Troublemakers Blog
June 06, 2014 / Samantha Winslow
As an antidote to the “grow grow grow” mentality of the elected officials and business leaders pushing charter schools, a recent report by University of Oregon professor and political economist Gordon Lafer outlines what’s wrong with privatization of public schools. »
June 04, 2014 /
Berry pickers in Washington State went on multiple strikes last year, demanding justice for a fired co-worker, 70 cents per pound of berries picked, and an end to sexist and racist harassment by their supervisors. Management responded by trying to break their union and replace them »
June 02, 2014 /
If the Social Security Administration replaces its field offices with Internet services and an 800 phone number, it may hit you in the wallet. Jane Slaughter explains.
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May 30, 2014 / Jane Slaughter
Jane Slaughter retires today from the Labor Notes staff, although not from Labor Notes.
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May 29, 2014 /
A mail carrier found out through a manager’s slip of the tongue that the Postal Service was trying to force seniors in a local retirement community to walk to the corner for their mail.
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May 21, 2014 /
Retail sales and customer service reps voted 2 to 1 to join the Communications Workers at six Brooklyn Verizon stores. The wireless side of telecom has remained largely unorganized, but these new unionists hope to cause a ripple effect.
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May 19, 2014 /
Mother Jones once proclaimed Illinois to be “the best-organized labor state in America,” and the people of the Illinois coalfields—where Kevin Corley’s new novel Sixteen Tons takes place—were always at the center of the action.
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May 14, 2014 /
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is downplaying financial gains at the Postal Service, which has been reporting revenue increases for five straight quarters. Why is Donahoe minimizing the winning streak?
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May 08, 2014 /
University of California executives hoped this round of bargaining would extract deep concessions on benefits from 22,000 hospital and campus workers. And like many large university and health care employers, UC wanted to replace full-time work with contingent work by expanding the use of temps and private contractors. »
May 07, 2014 /
In May of last year I answered my phone, at work in Seattle, and found myself talking to a union organizer in Texas. »