Topic: Labor

Statement

Support the HuffPo strikers

The National Writers Union is asking writers not to publish at Huffington Post until management comes to the bargaining table. July 12, 2011
Comment: Gregg Shotwell

Collective bargaining or criminal conspiracy?

Contracts that once gave autoworkers a decent standard of living now condemn a new generation to economic distress. July 11, 2011
Analysis: Lee Sustar

A voice for a fighting CWA

Don Trementozzi is running for secretary-treasurer of the Communications Workers of America on a platform of fighting back against concessions. July 8, 2011
Don't try crossing a Castlewood picket line

Locked-out Castlewood Country Club workers and supporters turned up the heat with civil disobedience in June. June 30, 2011
Analysis: Lee Sustar

New showdown for teachers

Chicago takes center stage for teachers amid a contract fight, a union convention and a meeting of union reformers. June 30, 2011
Strengthening Oregon unions

Union members and their allies gathered in Portland, Ore., to participate in a day-long unified labor strategy meeting. June 29, 2011
Comment: Mark Clinton

Tired of their anti-labor excuses in Mass.

Hundreds of protesters turned out for a School Committee meeting in Northampton, Mass., to demand a fair deal for teachers. June 29, 2011
San Jose public workers protest city's attack

Several unions held a rally at City Hall on June 23 to oppose attacks on public sector workers. June 27, 2011
San Jose's drive to austerity

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is proposing a "Fiscal and Public Safety Emergency" and a November ballot measure attacking public-sector workers. June 21, 2011
Comment: Brian Tierney

Squeezing D.C. cab drivers

D.C. taxi drivers are organizing against a proposed restructuring of the cab industry that would force many out of business. June 21, 2011
Learning from Walkerville

A tent city set up outside the Wisconsin Capitol is serving as a base camp to protest Gov. Scott Walker's austerity budget. June 9, 2011
Interview: Joe Conway

Time to get the people out again

The president of the Madison firefighters union explains what's at stake in the latest mobilizations in Wisconsin. June 9, 2011
Comment: Ragina Johnson

Local 10 needs your support

Bay Area dockworkers face an employers' lawsuit following their action in solidarity with Wisconsin workers. June 7, 2011
Protesting cuts to construction workers' pay

Nearly 400 rank-and-file construction workers held a May 24 rally against New York City's Building Trades Employers' Association. June 6, 2011
Comment: Sandy Boyer

New hope for the Teamsters

Teamsters officials are shrugging off Sandy Pope's bid for the union presidency, but she's getting a hearing among members looking for fightback. June 2, 2011
When Democrats lead the attack

In some cases, Democrats are directly attacking at least some collective bargaining rights for certain workers. May 31, 2011
Comment: Brian Tierney

The war on labor history

A right-wing campaign against two University of Missouri labor studies professors failed, but the war continues. May 26, 2011
Comment: Sarah Knopp

A pay cut to save UTLA jobs?

Los Angeles teachers face a demand to choose between unpaid furlough days or nearly 6,000 layoffs--but the city has the money to avoid both. May 26, 2011
Review: Jenna Woloshyn

Labor at war with itself?

A new book explains why the SEIU, seemingly poised to lead the labor movement a few years ago, instead went to war on other unions. May 25, 2011
A one-day strike at Kaiser

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers took action against Kaiser's unfair labor practices with a one-day strike. May 23, 2011
Seattle fights for sick leave

The Seattle Coalition for a Healthy Workforce is pushing for a city ordinance to win paid sick leave rights for 190,000 workers. May 23, 2011
Comment: Phil Gasper

The Teamster rebellion of 1934

The 1934 Minneapolis truck drivers' strike helped shift the tide toward greater workers' combativity during the Great Depression. May 20, 2011
Farmworkers score a victory

After four years of protest, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco has agreed to begin negotiations with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. May 18, 2011
Analysis: Nick Kardahji

UC grad union reformers' sweeping victory

A caucus that vows to build a fighting union among University of California graduate employees has won a complete victory. May 17, 2011
Sitting in against sweatshops

Activists took over the University of Texas president's office to demand that college apparel be made under fair working conditions. May 16, 2011

Topic: Labor

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