We Stood Up
Stories of Solidarity. Strategies for Action.
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** Building Power That Lasts
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January 29, 2026
Welcome back to We Stood Up!
This issue looks different from our usual focus on a single worker’s story. We wanted to uplift the power people have when they come together as a collective—because lasting change doesn’t happen with only quick fixes. It requires building organizing infrastructure that can be acted on at scale.
So we’re revisiting an article by PowerSwitch Action’s Lauren Jacobs and Elly Matsumura, who share four lessons from building statewide worker power: take the fight directly to the villain, organize the whole person, operate at multiple levels of geography, and forge multiracial feminist coalitions.
These strategic insights come alive in the worker stories that follow—from feminist nonprofits where the politics didn’t match the practice, to rideshare drivers confronting app company extraction, to journalists and farmworkers refusing to let fear silence them.
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How to Fight Power by Building Power
by Lauren Jacobs and Elly Matsumura
“This political moment calls for organizing power that meets corporate power at scale.”
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We Stood Up: Organizing at a Feminist Nonprofit
by Nina Yeboah
“The fight for better working conditions is one and the same as the fight for a feminism that doesn’t limit its aims to a politics of representation.”
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In Unity We Found Strength
by Osiel Torres
“Joining the group made me realize I wasn’t the only one who saw the injustice in our treatment….Now I encourage other workers to organize.”
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We Stood Together to Protect Our Rights
by Newsroom Union Member
“We overcame our fear to protect our rights, keep journalism sustainable.”
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We Lifted Our Voices to Protect Ourselves
by Sandra de Leon
“We work hard to care for and pick the grapes, yet the bosses tell us to work faster. And we’re paid for how much we harvest…so the pressure is intense.”
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We Stood Up spotlights the first-person stories from workers, builders, activists, and organizers sharing moments from their work and world, offering inspirational narratives and strategic insights that reinforce community solidarity we need to keep pushing toward a just and equitable future. Do you have a story to tell? Share it with us here ([link removed]) !
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