Labor

Report: Brian Huseby

Victory for Evergreen strikers

Striking student support workers at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., won their first-ever contract. June 17, 2013
Comment: Donny Schraffenberger

UPS Teamsters should say no

Teamsters deserve far better than the current contract offer from UPS that's being hailed as a victory by union leaders. June 12, 2013
Comment: Sean Petty

Now or never for NYC's public-sector workers

Workers in one of the last union strongholds for public-sector workers--New York City--are fighting for the future of their unions. June 11, 2013
Comment: Brian Chidester

Our struggle to dump Gist

A new two-year contract for Rhode Island's leading advocate of corporate school reform is a slap in the face to teachers. June 11, 2013
Report: Benjamin Ratliffe

Marching for justice at Palermo’s Pizza

Workers at Palermo's Pizza in Wisconsin marked the one-year anniversary of their strike with an 18-mile protest march. June 10, 2013
Comment: Elizabeth Schulte

Crashing Walmart's party

Walmart workers and their supporters are descending on Bentonville, Ark., to hand- deliver a message to the low-wage behemoth. June 6, 2013
Report: Dan Trocolli

Seattle joins the Fight for 15

Seattle became the seventh city--and the first on the West Coast--where low-wage workers organized strike action and protests. June 5, 2013
Report: Brian Huseby

On strike at Evergreen State

Student support workers at Evergreen State College are walking the picket lines in a strike for a fair contract. June 4, 2013
Report: Lucy Herschel

Legal services workers confront concessions

Workers at Legal Services NYC are on strike against concessions geared toward undermining the union and job security. May 29, 2013
Report: Aaron Petkov

We'd like a living wage with that order

More than 400 employees at fast-food restaurants across Detroit went on strike in the latest in a series of one-day actions by low-wage workers. May 20, 2013
Report: Jamie Partridge

Oregon's fight for postal jobs

Oregon postal workers are putting pressure on state politicians to defend threatened postal jobs. May 20, 2013
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

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