Labor : Leighton Christiansen While U of I grad employees didn't get everything we wanted in our contract, we stood strong on the picket line and won our key demand.
November 20, 2009 : Julien Ball After just two days of large, spirited picket lines, administrators at the flagship campus of the University of Illinois threw in the towel.
November 19, 2009 The cold November rain didn't discourage grad employees on the first day of their strike at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
November 17, 2009 : John Coursey After a six-day strike, Philadelphia transit workers are set to vote on a contract offer that includes most of what the union was fighting for.
November 17, 2009 : Leighton Christiansen A member of the graduate student employees' strike committee at the University of Illinois explains what the union's fight is about.
November 16, 2009 Around 1,200 teachers and their supporters confronted the Portland, Ore., school board to demand movement on a new contract.
November 16, 2009 A three-day strike at the Palace Hotel followed a similar walkout at the Grand Hyatt as hotel workers fight to defend their health care.
November 13, 2009 Activists met strong community support as they gathered at a Wal-Mart Super Center to build solidarity for a union drive.
November 13, 2009 GEO members know the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign only works because we do--and it can't work if we don't.
November 10, 2009 Nurses and technicians at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital voted to authorize a strike, largely over the hospital's plan to cut sick days.
November 10, 2009 The streets of Philadelphia have been overrun by cars, bikers and pedestrians after SEPTA workers struck for a fair contract.
November 6, 2009 Workers at SK Hand Tools in Chicago prevailed in a strike that forced the company to restore health care and pensions.
November 6, 2009 Candidates of a rank-and-file reform group in the Chicago Teachers Union won a vote for trustees of the teachers' pension fund.
November 2, 2009 About 150 workers and activists rallied October 28 in solidarity with workers in several Indianapolis hotels fighting for union recognition.
November 2, 2009 : Mariano Silva New owners have shut down the Stella D'oro cookie factory in the Bronx where workers won an 11-month strike, but efforts to get full severance continue.
October 30, 2009 : John Green Despite the loss of thousands of teachers' jobs, the California Teachers Association has failed to put resources into organizing for action.
October 30, 2009 Over 300 teachers, who have been working without a contract for 15 months, turned out to the Portland Public School Board meeting October 12.
October 19, 2009 Activists are rallying support for the Hyatt 100, Boston workers who are fighting to win their jobs back after being summarily fired from the hotel chain.
October 13, 2009 A tentative agreement was reached one day after an estimated 1,000 teachers, parents and students rallied for a fair contract for the Sweetwater Education Association.
October 13, 2009 Machinists at a Boeing plant in Charleston, S.C., voted on September 10 to decertify the IAM as their bargaining representative.
October 6, 2009 More than 50 workers and their supporters rallied at the Pratt Institute on September 26 as part of a fight for a fair contract.
October 1, 2009 : Deborah Goldsmith A faculty member at City College of San Francisco makes the case for voting "no" on a contract proposed by union leaders.
September 29, 2009 More than 1,000 hotel workers and supporters rallied in San Francisco, and over 100 were arrested while participating in a nonviolent sit-in.
September 28, 2009 : Nick Kardahji Thousands of workers, faculty and students will walk out across the University of California system September 24 to protest devastating cuts.
September 24, 2009 : Lee Sustar The new president of the AFL-CIO is promising a tougher, fighting labor movement as he takes over the top spot of the labor federation.
September 22, 2009
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