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