Christus Labor Action Santa Fe

04/15/2026

Great story: https://paydayreport.com/how-30-000-la-school-employees-won-a-landmark-contract-education-about-lausd-budget-manipulation/?

Rank-and-file leaders won a landmark contract for low-wage LA school employees.

04/10/2026

Backsliding:

Health care workers say the system’s push for growth is undermining a once-vaunted partnership — and affecting patients.

04/07/2026

Hamilton Nolan:

Two basic paths for American politics.

04/05/2026

Michigan Nurses on the Edge — Longest Strike Continues as New Crisis Builds (April 5, 2026)

Michigan has become one of the most intense battlegrounds in the U.S. nursing crisis, as a historic labor dispute continues with no clear resolution in sight and new strike threats rapidly grow across the state.

At Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, nurses remain on strike as the conflict enters its 7th month, making it one of the longest ongoing healthcare labor disputes in the country. Despite more than 80 negotiation sessions between hospital leadership and union representatives, a final agreement has yet to be reached.

The core of the dispute is not just about wages. While the hospital has proposed pay increases of up to 13%, nurses continue to emphasize that the real issue lies in safe staffing, workload, and job protections. Many frontline workers argue that current conditions are unsafe for both patients and staff, highlighting the growing strain inside hospital systems.

At the same time, a much larger crisis is looming. Across Michigan, nearly 10,000 nurses connected to Corewell Health East have already voted — with overwhelming support — to authorize a strike. Their demands echo the same concerns seen nationwide: safe nurse-to-patient ratios, fair compensation, and improved working conditions.

If negotiations fail, Michigan could soon witness one of the largest nurse strikes in its history, adding further pressure to an already strained healthcare system.

This moment reflects a deeper reality. The nursing crisis in Michigan is no longer an isolated issue — it is part of a broader national emergency driven by staffing shortages, burnout, and increasing patient demand. Hospitals are struggling to maintain stability, while nurses continue to push for changes they say are essential to protect both their profession and patient care.

As April unfolds, all eyes remain on Michigan. Whether through negotiation or escalation, the outcome of these conflicts could shape the future of healthcare labor movements across the United States.

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04/05/2026

Organize:

Marianne Dhenin for Truthout After the House of Representatives passed bills to send $10 billion in funding to the Department of Homeland Security in January, the nation’s largest union o…

03/18/2026

Union strikes JBS:

More than 4,000 Colorado workers are on strike at Brazilian-owned JBS.

03/05/2026

"Our strike succeeded because workers knew the production process better than the company..." https://labornotes.org/amazon-workers-spain-cgt-strategy?

At an Amazon fulfillment center in Spain, we used a flurry of brief walkouts late last year to force the company to improve wages and time off. We struck for three days in November and in December in a series of “flexible strikes,” timed to hit production with intermittent walkouts during the ho...

02/13/2026

Mother Jones speaking: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1339198321565731&set=pcb.1339198374899059

02/13/2026

General Strike in India: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/12/300-million-on-the-streets-in-a-historic-national-strike-in-india/?fbclid=IwY2xjawP8M9NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJLcVU2M1NrRjJmb0VhNFB4c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhIHVpVKzoAOgvtF6BrvyA1oOCck7vlBI0ZDjOGOHmCQ6bFvTiEudA6rohO2_aem_JlMhmyofj18oyqfDXZUs8Q

The strike was called jointly by the worker unions and farmers groups to demand the withdrawal of the anti-people policies, such as the four new labor codes and the recently signed trade deals with the US and the EU.

02/09/2026

" Digital psychiatry" forsooth:

From anxiety about job loss to data privacy, mental health workers, lawmakers and labor unions are trying to mitigate AI's risks as healthcare providers double down on the technology.

02/09/2026

JBS workers strike:

This week, hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants faced an uncertain future as the Trump administration fought in federal court to revoke their legal status and deport them.

02/05/2026

Consider this: https://paydayreport.com/labor-leaders-warm-to-general-strike-nationwide-on-may-1st/?

Following the success of the Minnesota General Strike and the January 30th Shutdown, labor leaders are warming towards a General Strike on May 1st.