Labor

Analysis: Joseph Zeccola

Fighting to save Crenshaw

Plans to “transform” LA’s Crenshaw High School are an excuse to fire teachers and scrap innovative programs at the school. January 14, 2013
Report: Steve Leigh

UNFI can afford to pay us

Supporters are rallying behind workers at United Natural Foods Inc. as they began their fourth week on strike. January 8, 2013
Analysis: Steve Leigh

Scrooge on steroids at UNFI

Less than two weeks before Christmas, United Natural Foods Inc. fired 72 workers at its Auburn, Wash., distribution center. December 18, 2012
Report: Eric Ruder

New hunger strike for USPS

Postal workers are back in Washington for a six-day hunger strike against planned cuts and closures at the U.S. Postal Service. December 17, 2012
Analysis: Eric Ruder

Showdown in Michigan

Thousands of people are descending on the capital of Lansing to confront Republican lawmakers determined to ram through "right-to-work" legislation. December 11, 2012
Report

An anti-union sneak attack

Republicans are trying to make Michigan a "right-to-work" state"--but labor and its supporters are making it a fight. December 7, 2012
Report

SEIU strikes at Oakland port

A 24-hour strike by Service Employees International Union members forced Port of Oakland management back to negotiations. December 5, 2012
Analysis: Peter Rugh

Striking the fast-food giants

Workers stepped off the burger assembly lines across New York City and into the street as part of a new unionization effort. December 3, 2012
Interview

ILWU strike against outsourcing hits LA

Hundreds of clerical workers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are on strike, bringing the giant complex to a grinding halt. December 3, 2012
Interview: Stephanie Seawell

GEO draws the line

An organizer with the Graduate Employees' Organization at the University of Illinois discusses the impact of a possible strike. November 29, 2012
Report

On the line at Wal-Mart

Davids around the country sent a message to a corporate Goliath with walkouts and rallies at as many as 1,000 Wal-Mart stores. November 26, 2012
Report

GEO prepares for a strike

The Graduate Employees Organization at UIUC is vowing to stop the attack on their jobs and education. November 26, 2012
Report: Steve Leigh

Hostess workers draw a line

After years of accepting concessions from Hostess Brands, bakery workers said "Enough!" and walked off the job. November 15, 2012
Report: Zavi Katzvik

A supermarket showdown

Grocery workers at Raley's and Nob Hill stores in California and Nevada are on strike against pay and benefit cuts. November 13, 2012
Analysis: Benjamin Ratliffe

Beloit drivers vote to strike

School bus drivers are fighting for a new contract--and showing other Wisconsin unions how to rebuild their power. November 13, 2012
Report: Alessandro Tinonga

Union victory at Castlewood

Workers at Castlewood Country Club near the Bay Area returned to their jobs victorious after a two-and-a-half-year lockout. November 7, 2012
Report: John Green

Nurses seek justice at Sutter

More than 3,200 nurses went on strike at Sutter-owned hospitals in the Bay Area, their sixth walkout in the last 18 months. November 6, 2012
Analysis: Carl Finamore

Super-profits at a non-profit

If California Pacific Medical Center made $200 million last year, why is it trying to put the squeeze on its employees? October 30, 2012
Analysis

NYU students stand for 1199

SEIU 1199 members are on strike at a health care facility owned by Daniel Straus, a major trustee at New York University. October 24, 2012
Without us, they don't exist

Hundreds of employees for the University of Rochester and its medical center protested to demand a fair contract. October 17, 2012
Comment: Arun Gupta

High stakes for steelworkers

The strike at Phillips Manufacturing pits an emboldened corporation extracting growing concessions from an ever-shrinking union. October 16, 2012
Interview: Donna Stearn

Why we struck at Baystate

The co-chair of the Massachusetts Nurses Association talks about what led to a 24-hour walkout at Baystate Health Systems. October 11, 2012
Analysis: Alan Maass

Fight back, live better

In Wal-Mart warehouses and stores, workers for the giant retailer are organizing strikes and other actions--and winning some of their demands. October 10, 2012
Comment

"No nerds, no birds"

Engineers and technical professionals at Boeing in the Seattle area soundly rejected the company's contract offer. October 10, 2012
Sea-Tac airport workers authorize a strike

Aircraft service workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport have authorized a strike over the suspension of a coworker. October 10, 2012

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