This is hugely important! The new CEO of Starbucks is intentionally missing the point about workers' rights and worker dignity, and it's up to all of us to help workers make the point for him.

Congratulations to the WSNA nurses at Astria Sunnyside Hospital, who voted to ratify their contract!

LET'S GET LOUD! 🗣️ On Starbucks's busiest sales day of the year, workers are holding rallies in 16 cities. And we need YOU there! When customers and community members speak out, the company listens. Let's stand together against corporate greed and union-busting! RSVP: bit.ly/redcuprallies

Despite Lavish Roots management’s anti-union campaign, the workers are not backing down — and when we fight, we win!

Child care providers know how essential early learning is for families and our communities, BUT lawmakers still need to hear it from you. Use this quick online form to tell your legislators: NO MORE CUTS TO CHILD CARE! Take action now ➡️ bit.ly/NoMoreChildCareCuts #ChildcareForAll

Workers at Sound Transit continue to fight for their first contract with PROTEC17 and today they showed up in force at the ST Executive Board Meeting. It is time for Sound Transit to bargain in good faith and offer workers a fair contract.

Join rank-and-file members at the next Labor Notes 'Secrets of a Successful Organizer' online workshop series in November! First of two sessions starts this Saturday, Nov. 8, Noon to 3 p.m. Eastern. Second session is on Saturday, Nov. 22 Sign up: labornotes.org/events/2025/...

The Washington State Labor Council, WorkSource & Washington Employment Security Department will host a free virtual session tomorrow 11/7 from 10–11:30 for any workers impacted by the Federal layoffs - offering help with unemployment, healthcare & job resources. Register ➡️ https://ow.ly/PZlp50Xo2RX

🚨 Starbucks workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a massive strike at more than 650 stores. If forced, baristas will begin the strike on Nov 13 — Red Cup Day. You better believe we'll be on the picket line with them! @sbworkersunited.org

A 92% supermajority of Starbucks Workers United baristas voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike unless Starbucks ends union-busting & bargains in good faith. Without a fair deal, workers vow to turn 11/13 “Red Cup Day” into a nationwide Red Cup Rebellion. https://ow.ly/MoYR50Xo1qg

Hot tip: save your local rapid response hotline to your Favorites WAISN (WA statewide): 844-724-3737 Eastside for All (East King County): 425-361-0808 LULAC SW WA: 503-388-5356

Today, Thursday, November 6th at 3 pm ET, we're going to have RV Dougherty on our public picket line. RV wasn't just one of our original organizers but went on to become a staff organizer at OPEIU! Join us on Zoom kickstarterunited.org/picket/

Concerned about climate, affordability, water, surveillance? Join us on November 19 and December 8 (6pm, Prospect Church) for the first two iterations of the People's Forum on AI. Come learn more about the dystopian trajectory the tech overlords have us on, and WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!

Hey! Former Starbucks worker here (still have scars from 2nd degree burns), please don't cross this picket line. Starbucks is a chronic union-buster. There are so many wonderful local coffee shops to support instead. Make your support for Union Starbucks stores known until *& then after* a strike! 🖤

Starbucks knows where our union stands. They know our demands. They need to finalize this contract & stop union busting before the holiday season begins... otherwise, we'll be ready. ALLIES: Sign our No Contract, No Coffee pledge to commit to not crossing a picket line! bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

Union baristas are calling on allies to STOP BUYING STARBUCKS if we go on ULP strike. If our communities stand with us in action, we can take back power from the billionaires & CEOs. nocontractnocoffee.org

BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting. If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.

This Day in Labor History: November 5, 1916. Cop thugs opened fire on a group of IWW organizers and workers attempting to land in Everett, Washington. Let's talk about the horrors of the Everett Massacre and the murderous ways of cops.

“We're ready and willing to go on the biggest strike we’ve ever been on,” said Silvia Baldwin, a Philadelphia barista who is one of the delegates representing @sbworkersunited.org in negotiations. “If the company wants to avoid that, they can settle with us today." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike. Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%. Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.

Where do we go from here? What is to be done? The answer may be in your own workplace. 👇

Have you voted?! Do you have Election Night plans?! Join Seattle DSA to livestream election results from around the country and to screen a short film called “Partners” which follows Starbucks workers as they fight to unionize their store.

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it will pay SNAP benefits reduced by 50% to the 22 million households enrolled in the program.

42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as “food stamps,” are set to go without benefits. Among them are union members in underpaid industries like grocery and retail labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...

On 11/5, 1916, at least 5 workers from the IWW lost their lives in a violent confrontation with police. Join us at the Snohomish County Labor Council this Wed @ 5PM to learn more about this tragedy and pay respects to the laborers. 🌹➡ www.snocodsa.org/events/evere... #EverettMassacre

🗓️ Mark your calendars! There is a lot happening in November. 🗳️ Sun, Nov. 2, noon-3pm: Canvass for Katie Wilson @ BF Day Playfield 🍎 Sat, Nov 8, 10-11:30pm: Crib to College Coalition Meeting @ Southside Commons 🪧 Sat, Nov. 15, 11am-1pm: Town Hall to Build for a General Strike @ Seattle Labor Temple

Lavish Roots workers refuse to be SPOOKED by management’s anti-union campaign and held their third informational picket (in costume!) at Meta’s Bellevue campus 🎃👻🪧

BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must fund SNAP during the government shutdown. 6abc.com/post/judges-...

