The labor movement
: Charles Grand Some 400 American Airlines workers picketed at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport against demands for concessions.
February 22, 2012
Library workers and their supporters are organizing at Harvard University against the threat of layoffs in the library system.
February 15, 2012
: Darrin Hoop Hundreds of nonunion port truck drivers in Seattle have been on strike for two weeks over issues ranging from workplace safety to the right to organize.
February 13, 2012
The Long Beach Unified School District is flush with cash, while officials cynically portray it as strapped for resources.
February 13, 2012
Activists mic-checked the University of Vermont's board of trustees to demand a fair contract for Sotheby's workers.
February 8, 2012
: Sandy Boyer American Airlines announced it wants to cut 13,000 jobs and impose a range of other concessions--to "return to profitability."
February 8, 2012
: Bill Mullen Thousands of labor and Occupy activists turned out in Indiana after the passage of so-called "right-to-work" legislation.
February 7, 2012
: Sean Petty Some 10,000 nurses at four major New York City hospitals agreed to new contracts after threatening a walkout at all four.
February 2, 2012
: Shaun Harkin Indiana Republicans are planning a final vote on a "right-to-work" bill--in spite of big protests by labor and other activists.
February 1, 2012
Harvard University intends to reorganize its library system by cutting back on the 900 library positions currently in existence.
January 30, 2012
Workers at American Licorice have voted to return to work on the terms the company offered on the first day of the strike.
January 30, 2012
: Tithi Bhattacharya Thousands of workers have mobilized again and again to challenge an anti-labor bill pending in Indiana's legislature.
January 25, 2012
Striking Teamsters Local 657 members at the C.H. Guenther & Sons flour mill in San Antonio, Texas, are seeking support.
January 23, 2012
A SocialistWorker.org article about the controversy following a Seattle labor solidarity meeting missed the mark.
January 23, 2012
The solidarity movement with longshore workers has been unnecessarily fractured as a shipping giant prepares to move grain from a scab terminal.
January 19, 2012
: Darrin Hoop A struggle that will shape the future for dockworkers around the world is coming to a head at the Port of Longview in Washington.
January 18, 2012
: Mariano Silva The New Year brought the first important victory to a New York City union when 22,000 commercial building workers reached contract settlement.
January 16, 2012
Some 500 postal workers and supporters packed a hearing in Vermont to criticize plans to slash postal jobs and services.
January 11, 2012
: Tim Schermerhorn The contract covering New York City bus and subway workers expires this month, and management wants big concessions.
January 11, 2012
: Shaun Harkin Some 1,300 union workers in three states are demanding what they deserve--and refusing to let a profitable corporation get its way unopposed.
January 10, 2012
A fight is brewing between employees and the University of North Texas system, which wants to move to "at-will" employment.
January 9, 2012
The labor council for the Longview, Wash., area is calling for protests against the first scab ship loaded at the EGT terminal.
January 9, 2012
: Paul Nipper Occupy Longview is calling on activists everywhere to support the ILWU's fight against union-busting on the docks.
January 5, 2012
Some 3,000 labor and Occupy activists held a series of actions in early December to "Take Back the Capitol" from the 1 percent.
January 5, 2012
Hundreds rallied in solidarity with strikers at a Bay Area candy factory as the walkout entered its fourth week.
January 5, 2012
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