meatpacking industry, and much more! A thread on related stories from our coverage: 1/7
3,800 meatpacking workers in UFCW Local 7 in Greeley, Colorado launched the industry’s first major strike in 40 years, winning wage increases and a groundbreaking policy on personal protective equipment. 6/7
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“Working on legislation or ballot initiatives might seem off to the side of building the disruption we need across the country…But it’s hugely important to win material gains for working people,” wrote Max Page, president of the MTA. 3/7
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On our latest podcast episode, we're joined by Ellen David Friedman and Durham Association of Educators member Carlos Pérez to discuss channeling members’ frustrations into action and building an empowering escalation campaign.
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