Labor

United Teachers Los Angeles has called a one-hour strike for the morning of June 6 despite the school district's attempts to stop them. June 3, 2008

Turns out that the man hailed by some as the savior of the labor movement in the 21st century is proving himself an old-school labor bureaucrat after all. June 2, 2008

Bosses at the Woodman's grocery chain in Wisconsin are threatening workers with a campaign to decertify their union. May 23, 2008

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatening to cut billions from education funding, teachers across California took part in local protests May 14. May 22, 2008

Indian guest workers have begun a hunger strike outside the White House to protest the slave-like conditions they endured. May 20, 2008

In a bid to settle a three-month strike at American Axle, UAW officials have agreed to a familiar litany of concessions. May 20, 2008

Chicago Teachers Union leaders announced to a packed House of Delegates meeting that the union is $2 million in debt. May 19, 2008

Around 100 people turned out to support the Farm Labor Organizing Committee during a shareholders’ meeting of the Reynolds tobacco company. May 19, 2008

Supporters of the Freightliner Five turned out in Cleveland, N.C. and other cities for actions to protest their illegal termination. May 14, 2008

Hundreds of labor activists and organizers met in Providence, R.I., to discuss strategies for the movement. May 14, 2008

Immigrant restaurant workers win their four-month fight against a manager's sexual harassment. May 12, 2008

UNITE HERE is organizing a boycott of Baltimore's Sheraton City Center Hotel in a fight for union rights. May 9, 2008

Thousands of 1199SEIU members rallied in New York City in support of strikers at the Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home, whose owner refuses to sign a union contract. May 7, 2008

Dockworkers up and down the West Coast stopped work on May Day in a protest against the war. May 2, 2008

On the surface, the SEIU's conflict with the California Nurses Association is about an Ohio union drive, but the issues involved run deeper. April 25, 2008

Dockworkers voted to shut down West Coast ports on May 1 to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. April 25, 2008

Labor activist Jerry Tucker talks to Socialist Worker about the state of organized labor three years after the split in the AFL-CIO. April 11, 2008

The coming contract fight at Verizon embodies many of the key issues facing a struggling labor movement. April 11, 2008

Public education activists from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will gather in Los Angeles at the Trinational Conference in Defense of Public Education. April 11, 2008

April 4, 2008

Members of the CNA marked the end of a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network with a San Francisco rally. April 4, 2008

The Service Employees International Union and California Nurses Association are locked in a dispute over a nurses' organizing drive in Ohio. April 4, 2008

April 4, 2008

April 4, 2008

March 28, 2008