Labor : Sarah Knopp Activists from United Teachers Los Angeles disrupted a school board meeting with civil disobedience to protest layoff notices to 9,000 school employees.
March 12, 2009 "No more cuts!" was the demand as tens of thousands of union members, joined by students and other New Yorkers, rallied in Manhattan.
March 9, 2009 Some 3,000 SEIU members and their families filled the landmark Chicago Theatre for a rally to prepare for a coming contract battle.
March 4, 2009 Two buses of supporters came out for a rally for striking nurses at two Innova Health facilities in New Jersey.
March 4, 2009 Union members and their supporters rallied at the Los Angeles Times headquarters to protest management's union-busting tactics.
March 2, 2009 Hundreds joined UNITE HERE for a rally to kick off a boycott of two San Francisco hotels that are resisting efforts to unionize.
March 2, 2009 Wearing all black to mourn the loss of public education, more than 125 teachers and parents rallied against budget cuts.
March 2, 2009 Despite freezing weather, more than 50 people came out in Cincinnati to protest a company's failure to pay wages.
February 25, 2009 Members and supporters of Washington Federation of State Employees Local 304 rallied to oppose Democratic Gov. Christine Gregoire's proposed cuts.
February 23, 2009 Several hundred workers and community members gathered to protest the closings of St. John's and Mary Immaculate Hospitals.
February 23, 2009 : Lee Sustar Members of the United Auto Workers will bear the brunt of the Detroit Three auto companies' restructuring under the terms of a government loan.
February 19, 2009 Workers from Republic Windows in Chicago came to Providence, R.I., to talk about their successful factory occupation.
February 11, 2009 : Brian Cruz Leaders of United Healthcare Workers-West, ousted in a takeover by the SEIU International, are launching a new health care union.
February 10, 2009 The chant "We Are Stella!" was belted out by striking Stella D'oro workers as they and their supporters marched 200-strong in the Bronx.
February 6, 2009 Some 15,000 teachers protested the Los Angeles Unified School District's demands for higher class sizes, layoffs and cuts in teacher pay and health benefits.
February 4, 2009 Nurses are walking the picket line at two Innova Health and Rehab facilities in two New Jersey towns across the river from Philadelphia.
February 4, 2009 : Kathryn Lybarger University of California service workers won a new contract with significant gains after a year and a half of mounting protests.
February 2, 2009 Students and staff organized a "funeral" procession to protest the death of education at the University of Vermont.
February 2, 2009 In response to workers' protests, Commonwealth Medical Center agreed to pay wages owed to laid-off employees.
February 2, 2009 Members of United Healthcare Workers-West rallied at their union's office as SEIU leaders threatened to take over the 150,000-member California affiliate.
January 28, 2009 An IBM worker describes deteriorating working conditions at the plant that was once Vermont's largest employer.
January 28, 2009 Hotel workers in Emeryville, Calif., won a significant victory when the city council ordered Woodfin Suites to pay $200,000 in back wages.
January 27, 2009 : Brian Chidester The first week of 2009 witnessed a full-on assault on Rhode Island's teachers and public employees, spearheaded by Republican Gov. Donald Carcieri.
January 22, 2009 Lack of clean drinking water is just one example of the conditions that workers at Great Western Erectors are organizing to end.
January 20, 2009 About 50 people marched in a snowstorm in the Bronx to demand justice for striking workers at Stella D'oro Biscuit Co.
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