Labor

  • Members of the Oakland Education Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a one-day strike and also to support the March 4 Day of Action. February 9, 2010

  • The recent struggle in IBT Local 722 in LaSalle, Ill., highlights the corruption that still plagues the Teamsters union. February 9, 2010

  • Actions by members of the Portland Association of Teachers have shown that there's widespread support for the union. January 26, 2010

  • AFSCME Local 3299 members protested an attempt by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to replace union drivers by commandeering a bus. January 26, 2010

  • An effort to oust the reform leadership of a big Teamster local in Chicago is underway--with the goal of restoring the corrupt old guard. January 15, 2010

  • An ER nurse explains why the formation of a "super union" is an important step toward organizing the nation's 2 million nurses. January 13, 2010

  • Over 1,000 UNITE HERE Local 2 members and 400 supporters staged a rally and civil disobedience action outside San Francisco's biggest hotel. January 7, 2010

  • Activists in Austin, Texas, gathered for a December vigil for three workers killed in a fall from a scaffold at a construction site. January 5, 2010

  • The victory of a pro-democracy slate of officers in a big Teamster local in New York City will give a boost to those who want a fighting union at UPS. December 18, 2009

  • Layoffs, charter schools and attacks on teacher seniority are the latest salvos in the relentless attack on Los Angeles schools. December 18, 2009

  • Portland school board members cowered in a back room after another lively picket by some 700 teachers and their supporters before a board meeting. December 18, 2009

  • Members of the Vermont State Employees Association should vote "no" on a contract that cuts deeply into wages and health care benefits. December 11, 2009

  • After a grim year for organized labor, those committed to class-struggle unionism can find a few good reasons to be cheerful this holiday season. December 10, 2009

  • Just as LA teachers and other school employees were fighting an attempt to hand over 250 schools to private operators, a new round of layoffs looms. December 2, 2009

  • The failure of the public employees' and teachers' unions to fight layoffs in San Francisco schools gave city officials a free hand to cut jobs. December 1, 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A member of the graduate student employees' strike committee at the University of Illinois explains what the union is fighting for with its walkout. 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