Labor : Bill Mullen Thousands of labor and Occupy activists turned out in Indiana after the passage of so-called "right-to-work" legislation.
February 7, 2012 : Sean Petty 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 : Shaun Harkin 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 : Tithi Bhattacharya 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 : Darrin Hoop 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 : Mariano Silva 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 : Tim Schermerhorn 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 : Shaun Harkin 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 : Paul Nipper 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 : Frank Couget 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 : Shaun Harkin 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 : Shaun Harkin 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 : Gillian Russom A tentative contract agreement in LA bars charter schools for three years--but could sweep away decades of bargaining gains.
December 6, 2011
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