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New affordable rental housing project breaks ground for Immokalee workers 2026-04-03 [WGCU]

State now close to dealing death blow to public worker unions 2026-03-03 [The Democrat]

Educators and Workers Continue to Vote for Their Unions; It’s Time to Stop Wasting Taxpayer Money 2026-02-01 [FEA]

Film shows Florida farmworkers facing rising heat and few protections 2026-01-25 [Miami Herald]

Sun Sentinel journalists ratify historic first contract 2026-01-10 [News Guild / CWA]

Disney blocks historic labor strike at Epcot in Orlando 2025-10-16 [CLTampa]

Big Florida immigration bust: workers jump from rooftops, abandon tools 2025-09-27 [WFTV]

Farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away 2025-08-20 [NPR]

Florida nuclear plant workers were too afraid to report safety concerns, records show 2025-08-02 [Tampa Bay Times]

As Tampa Bay hits 100 degrees, workers are left in harm’s way 2025-07-31 [Tampa Bay Times]

Stand with Federal Workers: American Federation of Government Employees Rally 2025-07-13 [AFGE]

Walmart fires migrant workers after Supreme Court let Trump strip them of legal status 2025-06-04 [NYPost]

Clearwater workers say barista was fired for leading charge on labor union 2025-05-10 [WMNF]

Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart 2025-05-07 [Newsweek]

Plan to Replace Migrant Workers With Children Falls Apart 2025-05-07 [Newsweek]

Miami farm workers’ last hope for heat protection regs appears dead under Trump 2025-04-20 [Miami Herald]

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’ For more info 2025-03-29 [Guardian]

Florida's union-busting regime: A report from the front lines 2025-03-29 [Labor Notes]

Will Florida teens be replacement workers for deported immigrants? What to know about child labor bill 2025-03-28 [The Times-Union]

Florida’s Union-Busting Regime: A Report from the Front Lines 2025-03-23 [Labour Notes]

Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities 2024-12-14 [Tampa Bay Times]

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings 2024-11-19 [CIW]

Anti-union law union is unconstitutional and ‘unreasonable,’ judge finds 2024-11-09 [Florida Phoenix]

‘We were forced into it’: After union dissolution, University of South Florida privatizes 400 jobs 2024-11-02 [Creative Loafing]

Teachers unions head to trial over anti-union law 2024-10-24 [GMA]

University union sues state over membership threshold 2024-09-10 [Florida Phoenix]

‘My friend nearly died of dehydration. Farmworkers like us need better protections’ For more info 2024-09-02 [CIW]

Gainesville union workers have less than a month to organize or risk decertification 2024-08-25 [WCJB]

17,000 AT&T workers strike in Southeast over alleged unfair labor practices 2024-08-18 [WEAR]

Service & Solidarity Spotlight: South Florida Sun Sentinel Workers Win Union Election by Unanimous Landslide 2024-08-02 [AFL-CIO]

South Florida Sun Sentinel workers win union election by unanimous landslide 2024-07-30 [CWA]

Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of ongoing contract negotiations 2024-07-24 [ABC]

New Law Undermines Unions 2024-07-15 [Diane Ravitch]

14,000 Disneyland employees to vote on union strike 2024-07-11 [The Sentinel]

Farmworker advocates react to Florida law banning local heat protections 2024-07-02 [Spectrum]

New contract for Miami solid waste workers highlights the union difference 2024-06-25 [The Labor Tribune]

Workers sue Disney claiming they were fraudulently induced to move to Florida from California 2024-06-22 [AP]

Brazen Assault on Public Sector Workers Puts Unions in Survival Mode 2024-06-06 [In These Times]

JetBlue accused of anti-union intimidation tactics at Orlando International Airport 2024-04-28 [Orlando Weekly]

DeSantis Signs Bill Forbidding Localities from Having Higher Standards of Worker Protection than State 2024-04-14 [Diane Ravitch]

DeSantis signs bill preventing cities from requiring heat safety protections for workers 2024-04-12 [Tampa Bay Times]

Miami-Dade’s push to protect outdoor workers dies after state ban. What’s next? 2024-03-19 [Miami Herald]

FL Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers 2024-03-19 [Inside Climate News]

Florida GOP Passes 'Vicious' Bill Banning Mandatory Water Breaks for Workers: 'We will see fatalities...' 2024-03-10 [Common Dreams]

Florida Senate passes bill blocking local rules protecting workers from heat 2024-03-06 [NBC]

Miami area janitors are among the lowest paid. An immigrant-led union has won better wages 2024-03-03 [The Herald]

Immokalee farmworkers created America’s strongest workplace heat rules For more info 2024-02-24 [Wash Post]

Here's the state of Florida's public employee unions 2024-02-20 [WLRN]

FIU professors strengthen their labor union after 'shock to the system' from state purge 2024-02-20 [WLRN]

Tens of thousands of workers in Florida have just lost their labor unions. More is coming. 2024-02-16 [Today]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

3-04-1968 In a church in Memphis, Tennessee, 10,000 citizens gather to hear what will be the last speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He will stress the similarities between the labour movement and that of civil rights. [more]

8-04-1911 An explosion at the Banner coal mine near Birmingham, Alabama, kills 128 prisoners rented to the company as miners, under a contract with the prison administration. [more]

10-04-1930 Dolores Huerta, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]

11-04-1934 Frank Norman is murdered by the Ku Klux Klan for organising citrus workers irrespective of their race. [more]

11-04-1974 United Mine Workers President W. A. “Tony” Boyle is found guilty of first-degree murder, for ordering the 1969 assassination of union reformer Joseph A. “Jock” Yablonski. Yablonski, his wife and daughter were murdered on December 30, 1969. [more]

14-04-1939 'The Grapes of Wrath', John Steinbeck's classic novel about itinerant labor, strikes and the Great Depression, is published. [more]

15-04-1889 Birth of labour and civil rights leader A. Phillip Randolph [more]

15-04-1916 The newspaper of the Industrial Workers of the World union announced the formation of its Domestic Workers Union in Denver. [more]

15-04-1973 housands of members of the United Farm Workers union walked out on strike. They were battling the Teamsters union over the right to represent farm workers. The dispute ended with victory for the UFW. [more]

16-04-1970 A white foreman at a Chrysler plant in Detroit threatened to murder a black worker. When the worker complained Chrysler sacked him. 1,000 workers, white and black, walked out on strike in protest until management backed down. [more]

17-04-1944 Members of the militant machinists' union Lodge 68 in San Francisco began an overtime ban in pursuance of a new contract. They ended up fighting the employer, the government and even the Communist Party. [more]

18-04-1941 After 4 weeks of a boycott, New York bus companies agree to hire 200 black drivers and mechanics [more]

21-04-1967 New York Governor Rockefeller signs the Taylor Law, allowing unions in the public sector, but banning strikes. [more]

21-04-1920 The Anaconda Road massacre took place in Butte, Montana, when mine guards employed by the Anaconda company shot 17 striking miners, killing one. All were shot in the back as they tried to flee. No one was charged for the killing. [more]

21-04-1894 A nationwide strike of coal miners against pay cuts began. 145,000 miners walked out, and despite violent repression and facing starvation they held out for weeks and won some concessions. [more]

24-04-1999 The ILWU halts shipping on the West Coast in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. [more]