Labor

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    What's behind the tough talk?

    The American Federation of Teachers convention was full of militant rhetoric to cover union leaders' continued concessions. July 22, 2014

  • Comment: Dennis Tong

    How we got safer staffing

    Emergency room nurses and staff won improved staffing levels when they stood together and refused overtime. July 21, 2014

  • Report: Carl Finamore

    Workers swing for the fences

    At San Francisco's baseball stadium, concession workers organized by UNITE HERE Local 2 have ratified a new contract. July 21, 2014

  • Comment

    Time to wake up and get ready for a fight

    A California teacher argues that a state court decision overturning tenure and seniority needs to be confronted head-on. July 7, 2014

  • Interview: Barbara Madeloni

    A critical moment for schools

    The president of the Massachusetts state teachers' union explains why rank-and-file educators are getting organized. July 3, 2014

  • Comment: Katy Fox-Hodess

    How UC grad employees won

    University of California student workers ratified a strong contract after months of organizing at the grassroots. July 2, 2014

  • Report: Jamie Partridge

    Occupy turns to Stop Staples

    Occupy activists in San Francisco have taken up the campaign to stop the privatization of the U.S. Post Office. June 17, 2014

  • Report: Stephanie Schwartz

    Moms on strike at Walmart

    Working mothers at Walmart took part in strikes and other actions to draw attention to low wages and rotten working conditions. June 16, 2014

  • Comment: Paul Fleckenstein

    What we learned from the bus drivers' strike

    A solidarity activist looks at the conclusions Vermont bus drivers and their supporters have drawn after a successful strike. June 10, 2014

  • Report

    Muni operators stage sickout

    San Francisco's municipal transit system was crippled by a sickout by operators who want fair pay and dignity on the job. June 9, 2014

  • Interview: John Howe

    Solidarity saved my job

    A Vermont social worker and union activist talks about the struggles to save his job and make his union stronger. June 9, 2014

  • Report: Bob Simpson

    A global city fights for 15

    Rahm Emanuel's vision of Chicago as a "global city" is opposed to minimum-wage workers fighting for their rights. May 29, 2014

  • Report: Carl Finamore

    Without us, patients suffer

    Nurses say that San Francisco General Hospital is severely understaffed--and patients are severely underserved. May 29, 2014

  • Interview

    Continuing the fight for democracy in the IAM

    Two leaders of the opposition to the IAM leadership reflect on the recent International elections and the battles ahead. May 28, 2014

  • Analysis: Jamie Partridge

    Ditching at-the-door delivery?

    Union letter carriers are organizing against U.S. Postal Service attempts to "convert" to new mail delivery methods. May 28, 2014

  • Report: Steve Leigh

    UW can afford a living wage

    Union members at University of Washington Medical Center are putting living wages for all workers at the center of their struggle. May 28, 2014

  • Report: Tina Treviño-Murphy

    Davids take the fight to Goliath's home

    McDonald's workers traveled from dozens of cities to deliver a message to the fast-food giant at its annual shareholders' meeting: $15 and a union. May 27, 2014

  • Interview: Katy Fox-Hodess

    For a more democratic union

    A executive board member of the University of California grad employees union talks about the struggles that lie ahead. May 27, 2014

  • Comment: Leia Petty

    Anger brewing over NYC teachers' contract

    New York City teachers want to know: Why are leaders of the United Federation of Teachers selling the city's contract offer so hard? May 22, 2014

  • Analysis

    UIC faculty win first contracts

    Faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago ratified their first union contract won after the threat of an open-ended strike. May 21, 2014

  • Interview: John Becker

    Answering the wake-up call for teachers' unions

    Two Berkeley teachers discuss social justice unionism--the alternative to the old model for teachers' unions. May 21, 2014

  • Comment: Kevin Prosen

    We should be voting "no"

    A New York City teachers makes the case for a "no" vote on the proposed union contract--both for love and for money. May 20, 2014

  • Report: Elizabeth Schulte

    Fast-food workers put their issues on the table

    Fast-food workers took to the streets for their fifth day of strikes and protests in the campaign for a $15 minimum wage and a union. May 19, 2014

  • Comment: Jesse Hagopian

    A step toward RESPECT

    A reform candidate for Seattle Education Association president looks to the struggles ahead to build a strong union. May 19, 2014

  • Comment: Lee Sustar

    A fork in the road for teachers' unions?

    The contrast between a concessionary contract in New York and victories for militants in other cities highlights a strategic divide in teachers unions. May 14, 2014

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