The labor movement
: Adam Sanchez Educators in Oregon are resisting an unprecedented attack on their schools and unions as another district begins a strike.
May 21, 2012 Workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport kept up their struggle with a protest at the Alaska Airlines shareholders' meeting.
May 21, 2012 Some 100 hotel workers and their supporters picketed in front of a San Diego Hilton Hotel to kick off a fight for union recognition.
May 16, 2012 IBEW members at CPS Energy voted a resounding "no" to a proposed contract that was filled with concessions.
May 15, 2012 Dozens of union members and Occupy activists came together in Brevard, Fla., to rally for a pay raise for all teachers.
May 14, 2012 : David Russitano San Francisco teachers are holding a strike vote May 10 that could put teachers on the picket line in September.
May 10, 2012 Underpaid and overworked, truck drivers at the Toll Group operation in the Port of Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly for union representation.
May 9, 2012 : Mario Cardenas Nearly 800 members of the International Association of Machinists are on strike at a Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Ill.
May 8, 2012 Student, community and labor activists are supporting a union drive at the Flex-N-Gate factory in Urbana, Ill.
May 7, 2012 : Alex Kueny Thousands of Illinois union members mobilized to tell Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels that his anti-worker laws aren't welcome.
May 2, 2012 More than 300 people rallied at Seattle Tacoma International Airport in defense of workers who don't have union contracts.
May 2, 2012 Some 3,650 IAM members are on strike against aerospace giant Lockheed Martin after voting down a concessions contract.
April 30, 2012 : Lee Sustar The Occupy movement's alliance with labor showed the potential support for a fightback, but unions are still in retreat.
April 25, 2012 Some 150 people disrupted an opening event for the Seattle Space Needle's 50th anniversary to stand up for union rights.
April 25, 2012 Legislators and corporate officials sauntered past 40 protesters on their way to a dinner in the Oklahoma governor's mansion.
April 23, 2012 Teachers in three Portland-area school districts facing tough contract fights are organizing solidarity for their struggles.
April 23, 2012 Unions like SEIU often accept the terms of the debate when it comes to the Democratic Party's austerity measures.
April 19, 2012 : Sandy Boyer As private companies go to bankruptcy court to slash pensions, states are using laws to gut retirement for public employees.
April 17, 2012 Three budget-slashing, anti-union school districts in the Portland area have pushed teachers to take strike votes.
April 16, 2012 Guards at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts are locked in a struggle over management's relentless focus on the bottom line.
April 16, 2012 : Natalia Tylim A transit fare action in New York City provides some lessons for Occupy activists trying to strengthen ties to labor.
April 12, 2012 Workers and their allies want the Flex-N-Gate company to provide better working conditions and stop union-busting efforts.
April 11, 2012 : Jamie Partridge "Occupy the Post Office!" is the call from a newly formed national rank-and-file network of postal workers and allies.
April 9, 2012 The "Unemployed Nation Hearings" in Seattle brought together union and other activists for a discussion of the fight ahead.
April 4, 2012 School boards in the Portland area are taking aim at local teachers' unions--but teachers want to make a united stand.
March 28, 2012
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