Labor

Workers at Flex-N-Gate organize for justice

Workers and their allies want the Flex-N-Gate company to provide better working conditions and stop union-busting efforts. April 11, 2012
Analysis: Jamie Partridge

Action to save the post office

"Occupy the Post Office!" is the call from a newly formed national rank-and-file network of postal workers and allies. April 9, 2012
Comment

Ready to fight in East County

School boards in the Portland area are taking aim at local teachers' unions--but teachers want to make a united stand. March 28, 2012
Analysis: Shaun Harkin

A USW defeat at Cooper Tire

After a long and bitter lockout, workers voted to accept a two-tier wage scale at an Ohio tire plant. March 20, 2012
Interview: Nathan Rahm

Pure corporate greed at American Crystal

A locked-out worker at American Crystal Sugar explains the stakes in this important Midwestern labor struggle. March 15, 2012
Analysis: Lee Sustar

A struggle for education justice in Chicago

The showdown between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Rahm Emanuel is over nothing less than the future of public education in the city. March 13, 2012
Interview: Sal Rosselli

Turning up the heat on Kaiser

The National Union of Healthcare Workers is using the strike weapon as it takes on California's health care giant. March 8, 2012
Comment: Gregg Shotwell

Job protection is a racket

Union contracts that claim to save jobs by accepting lower wages lead to both less pay and fewer jobs. March 6, 2012
AT&T wants workers to pay

Some 50 AT&T workers and their supporters protested in Austin, Texas, as their labor contract ended. March 5, 2012
Analysis: Darrin Hoop

Port drivers' struggle goes on

Some 450 Seattle port truck drivers proudly returned to work after a two-week strike in defiance of anti-union laws. February 29, 2012
Analysis: Orlando Sepúlveda

Factory occupation saves jobs

Workers at the same Chicago factory that was occupied three years ago took action to successfully defend their jobs. February 27, 2012
Comment

Can we reverse the labor setback in Indiana?

Union leaders in Indiana refused to call an all-out protest against anti-labor legislation for fear of upsetting Democrats. February 23, 2012
Standing up to defend Portland post offices

Postal workers in Oregon's biggest city are leading a fight against attacks on their working conditions and jobs. February 23, 2012
Comment: Mauricio Maluff

The living wage fight continues at NU

The struggle for Northwestern University workers has scored some victories, but it still has ground to make up. February 22, 2012
Analysis: Charles Grand

Faces of the American Airlines bankruptcy

Some 400 American Airlines workers picketed at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport against demands for concessions. February 22, 2012
Comment: Dennis Kosuth

Connecting labor and Occupy

A conference organized by Occupy Chicago's Labor Working Group brought together activists fighting on many issues. February 15, 2012
Fighting the library layoffs

Library workers and their supporters are organizing at Harvard University against the threat of layoffs in the library system. February 15, 2012
Analysis: Darrin Hoop

High stakes for port drivers

Hundreds of nonunion port truck drivers in Seattle have been on strike for two weeks over issues ranging from workplace safety to the right to organize. February 13, 2012
Fake crisis in Long Beach

The Long Beach Unified School District is flush with cash, while officials cynically portray it as strapped for resources. February 13, 2012
Analysis: Sandy Boyer

Bankruptcy as a weapon

American Airlines announced it wants to cut 13,000 jobs and impose a range of other concessions--to "return to profitability." February 8, 2012
Comment: Bill Mullen

Labor's stand in Indianapolis

Thousands of labor and Occupy activists turned out in Indiana after the passage of so-called "right-to-work" legislation. February 7, 2012
Analysis: Sean Petty

Strike threat wins new contracts for nurses

Some 10,000 nurses at four major New York City hospitals agreed to new contracts after threatening a walkout at all four. February 2, 2012
Analysis: Shaun Harkin

A "right to work for less" bill

Indiana Republicans are planning a final vote on a "right-to-work" bill--in spite of big protests by labor and other activists. February 1, 2012
Harvard plans for job cuts

Harvard University intends to reorganize its library system by cutting back on the 900 library positions currently in existence. January 30, 2012
Contract settlement at American Licorice

Workers at American Licorice have voted to return to work on the terms the company offered on the first day of the strike. January 30, 2012

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