We are excited to see folks from across CWA, TNG, and CNG this weekend for the Coachella of the Labor Movement, AKA the 2026 Labor Notes Conference! Join us for dinner and games at Emporium Logan Square (2363 N. Milwaukee Ave.) from 7:00 to 10:00PM. We will have tacos from L'Patron, space to hang and chat, game tokens, and lots of solidarity. Come say hi!

AI is harming so many communities across the globe. AI’s carbon emissions and consumption of electricity and freshwater resources means higher bills and more pollution. AI bots on social media platforms are further eroding democracy. And actors from ICE to the Israeli military are using AI to disappear and kill people. As workers, we also face the threat of AI to our jobs and the better world we are fighting for. But CNG members are fighting back. For our media units, journa

by: Dave Mulcahey, CNG co-treasurer and editor at Tribune News Service Just over eight months ago, the Department of Homeland Security deployed thousands of federal agents to Illinois to carry out militarized sweeps of undocumented immigrants and crack down on the sanctuary policies of the state, Cook County, Chicago, and its suburbs. Operation Midway Blitz, as it was called, quickly devolved into violence, intimidation and official misconduct. Less than a week after the ope

Contact: UCP Workers Guild | ucpworkers@gmail.com Emily Steelhammer, Executive Director | esteelhammer@chicagonewsguild.org Sign On to Help Chicago Press Workers Gain Voluntary Recognition! Workers at the University of Chicago Press are forming a union with the Chicago News Guild, TNG-CWA Local 34071, joining the nationwide labor movement for a stronger publishing industry. The UCP Workers Guild has requested that leadership agree to voluntary recognition and work with staff

Every year on May 1, workers around the world mark May Day as a day of solidarity, protest, and collective power. May Day’s roots are in Chicago, the city of big shoulders- and the home of the labor movement. The Fight for the Eight-Hour Work Day In the late 19th century, working people in Chicago faced horrific conditions. Fourteen to sixteen hour shifts were the norm. Factory floors were super dangerous. Wages were low. Workers had little protection and even less power. The

By: Rose Schafer, SEIU Local 1 PSU Unit Chair Things are bad at the NLRB. Between increased union organizing (good!) and intentionally vicious understaffing (bad!), it now takes over 400 days to get to a complaint. And even when you do get a complaint (and then a hearing and then — if you win — a remedial order), what does it actually order? These days, maybe just a notice posting. And if all you’re gonna is a flyer in the breakroom a year or so later, why bother filing ULP c