Showdown in Charlotte

Jul 23, 2025

Workers at Charlotte Douglas Airport who are organizing with SEIU have been pressing the Charlotte City Council to pass a measure establishing “minimum standards for wages, benefits, and training for airport workers employed by airline contractors and permitted businesses.” But the city council has been deadlocked on the measure – so now the workers are getting involved in the upcoming city council elections.
The Century Foundation has a comprehensive look at Trump’s attacks on workers since the beginning of his first term. “Trump’s DOL has reversed commitments to states to build an effective unemployment insurance system; undercut its own ability to fight wage theft, international worker exploitation, and discrimination; and actively dismantled the department from the inside by slashing 20 percent of its staff.”
Aircraft fuelers in Orlando have ratified a contract that includes 15 percent raises – just months after they unanimously voted to join the Transport Workers Union.
Kim Kelly reports on the aftermath of the DC 33 strike in Philadelphia for The Nation.
Unions at the Tennessee Valley Authority, led by IBEW, launch a preemptive attack against TVA privatization.
Pro-labor Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will start fining Republic Services for code violations caused by the ongoing Teamsters strike at the company, which provides private trash collection services for business in the city.

183 lottery ticket manufacturing workers overwhelmingly vote to join Teamsters Local 337 in Detroit last week. (The Michigan Teamsters Council voted in 2024 to endorse the Harris/Walz ticket, for what it’s worth.)

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