Troublemakers Blog
August 14, 2013 /
As state funding dwindles to zero, some public universities are turning to corporate sponsors like GE and MillerCoors.
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August 12, 2013 / Samantha Winslow
Teachers from across the U.S. gathered to share strategies. “The tide is turning,” declared CTU President Karen Lewis.
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August 10, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 5 agosto, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of August 5, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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August 09, 2013 / Jenny Brown
The Senate’s immigration bill rewrites the Statue of Liberty’s welcoming words.
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August 07, 2013 /
Rail workers on the Union Pacific are on strike in Chicago. The 30 contract workers organized with the IWW when larger unions weren't interested, and struck when management fired three of their members.
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August 06, 2013 /
Chicago kids are seeing the largest mass school closings in U.S. history—and drastic budget cuts for the schools that remain. Teachers say principals will be forced to choose between teachers and toilet paper.
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July 30, 2013 /
Relatively few die trying to cross the Rio Grande. The real killer is a punishing 20-mile slog through scorching desert to get around the Border Patrol checkpoint.
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July 27, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 22 julio, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of July 22, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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July 24, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury
Fast food strikers won air conditioners Friday afternoon. But an Iowa court upheld the firing of a dental assistant whose boss found her so attractive it was "a big threat" to his marriage.
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July 23, 2013 /
For the past decade, the Communications Workers’ contracts with Verizon have included givebacks. The first step to reversing that is a strong alliance between the union and the public.
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