Troublemakers Blog

May 20, 2013 /
The UPS agreement will raise health care costs, let the company continue with harassment, and maintain a permanent underclass of part-timers, at a company that is hauling in nearly $5 billion a year. »
May 18, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 13 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 13, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
May 16, 2013 / Mark Brenner
A flotilla of nine fishing boats—their passengers wielding picket signs instead of fishing poles—blocked the grain ship Mary H from docking in Kalama, Washington. »
May 11, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 6 mayo, 2013, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 6, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
May 10, 2013 /
It seems no coincidence that 125 undocumented workers at an Oakland industrial bakery were suddenly fired, shortly after they started asking for better wages and conditions. Some had worked there for decades. »
May 09, 2013 /
Graduate employees held a “grade-in” rally to draw attention to their vital work and fight their falling wages. Average take-home pay is $9,500 a year. »
May 08, 2013 /
More than 250 enthusiastic folks attended the Portland Troublemakers School—a smashing success. Next up is New York City May 18. »
May 04, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 29 abril, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of April 29, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
May 02, 2013 /
After the largest collegiate boycott of a top-three sportswear company in history, the big brands are forced to acknowledge they cannot walk away when their contractors deprive workers of legally earned money. »
April 30, 2013 /
Chinese visitors say American unionists always want to know how Chinese workers organize so many strikes without unions and without legal protection. In return, they are amazed by the thick contracts that U.S. unions have won. »

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