Labor

  • Report: Joe Richard

    AT&T workers prepare for a three-day strike

    Some 40,000 CWA members in 36 states could hit the picket lines Friday in a battle over wages, incentive pay and outsourcing. May 19, 2017

  • Report: Mike Shea

    Let Sarah teach

    A Chicago special education teacher and determined activist has been plucked out of the classroom over a bogus accusation. May 3, 2017

  • Obituary: Jerry Zero

    A fighter against the Teamsters old guard

    The Teamsters Local 705 leader came from a generation that took on the mob in the union--but he ended up on Hoffa's side. May 3, 2017

  • Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte

    Disrupting the low-wage status quo

    Low-wage workers in some 340 cities plan to take part in protests and strikes to call for a $15 an hour minimum wage and a union. November 29, 2016

  • Report: Joe Cleffie

    SEPTA workers strike back

    Philadelphia transit workers are walking the picket line despite political pressure after facing months of stonewalling in bargaining. November 7, 2016

  • Report: Keith Rosenthal

    Harvard dining workers claim a victory

    A 22-day strike forced the world's richest university to retreat from its demands for concessions from dining services workers. November 1, 2016

  • Report: Alan Maass and Lee Sustar

    Chicago teachers get a tentative agreement

    Following months of mobilizations and a strike threat that won key demands, Chicago teachers will vote on a proposed contract. October 11, 2016

  • Report: Keith Rosenthal

    Dining workers draw the line at Harvard

    Hundreds of dining service workers are on strike at Harvard to win a living wage and health insurance that guarantees access. October 10, 2016

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Ready to strike for Chicago's schools

    Chicago teachers have authorized a walkout and set a mid-October strike date in a show of determination to defend their jobs and public education. September 29, 2016

  • Comment: Mike Shea

    The Tribune of the oppressors

    The Chicago Tribune says that the Chicago Teachers Union strike authorization vote was undemocratic, but consider the source. September 27, 2016

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Are Chicago teachers headed toward a strike?

    A battle between Chicago's budget-slashing mayor, a union-busting governor and determined teachers could lead to a second strike in four years. September 6, 2016

  • Analysis: Joe Allen

    A battle for the Teamsters union

    The upcoming Teamsters election is a chance to unseat James P. Hoffa from the presidency and reverse the union's decline. August 31, 2016

  • Analysis: Sean Larson

    Why the NLRB sided with graduate workers

    A long-awaited NLRB ruling recognizes graduate assistants at private universities as workers with the right to unionize. August 30, 2016

  • Comment: Jeremy Sawyer

    Why I'm voting no on the contract at CUNY

    A member of the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York explains why he opposes ratification of a new deal. July 14, 2016

  • Report: Ryan Marchese

    On strike against an 84-hour workweek

    Ohio Teamsters are fighting an outrageous demand by International Paper bosses for almost unlimited mandatory overtime. July 7, 2016

  • Interview: Victor Diaz

    Victor Diaz is still fighting for justice

    A Vermont farmworker activist who was detained by ICE, but released after a solidarity campaign explains the stakes in this struggle for justice. June 27, 2016

  • Analysis

    There's more to fight for at CUNY

    The CUNY faculty and staff union has a tentative deal, but the fight for the wages and conditions that members deserve goes on. June 23, 2016

  • Comment: Bill Linville

    More accomplishments in the UFT

    Opponents of the leaders of the New York City teachers' union made gains in recent elections based on a social justice platform. June 13, 2016

  • Comment

    How do we get all the way to 15 in Oregon?

    An Oregon law raising the minimum wage fell short of $15 an hour--and of workers' hopes that they would get a living wage. June 8, 2016

  • Report: Amy Muldoon

    Verizon battle continues on the first day back

    Verizon management wanted to re-establish control over the workplace after the strike ended, but its plans backfired spectacularly. June 6, 2016

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar and Alan Maass

    What can labor learn from the Verizon strike?

    It's a rare outcome these days: A corporate powerhouse forced to back down by a solid strike with wide public support. So how did it happen? June 3, 2016

  • Comment: Danny Katch

    Political science lessons from Verizon strikers

    The victory won by 39,000 union members at Verizon is a reminder of organized labor's history--and a statement about politics today. June 1, 2016

  • Interview

    We took a stand against corporate power

    A CWA shop steward explains why Verizon strikers believe they've won a victory on balance--and provided solid ground for future struggles. May 31, 2016

  • Comment: Mike Shea

    A doomsday threat for Chicago schools

    The bosses of the Chicago Public Schools system are once again raising the stakes on teachers and students with devastating cuts. May 25, 2016

  • Report: Leonard Klein

    Verizon strikers stand strong in the capital

    As the strike against Verizon entered a sixth week, union members and their supporters marched and rallied in Washington, D.C. May 24, 2016

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