Sign the petition today and tell Windmill mushrooms, to recognize the union their workers elected. act.seiu.org/a/windmill_i... #BoycottWindmillMushrooms

With an emboldened Trump in the White House for a second term, the ground has shifted dramatically for unions What tactics and strategies can help unions organize more new members and best survive an all-out assault on our rights? labornotes.org/content/how-... 1/2

Ready for trick-or-treaters tomorrow? Make sure to buy union-made candy when you’re doing your shopping! And check out the full list at aflcio.org/halloween.

@wnba.com players are fighting for a new contract where they get an equitable share of the profits THEY create. Sign the petition and tell @wnba.com Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and @nba.com Commissioner Adam Silver to bargain in good faith and pay the players. actionnetwork.org/letters/wnba...

NEW: 23 libary supervisors are unionizing with @afscme.bsky.social

“Federal agents are terrorizing immigrants and citizens, and racially profiling us Latinos for kidnapping and detention. If ever there was a time to stand up to a boss and declare that an injury to one is an injury to all, it’s now,” writes @lfelizleon.bsky.social

Wanna help assembly whistle kits before the FBF? Show up at Common Power(1st and Spring St, 2 blocks from the Federal Building) to assemble whistle kits beginning at 10:30 a.m on Friday. Check out linktr.ee/wa.whistles for more resources on how to spread whistles! @wawhistles.bsky.social

This #FederalBuildingFriday support federal workers & immigrant community members - join our Halloween Costume & Sign Parade! Palmira Figueroa will share about the @ndlon.bsky.social Vigil being held on Saturday, November 1 vigil at Home Depot in SODO. #immigrantrights #troublemakers #goodtrouble

After months of stalling negotiations, the WNBA & team owners continue to ignore player demands & jeopardize the future of women’s professional basketball. Send an email to stakeholders to tell them to stop playing games, negotiate in good faith & pay the players! actionnetwork.org/letters/wnba...

Right now, our union of 12,000 baristas are demanding a fair contract... and we're in the middle of voting on a strike authorization. If we go on strike, pledge to not cross a picket line as we fight corporate greed and oligarchy! bit.ly/NoContractNoCoffee

The WSLC, WA Employment Security & WorkSource are hosting a free virtual session Oct. 30 (10–11:30 AM) for workers impacted by the federal shutdown. Learn about unemployment, healthcare & job resources. Register here ➡️ https://ow.ly/4m3050XjWQF

Mark your calendars, Seattle! We're excited to be part of this. As it stands, data centers are a climate disaster, an electricity & water justice disaster, & deeply problematic politically & socially. Let's make sure machine learning proceeds with the right guardrails!

Public workers never quit, even when the government quits on us. WFSE Local 889 is holding a food drive to support our local food banks through NW Harvest. Please consider bringing a donation into your local King County area DCYF or DDCS office, or donating monetarily through our treasurer Michele.

TLDR: tech workers, get organized! The Alphabet Workers Union has issued a statement in response to Amazon’s announcement that it will lay off 14,000 corporate workers: “Now is the time for us to stand together collectively, so we have power and a real voice in our industry.”

Join LCLAA PNW on 11/1 for its annual Día de los Muertos celebration in Yakima to honor loved ones & celebrate culture, community & union solidarity. Co-sponsored by UFCW 3000 the event features an ofrenda, music, food & more. https://www.thestand.org/2025/10/celebrate-dia-de-los-muertos/

Why bring your union identity—and your union—to the struggle? ✅ More turnout ✅ Opportunities for workplace conversations ✅ Unions are best equipped to organize economic disruption ✅ Labor participation can emphasize concrete demands ...and more! labornotes.org/blogs/2025/1...

On Tuesday, October 28th, we're welcoming our allies at Nava United to come speak at our virtual public picket line. Join us at 4 pm ET tomorrow here kickstarterunited.org/picket/

Former UFCW 3000 organizer Shannon Corrick offers a class at Spokane Falls Community college about how to make our unions stronger and more effective! The one-day school features workshops to build your skills as a union member. A light breakfast, full lunch, and refreshments will be offered.

@sbworkersunited.org members are amassing in front of stores with signs, borrowing the UPS Teamsters' slogan: “Just Practicing for a Just Contract.” 38 stores held practice pickets in early October, and 80 more stores plan to do so now, our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/10/stri...

On Sept. 22, @cascadepbs.bsky.social announced it would eliminate its News and Investigations teams, laying off 9 @newsguild.org journalists. Here’s how you can help: www.gofundme.com/f/support-ca...

Keep your eyes on this, Seattle. If the Baristas authorize a strike there is no city that can have a bigger impact on their action than we can. Support your #Starbucks workers. Support @sbworkersunited.org .