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Lisa Xu

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Organizer and writer at ‪@labornotes.bsky.social‬

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Image with flowers reading: where do good organizers come from?

Image with flowers reading: where do good organizers come from?

labornotes.org/2019/02/stew...

01.12.2025 17:10 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 2

“I’ve talked to about a dozen people who told me if the contract was passed as is, they planned to quit the union,” said one shop steward at a Kroger store in Bloomington. “Ideally, this would be the time to show people exactly what the union is for." labornotes.org/2025/06/krog...

06.06.2025 13:12 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

I recorded a podcast episode about all the inspiring (and less inspiring but still juicy) events occurring in the UFCW for the Labor Notes podcast! Thanks for having me on 🙏🏼 Let me know what you think, especially if you’re a UFCW member!

06.06.2025 16:57 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My article on the imminent change in leadership at the top of the UFCW is up 👇🏼

12.05.2025 19:56 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

The fourth episode in the NEW @labornotes.bsky.social podcast! Check it out 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

04.04.2025 15:06 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: FUN is hosting an emergency organizing call this SUNDAY, to coordinate a response to the biggest attack on union rights in a generation.

28.03.2025 21:13 👍 230 🔁 134 💬 5 📌 13

Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers

This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history

28.03.2025 03:17 👍 9644 🔁 4058 💬 292 📌 336
The title card for The Labor Notes Podcast, with hosts Natascha Elena Uhlmann (left) and Danielle Smith (right) on either side and the Labor Notes slingshot icon in the center.

The title card for The Labor Notes Podcast, with hosts Natascha Elena Uhlmann (left) and Danielle Smith (right) on either side and the Labor Notes slingshot icon in the center.

Ep. 3: How TSA Agents and Federal Workers are Fighting Back, w/ our editor Jenny Brown. We recorded this before Trump's order last night seeking to end CBAs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers. How they're organizing matters to all workers:
labornotespodcast.podbean.com/.../how-tsa-... 🧵1/4

28.03.2025 13:46 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 4
The title card for The Labor Notes Podcast, with hosts Natascha Elena Uhlmann (left) and Danielle Smith (right) on either side and the Labor Notes slingshot icon in the center.

The title card for The Labor Notes Podcast, with hosts Natascha Elena Uhlmann (left) and Danielle Smith (right) on either side and the Labor Notes slingshot icon in the center.

Ep 2🎙️: How EV + locomotives workers, teachers and others are fighting for better conditions + a green transition

Kari Thompson + @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social talk to hosts Danielle Smith + @nataschaelena.bsky.social abt our April Climate Special Issue! labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-worker...

21.03.2025 14:39 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 3
Two copies of the Labor Notes March issue, fanned out. The headline reads, "First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger."

Two copies of the Labor Notes March issue, fanned out. The headline reads, "First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger."

Our March cover by @l-l-xu.bsky.social spotlights the 10,000 UFCW Local 7 members—King Soopers grocery workers in Colorado—who walked out in the first big strike of this year’s large-scale grocery bargaining rounds.

Highlights 🧵 from the piece and this issue 1/6

labornotes.org/store/labor-...

16.03.2025 15:44 👍 28 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

The new Labor Notes podcast sounds so good! Check it out 👇🏼 Can't wait for the next few episodes that we have lined up!

14.03.2025 16:53 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Join us tonight at 7pm Eastern Time! 💪🏼

11.03.2025 14:28 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This is going to be a great call!

07.03.2025 00:58 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Meanwhile, we are going to be writing every day in support and defense of democracy and the collective struggle to return the profits of labor to the working class that produces them.

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26.02.2025 16:19 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Federal Workers Mobilize against Musk’s and Trump’s ‘Corporate Coup’ Federal employee union members have been speaking out, rallying, and suing, as agency after agency has been hit by Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—a private unaccountable enti...

Fed workers, incl. those fired or under threat at various agencies that do everything from run national parks to warn residents about impending floods raised the alarm at dozens of #SaveOurServices rallies around the country Wednesday.

Our editor Jenny Brown reports: labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...

20.02.2025 19:39 👍 251 🔁 85 💬 0 📌 5
A large crowd of workers gathered outside, one of them holds up a sign that reads "City Workers for Federal Workers," with a drawing of a pigeon and an eagle side by side with the ends of their wings raised together into something like a feathered fist.

A large crowd of workers gathered outside, one of them holds up a sign that reads "City Workers for Federal Workers," with a drawing of a pigeon and an eagle side by side with the ends of their wings raised together into something like a feathered fist.

A group of workers holding up a range of signs that read "Public Services, Strong Communities," and "This man is not our boss" (over a picture of Elon Musk. One worker in front holds up a large banner that reads IFPTE Local 98.

A group of workers holding up a range of signs that read "Public Services, Strong Communities," and "This man is not our boss" (over a picture of Elon Musk. One worker in front holds up a large banner that reads IFPTE Local 98.

City and federal workers joined forces Wednesday night at the #SaveOurServices rally at Foley Square in New York City, organized by @fedworkersunited.bsky.social. Photos by @l-l-xu.bsky.social:

20.02.2025 18:50 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Must-read from @ericblanc.bsky.social 👇 I have also been thinking about PATCO: "We saw in 1981 how President Reagan’s firing of striking federal PATCO air traffic controllers sparked an employer offensive in all industries and against all unions"

19.02.2025 18:53 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Federal Workers Organize Against Billionaire Power Grab The second Trump administration has the federal workforce in its crosshairs. Spearheading the effort is Elon Musk (the richest man in the world) and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (...

If you are wondering what’s happening with the attacks on federal workers, here’s a great article by my co-worker Joe DeManuelle-Hall who covers the public sector workers for Labor Notes. Essential reading! labornotes.org/2025/02/fede...

15.02.2025 00:03 👍 33 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 2

A rank-and-file group called the Federal Unionists Network is planning a nationwide “Save Our Services” day of action on February 19, targeting the dealerships of Musk’s car company Tesla—sign up here to participate locally: actionnetwork.org/events/save-...

15.02.2025 00:16 👍 66 🔁 29 💬 3 📌 1

If you're a federal worker, don't miss an important opportunity to organize and fight back 👇

14.02.2025 15:59 👍 60 🔁 27 💬 0 📌 0
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First Skirmish: Ten Thousand Grocery Workers Strike Kroger Ten thousand members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 are on strike all across Colorado. They work for King Soopers grocery stores, owned by Kroger, the largest supermarket chain i...

Hello Bluesky 👋 My @labornotes.bsky.social article on the ongoing strike of 10,000 Kroger workers in Colorado and coordinated bargaining with UFCW locals across the West is up! They're striking through Super Bowl and Valentine's Day weekends 💘 labornotes.org/2025/02/firs...

11.02.2025 15:34 👍 110 🔁 29 💬 0 📌 2
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The Big Union Contract Fights Coming in 2025 In some of the most exciting fights of 2024, strikers shut down ports on the East Coast and backed up plane orders on the West. The coming year is full of expiring contracts that could keep the strike...

The King Soopers workers on strike today are among the tens of thousands of grocery workers at the country’s largest supermarket chains fighting for new contracts in 2025 and taking on issues like understaffing. By Joe DeManuelle-Hall and @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social: labornotes.org/2024/12/big-...

06.02.2025 17:49 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0