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Workers Organizing Against Trump

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This page is part of a resource collection on organizing against the second Trump administration.

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February 27.   The New York Times: A Union Takes On Musk via Tesla’s Stock: The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring some of the carmaker’s biggest shareholders as the tech mogul’s cost-cutting influence in Washington sets off alarm bells.

April 1.   Democracy Now! A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative Contract.

May 12.   Karen Zraick: Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.The Agriculture Department pledged to restore online climate information that farmers said helped them do business, but which officials had deleted.

July 14.   NBC: ‘It’s got to stop.’ Farmworkers call for 3-day strike after ICE arrests in Ventura County.

August 18.   Paul Ortiz: Latinx Workers Are Organizing Fierce Resistance to Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda.

September 1.   Brett Wilkins: Americans Take to the Streets for 1,000+ ‘Workers Over Billionaires’ Labor Day Rallies.

September 2.   K. Starling: A 1000 Labor Day Protests: A Wrap-Up. From towns to capitols, thousands rose with one cry, “Put workers over billionaires!”

October 18.   Natalie Oganesyan: WGA West President Michele Mulroney Delivers Speech At No Kings Protest: “When Our Words Are Powerful, We Cannot Be Silenced.”

October 19.   Michael Sainato: How are unions pushing back against Trump’s attacks on labor and layoffs? Unions are battling in court to halt firings and ensure workers retain their collective bargaining rights.

October 22.   Rachel Leingang: Boycotts, strikes and more protests: organizers on what’s next for No Kings: Leaders of groups behind mass protests against Trump administration map out their vision.

October 29.   Labor Notes: How to Build a Union Culture that Welcomes Immigrant Members.

November 26.   Daniel Miller: Why outrage is erupting over Trump plan to exclude nursing from ‘professional’ designation.

November 29.   Jeremy Lindenfeld: ICE Is Targeting Workers. Here’s How Employers and Unions Are Fighting Back.

December 2.   Steve Ford: American nurses begin fightback against Trump education cuts.

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