Topic: Labor

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Report: Matt Corpolongo

    ALEC is not OK

    Hundreds of union members turned out to protest the American Legislative Exchange Council on May 2 in Oklahoma City. May 9, 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

  • 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

  • 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: 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • For meaningful debate on "reform"

    My argument about the "corporate education reform" movement was profoundly mischaracterized by Socialist Worker. April 25, 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

  • Analysis: Elizabeth Clinton

    A corporate-made catastrophe

    An April 17 explosion at a fertilizer plant devastated the town of West, Texas, taking the lives of 14 people and injuring hundreds more. April 23, 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

  • Statement

    Keep our class-size limits

    Lifting limits on special ed class sizes would allow illinois school districts to cut costs--at the expense of the most vulnerable. April 9, 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

  • 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

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