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- Yesterday, Research and Lab Labor Empowered (RALLE-UE) members across Johns Hopkins launched their union card campaign! 85 members were at the rally demanding fair compensation, clear promotion opportunities and job descriptions, job security, commuter benefits, & a seat at the bargaining table.
- At the action, RALLE member and Senior Research Specialist Jeff Mayfield spoke about his difficulty taking parental leave…
- “We are researchers, and the research shows that parents who are given more time to bond with their newborns are happier, more productive, healthier, and less stressed….I support RALLE because I cannot change these things by myself.”
- Members of UE Local 1105-GLU wrote about how they shut down the UMN for the Minnesota strike on Jan 23. “Not only did 75,000 people join in the march and rally on 1/23, but over 700 local businesses closed for the day to stand in solidarity with the action’s demands.” Read the full story below:
- UE Local 256 (MIT-GSU) members wrote about UE participation in the national shutdown against ICE on Friday in a story for the UE NEWS. Read the full story here: www.ueunion.org/ue-news/2026... Photos submitted by Local 256 and Local 150.
- Join the national call, Eyes on Ice: Document and Record! Thursday, February 5th, 2026 at 8:00 pm ET. RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
- Happy Black History Month! UE has a long history fighting for Black workers. Read our UE NEWS Features on Black history: www.ueunion.org/tags/black-h...
- The features include stories about the history of UE and other "Them and Us" unions in fighting racism in the workplace and the community, the forgotten role of Medicare in desegregating U.S. healthcare, interviews with historians Robin D.G. Kelley and David Roediger, and more.
- How We Build a General Strike: May Day Strong is hosting a national call this Sunday, February 1st at 6pm ET www.mobilize.us/mayday/event... Learn directly from the organizers of Minnesota’s statewide strike and hear from international experts.
- Mark Meinster, former UE Director of Organization, will be a panelist!
- UE Demands Congress Abolish ICE “An unaccountable private army of the executive is incompatible with democracy and freedom” The statement of the UE General Executive Board is available here: www.ueunion.org/political-ac...
- The UE General Executive Board has issued a statement condemning the murders of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, demanding that their killers be held legally accountable, calling for a no vote on the Homeland Security Appropriations bill that is up for Senate approval…
- and demanding that Congress abolish ICE entirely. The Board, which consists of 16 elected rank-and-file UE members from around the country and the union’s three national officers, notes that “All working people have a stake in standing up for immigrant workers’ rights” and notes that…
- “the real purpose of immigration enforcement is to maintain a permanent underclass of workers afraid to stand up for their rights — which drags down wages and working conditions for all workers.”
