Troublemakers Blog
June 01, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 27 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 27, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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May 29, 2013 /
A famous TED Talk claims that foreign-owned factories in China have helped workers there improve their lives. Can we pin our hopes for workers’ well-being on the benevolence of Apple?
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May 25, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 20 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 20, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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May 24, 2013 / Jenny Brown
Wendy’s felt a double dose of worker power at the company’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan yesterday as farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and workers from Wendy’s restaurants gathered outside in successive waves to present their demands.
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May 22, 2013 /
Around 200 activists came out to the New York Troublemakers School last weekend for a solid dose of skills and inspiration.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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