Labor

Analysis: Tithi Bhattacharya

Standing up to Indiana's attack on our unions

Thousands of workers have mobilized again and again to challenge an anti-labor bill pending in Indiana's legislature. January 25, 2012
Analysis

Texas mill strikers hold out

Striking Teamsters Local 657 members at the C.H. Guenther & Sons flour mill in San Antonio, Texas, are seeking support. January 23, 2012
Analysis: Darrin Hoop

ILWU's stand in Longview

A struggle that will shape the future for dockworkers around the world is coming to a head at the Port of Longview in Washington. January 18, 2012
Analysis: Mariano Silva

A victory for 32BJ

The New Year brought the first important victory to a New York City union when 22,000 commercial building workers reached contract settlement. January 16, 2012
Analysis: Tim Schermerhorn

Looming battle in NYC transit

The contract covering New York City bus and subway workers expires this month, and management wants big concessions. January 11, 2012
Report

Vermont protests postal cuts

Some 500 postal workers and supporters packed a hearing in Vermont to criticize plans to slash postal jobs and services. January 11, 2012
Analysis: Shaun Harkin

Demanding justice at American Crystal Sugar

Some 1,300 union workers in three states are demanding what they deserve--and refusing to let a profitable corporation get its way unopposed. January 10, 2012
Statement

Take a stand for the ILWU

The labor council for the Longview, Wash., area is calling for protests against the first scab ship loaded at the EGT terminal. January 9, 2012
The "at-will" attack at UNT

A fight is brewing between employees and the University of North Texas system, which wants to move to "at-will" employment. January 9, 2012
Interview: Paul Nipper

Longview's call for solidarity

Occupy Longview is calling on activists everywhere to support the ILWU's fight against union-busting on the docks. January 5, 2012
Health care key to the American Licorice fight

Hundreds rallied in solidarity with strikers at a Bay Area candy factory as the walkout entered its fourth week. January 5, 2012
Analysis: Frank Couget

Postal unions under the gun

Congress delayed a vote on legislation that could result in some 120,000 layoffs of postal workers--but plans for massive cuts remain. January 4, 2012
Analysis: Shaun Harkin

Indiana's war on labor

Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation that would turn Indiana into an anti-union "right to work" state. January 4, 2012
32BJ takes a stand in N.Y.

More than 500 workers who clean office buildings in the lower Hudson Valley in New York rallied for a fair contract. January 3, 2012
Analysis: Shaun Harkin

On the line at Cooper Tire

Locked-out workers are standing strong in Findlay, Ohio, with round-the-clock pickets at the Cooper Tire & Rubber plant. December 16, 2011
Statement

Struggle of the port drivers

A group of port truck drivers issued an open letter linking the Occupy movement with their fight for justice on the job. December 15, 2011
Fighting for respect at American Licorice

About 180 workers have been walking the picket line since early December at the American Licorice factory in Union City, Calif. December 15, 2011
Solidarity in Manitowoc

Some 200 machinists have been on strike for almost a month against the unionbusting Manitowoc Crane Company December 13, 2011
ILWU clerks strike in LA

Members of the ILWU Office Clerks Union staged a job action that shut down three terminals in Los Angeles Harbor. December 7, 2011
Analysis: Gillian Russom

A bad deal for LA teachers

A tentative contract agreement in LA bars charter schools for three years--but could sweep away decades of bargaining gains. December 6, 2011
Roundtable

Labor war in Longview

Leaders of the ILWU struggle in Longview against a multinational conglomerate talk about the significance of this modern-day labor war. November 30, 2011
Postal chief gets mic checked

The job-slashing Postmaster General got an earful from postal workers and Occupy activists at a speech in Washington, D.C. November 28, 2011
Defending postal jobs in N.C.

Hundreds turned out to jeer the postal service's justifications for system-wide job cuts and reductions in services. November 28, 2011
Analysis: Don Lash

Scapegoating school bus drivers in New York

New York City officials are pushing union school bus drivers toward a strike at the risk of jeopardizing students' safety. November 22, 2011
Analysis

Faculty walkout at Cal State

Teachers at two Cal State campuses went on a one-day strike to raise awareness about the crisis in the CSU system. November 21, 2011

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