Labor

  • Thousands of labor and Occupy activists turned out in Indiana after the passage of so-called "right-to-work" legislation. February 7, 2012

  • Some 10,000 nurses at four major New York City hospitals agreed to new contracts after threatening a walkout at all four. February 2, 2012

  • Indiana Republicans are planning a final vote on a "right-to-work" bill--in spite of big protests by labor and other activists. February 1, 2012

  • Harvard University intends to reorganize its library system by cutting back on the 900 library positions currently in existence. January 30, 2012

  • Workers at American Licorice have voted to return to work on the terms the company offered on the first day of the strike. January 30, 2012

  • Thousands of workers have mobilized again and again to challenge an anti-labor bill pending in Indiana's legislature. January 25, 2012

  • Striking Teamsters Local 657 members at the C.H. Guenther & Sons flour mill in San Antonio, Texas, are seeking support. January 23, 2012

  • A struggle that will shape the future for dockworkers around the world is coming to a head at the Port of Longview in Washington. January 18, 2012

  • The New Year brought the first important victory to a New York City union when 22,000 commercial building workers reached contract settlement. January 16, 2012

  • The contract covering New York City bus and subway workers expires this month, and management wants big concessions. January 11, 2012

  • Some 500 postal workers and supporters packed a hearing in Vermont to criticize plans to slash postal jobs and services. January 11, 2012

  • Some 1,300 union workers in three states are demanding what they deserve--and refusing to let a profitable corporation get its way unopposed. January 10, 2012

  • The labor council for the Longview, Wash., area is calling for protests against the first scab ship loaded at the EGT terminal. January 9, 2012

  • A fight is brewing between employees and the University of North Texas system, which wants to move to "at-will" employment. January 9, 2012

  • Occupy Longview is calling on activists everywhere to support the ILWU's fight against union-busting on the docks. January 5, 2012

  • Hundreds rallied in solidarity with strikers at a Bay Area candy factory as the walkout entered its fourth week. January 5, 2012

  • Congress delayed a vote on legislation that could result in some 120,000 layoffs of postal workers--but plans for massive cuts remain. January 4, 2012

  • Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation that would turn Indiana into an anti-union "right to work" state. January 4, 2012

  • More than 500 workers who clean office buildings in the lower Hudson Valley in New York rallied for a fair contract. January 3, 2012

  • Locked-out workers are standing strong in Findlay, Ohio, with round-the-clock pickets at the Cooper Tire & Rubber plant. December 16, 2011

  • A group of port truck drivers issued an open letter linking the Occupy movement with their fight for justice on the job. December 15, 2011

  • About 180 workers have been walking the picket line since early December at the American Licorice factory in Union City, Calif. December 15, 2011

  • Some 200 machinists have been on strike for almost a month against the unionbusting Manitowoc Crane Company December 13, 2011

  • Members of the ILWU Office Clerks Union staged a job action that shut down three terminals in Los Angeles Harbor. December 7, 2011

  • A tentative contract agreement in LA bars charter schools for three years--but could sweep away decades of bargaining gains. December 6, 2011