Labor Long Beach school officials are trying to capitalize on Arnold Schwarzenegger's manufactured budget crisis by declaring a fiscal freeze.
March 28, 2008 Some 4,000 members of the California Nurses Association began a 10-day strike against the Sutter Health network at eight Bay Area facilities.
March 28, 2008 New York children are among the latest victims of the nation's economic crisis as the budget ax has come down on public schools.
March 21, 2008 A strike by workers at five American Axle plants has forced the partial or complete shutdown of 20 General Motors factories.
March 14, 2008 The Teachers Federation of Puerto Rico went on strike after the government of Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá cancelled their previous contract.
March 7, 2008 The re-election of the UTLA's reform leadership sends a clear message that members don't want a return of the old guard.
March 7, 2008 Support the Freightliner Five | Saigon Grill | Portland, Ore., public schools
March 7, 2008 Five defiant United Auto Workers members are fighting to win back their jobs after being unjustly terminated by Freightliner nearly a year ago.
February 22, 2008 : Adam Turl The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.
February 22, 2008 An ongoing battle within the Service Employees International Union reached a new pitch when a top official resigned from the executive committee.
February 22, 2008 The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.
February 22, 2008 Chicago Public Schools | Solidarity with the Freightliner Five
February 15, 2008 Hollywood writers won important gains after standing strong in a 14-week strike against TV and film producers.
February 15, 2008 Press reports suggest a deal is near between the Writers Guild of America and major Hollywood studios.
February 8, 2008 A fight for five workers terminated for union activity at a North Carolina truck plant has high stakes for labor's long effort to organize the South.
February 1, 2008 Twelve weeks into the Writers Guild strike, indications are that negotiations between the union and the Hollywood producers may resume.
January 25, 2008 The Writers Guild walkout has shown the importance of picket lines and union solidarity--important lessons for labor as a whole.
January 18, 2008 The new year on television began with Writers Guild picket lines outside TV studios as late night talk shows went back on the air.
January 11, 2008 The online grocery store Fresh Direct is using the racist backlash against immigrants to thwart attempts of workers to organize.
January 11, 2008
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