Last month United Electrical Workers Local 204 in Taunton, Massachusetts, called for mass picketing and blockading of entrances to a shuttered factory to stop the auction of its machines. In response, the company has postponed the auction, in a temporary victory for the union and the city, which is moving forward to take the plant equipment by eminent domain.
The version of health insurance legislation that passed the House of Representatives Sunday will affect workers in ways both obvious and not so obvious.
