Kari Thompson is a staff writer/organizer at Labor Notes.

09.25.2025

• Kari Thompson

Trump’s War on Wind Power Is Killing Thousands of Union Jobs

A stop-work order from the Trump administration last month paused construction of a wind turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island, laying off 1,000 unionized workers. The administration is threatening to halt yet more offshore wind projects.

10.18.2024

• Kari Thompson

Workers Just Won the First Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada

In Mississauga, Ontario, 800 workers just won the first union at a Walmart warehouse anywhere in Canada or the US. It’s a big breakthrough at the notoriously anti-union retail giant.