We are looking to understand workers power in the grocery sector in the US in order to further organizing and circulate struggles! Joins us!

@workinquirywork.bsky.social and @bbiunion.bsky.social have launched a new #WorkersInquiry with the help of our comrades Janet of New Seasons Labor [email protected] Local 1010 and Maeg of @traderjoesunited.bsky.social.

Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.

A general strike is a great idea, and to make it happen, I need you to organize your coworkers into a union at your workplace

BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another. linktr.ee/twincitieste...

We, the employees of the NLRB, are calling on members of Congress to reject the Senate’s proposed funding deal unless it includes meaningful reforms for ICE and CBP’s operations. Our Union has never endorsed a government shutdown before. But we believe we have no other choice.

We call on Starbucks board member and Land O Lakes CEO Beth Ford to say the names of our murdered neighbors, to say the names of the agencies who murdered them in broad daylight. We can’t afford you trying to stay above the fray! Stand with us and say ICE out now!

A little under a year ago, workers at Highwire Coffee formed their union—since then, they’ve been battling for a fair contract, facing stalling from management and an infamous anti-union law firm. Read about the latest in the Bay’s barista class war: bayareacurrent.com/highwire-cof...

In our increasingly unequal economy, the top 20% of earners power 59% of consumer spending. Everyone else accounts for 41% of spending.

SUN is in full support of the city-wide stoppage in Minneapolis on Friday and will have members participating in solidarity from out of state. We honor the lineage of this action including the Great American Boycott of 2006 and the movements in solidarity with Philando Castile and George Floyd.

Related: How do we define our coworkers? Are Global South workers who create value for our employer included?

For no particular reason whatsoever this is a key time to assess your union's vision and model: Are internationalism and anti-imperialism values we've embraced? How do we apply them?

Despite stonewalling opposition from Starbucks, its workers around the country have continued to unionize at a fast rate. Each of the past four years, @sbworkersunited.org has won over 100 union elections and added thousands of workers to its ranks.

The Minneapolis AFL-CIO calling for a general strike is a big deal and we should treat it like a big deal. Also it's a good idea. LFG minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

These workers at THE MET just announced that they won their union election, 76% yes. Met union! Hell yeah.

We stand in proud solidarity with the Breaking Breads Union in NYC. SUN endorses their demands including a premium for baking overnight, safe equipment and ending material support for the Israeli occupation They enter the great tradition of workers who have used their organized power against empire

Number of unionized Blue Bottle’s: All 6😎😎😎

Unlike other businesses in Minneapolis, Starbucks is allowing ICE agents into stores against the concerns of baristas and our community. That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.

Support Brother TJ, wrongfully disciplined without cause for speaking the truth! www.gofundme.com/f/tj-sabula-...

Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]

People don't realize how much corporations are collaborating with—and making possible—ICE's deportation machine

Renee Good is a martyr.

This is also the chain that hired a bunch of the owner's friends (inc. an Uber lobbyist) in an attempt to dilute the employee pool before a union election back in 2024. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Oh hey look, The Union Bug has its premiere today! The wonderful Chris Garlock and Harold Phillips came on the show to talk about @laborradionet.bsky.social and what it means to build media by workers, for workers. Check it out. 💪

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Why might Luckin, a speed- and convenience-focused coffee chain, want to buy Blue Bottle, the epitome of "slow coffee"? Especially when Nestlé seems quite keen to divest of its specialty purchase after eight short years? Good question. For my paid subscribers, I dug into it a little:

Support laid off union workers from PushBlack who lost their jobs right before the holidays. Anything you might be able to donate helps! www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Over 20,000 New York nurses could strike to ring in the new year. 97% of the nurses at 12 NYC hospitals have voted to authorize a strike. And their contracts expire on December 31st.

Here’s to 2026; may the fascists finally fall back into their pit, and may I crawl my way back out of mine.

For Fresh Cup, I wrote about the @bbiunion.bsky.social campaign, their recent strike action, and what the rumoured sale of Blue Bottle Coffee by Nestlé might mean for the union's future. #CoffeeSky freshcup.com/nestle-may-s...

Originally aired in March, this Working People Podcast with @melbuer.bsky.social revisits the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the Uprising of the 20,000—an urgent reminder that today’s labor struggles are part of a long fight for worker power.

We can design and lead our own unions We don't need higher-ups to answer to We can do the same at our workplaces and in society

To sustain the four-day strike shutting down every store in Boston except one, @bbiunion.bsky.social organizers raised roughly $18,000 in community donations—enough to ensure that every striking barista received their full wages for the duration of the walkout. working-mass.com/2025/12/16/b...

New It Could Happen Here ☕ Mia talks with two members of Blue Bottle Independent Union about their campaign of strikes and walkouts against management's contract negotiation delay tactics. @miawong.bsky.social @bbiunion.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

From Chicago to LA, masked armed men are dragging people off the street, out of cars, from places of employment, and disappearing them into detention centers for deportation Join our webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 17, to hear from union members fighting back labornotes.org/events/2025/...

BBIU 🤝 It Could Happen Here Best content ❤️‍🔥

Two of our organizers went on It Could Happen Here to talk about our recent strike, Blue Bottle’s unsuccessful attempts at union busting, and their ridiculous approach to bargaining. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5kz3... @coolzonemedia.bsky.social

🥰 Chokepoints 🥰 We absolutely love to see it Solidarity!

Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/trax/jon-bou...

Episode 320: Interview with Blue Bottle Independent Union HearThis: hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/jon...

Important update: www.instagram.com/p/DSDjAFaElL... Share and support these folks please. They’re fighting hard!

If you're on Insta, go follow WeArePBWU. Workers at one of the country's largest Black media nonprofits formed an amazing union and have had some nice wins. www.instagram.com/wearepbwu/

Repost: @bbiunion.bsky.social Episode 320: Interview with Blue Bottle Independent Union hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/jon...

HAPPENING NOW: Striking Starbucks workers have brought their picket line to the Chicago Roastery today, the largest Starbucks in the world - and the store has already shut down. Wherever Starbucks is, we’ll continue to bring our picket lines there, too. ✊

Join us and East Bay DSA for a workshop on workers' inquiry tonight. Looking forward and thanks to the comrades who attended the #Zinn25 workshop too.

Organizing large workplaces can seem daunting. It's crucial to find co-workers to connect with and analyze the power in your workplace together.

NYC friends, turn out! Rockstar Games fired over thirty worker workers in retaliation for organizing @gameworkers.co.uk is growing an international effort to make sure this terrible precedent doesn't stand Until every games worker wins a good, union job and protection for their creative voice

The most recent in the Bay Area's Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle workers @bbiunion.bsky.social walk off the job. Blue Bottle — artisanal coffee chain owned by @Nestlé — has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back, and demanding a first contract. bayareacurrent.com/barista-rebe...

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