Labor Notes

06/20/2026

06/20/2026

06/19/2026

Delegates to the United Auto Workers convention in Detroit this week affirmed this week the aggressive direction the union has taken under President Shawn Fain, voting to increase the money designated for new organizing and to bulk up the strike fund. (Link in comments.)

06/18/2026

The federal government on Tuesday arrested and indicted 15 people, many of them union activists, on conspiracy charges over the protests and massive strike against ICE in Minnesota last winter.

The Minnesota 15 include union carpenters, electricians, teachers, university staff, and nursing home workers. One of the 15 people arrested was union carpenter and folksinger Emmett Doyle. Two of the others indicted had just returned from the 2026 Labor Notes Conference, where Doyle’s prize-winning song “Hold the Line” was sung.

Read the story here: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/cell-cell-jailed-minnesota-unionists-sang-freedom

Donate here to support their legal defense: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund

06/18/2026

Yesterday the federal government arrested and indicted 15 people, many of them union activists, on conspiracy charges over the protests and massive strike against ICE in Minnesota last winter. Two of those indicted had just returned from the Labor Notes Conference, where Emmett Doyle’s prize-winning song “Hold the Line” was also sung (see box). The Minnesota 15 include union carpenters, electricians, teachers, university staff, and nursing home workers. Donate here to support their legal defense. —Editors.

https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/cell-cell-jailed-minnesota-unionists-sang-freedom

06/17/2026

A reform caucus is a group of union members organizing to improve their union and build power to fight the boss more effectively. Check out our guide on how (and when) to build a reform caucus and how to navigate the challenges of developing one https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/how-and-when-build-union-reform-caucus-advice-grocery-worker

06/16/2026

Minnesota unionists active in worker assemblies are among the 15 people indicted by the federal government today, as part of a sweeping crackdown on organizing in opposition to the ICE and Border Patrol since December. Read the full story here: https://labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/minnesota-unionists-among-those-targeted-federal-indictments-ice-observers

06/16/2026

Local 17 Organizer Adil accepted the 2026 Labor Notes Troublemaker Award on behalf of Twin Cities Workers Who Turned Back the ICE Surge. Solidarity is our power!

06/16/2026