Labor

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Holding the line for teachers

    The leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union, now running for re-election, deserve credit for resisting the school reform juggernaut. May 15, 2013

  • Comment

    Targeting Portland teachers

    The Portland school board's contract offer to teachers is more about union-busting than providing students a quality education. May 15, 2013

  • Report: Paul Dean

    A step toward a union

    Workers at Bethesda Lutheran Communities have successfully filed for a union election, despite intimidation from management. May 14, 2013

  • Comment: Dan Trocolli

    Which way for the WEA?

    A Seattle educator looks at the urgent issues facing the teachers union as the corporate school "reform" campaign rolls on. May 9, 2013

  • Comment: Emily Giles

    More of an impact in the UFT

    The opposition Movement of Rank and File Educators made advances in recent teachers union elections in New York City. May 8, 2013

  • Comment: Lee Sustar

    Will Chicago teachers keep moving forward?

    Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis and her slate are facing a challenge from a dubious alliance of one-time reformers and the old guard. May 7, 2013

  • Analysis: Steve Early

    What happened at Kaiser?

    The NUHW improved its showing in a re-run of a union representation election at Kaiser Permanente, but not enough to win. May 6, 2013

  • Comment: Frank Couget

    Our safety came last again

    A veteran postal worker says the handling of the recent ricin scare reminds him of what happened after September 11. May 6, 2013

  • Comment: Alexander Billet

    Changing that low-wage tune

    Guitar Center workers in New York City are fighting for a living wage in the spirit of retail workers taking up the "Fight for 15" call. May 6, 2013

  • Comment: Trish Kahle

    Low-wage America is marching for justice

    Hundreds of fast-food and retail workers in Chicago joined a growing movement when they walked off the job to demand a living wage. April 29, 2013

  • Fighting for a fired worker

    Activists gathered in front of a Southern California Wal-Mart warehouse to protest the termination of a worker activist. April 29, 2013

  • Report: Darrin Hoop

    Wal-Mart workers won't rest

    Workers demanding basic rights at Wal-Mart are fighting back at stores, warehouses and suppliers--in the U.S. and around the world. April 24, 2013

  • Report

    Save the Salem mail facility

    Protesters from across Oregon gathered to take part in civil disobedience against the scheduled closure of a mail facility. April 22, 2013

  • Analysis: Lee Sustar

    Voting on the future of teacher unionism

    Elections in the three biggest teachers locals in the country are highlighting critical debates over the direction of unionism in public education. April 18, 2013

  • Analysis: Melissa Rakestraw

    Postal cutbacks blocked

    Postal service officials announced that a plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery and slash postal jobs has been canceled. April 16, 2013

  • Comment: Steve Early

    Red vs. Purple again at Kaiser

    The bitterly contested rerun of a union representation vote at Kaiser Permanente will have big implications for labor. April 15, 2013

  • Comment: Cesar Montufar

    Campaigning for the ranks

    A candidate for president in the recent Long Beach teachers' union elections reflects on the outcome of the vote. April 11, 2013

  • Analysis: Peter Rugh

    Super-sizing the struggle

    The latest in a series of one-day strikes by New York City fast-food workers cast a spotlight on highly exploitative conditions. April 10, 2013

  • Comment: Randy Childs

    A vote on UTLA's direction

    Union teachers in Los Angeles are voting on an initiative that calls for a sharp shift in strategy for confronting the "reformers." April 8, 2013

  • Comment: Alexander Billet

    Who owns the music?

    A strike by musicians in the San Francisco Symphony isn't only about wages and working conditions, but our right to music. April 8, 2013

  • Hunger strike at the Hilton

    Some 50 demonstrators held a press conference to condemn the San Diego Mission Valley Hilton's plan to terminate nine workers. April 8, 2013

  • Comment: Carl Finamore

    A second chance at Kaiser

    The National Union of Healthcare Workers is getting another shot in a battle that is critical for the whole labor movement. April 2, 2013

  • Report: Lucy Herschel

    Trade Fair unfair to workers

    The Queens supermarket chain locked out 100 workers in its meat department in retaliation for an unfair labor practice strike. April 2, 2013

  • Analysis: Carl Finamore

    Why Hilton finally conceded

    Hilton Hotels has signed a five-year deal with the hotel union UNITE HERE that creates a new standard for the industry. April 1, 2013

  • Report: Jamie Partridge

    Postal workers send message

    Postal workers across the country rallied as part of a day of action against cuts that would slash jobs and mail delivery. March 28, 2013

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