Author(s):
William Johnson and Ron Lare

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After extracting massive concessions from the UAW last fall, auto parts maker Visteon woke up on May 30 with a strike on its hands at its Bedford, Indiana plant...

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Author(s):
Mark Sobel

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As the Postal Service (USPS) shifts towards a for-profit corporate model, managers have become more and more interested in “trimming the fat” by cutting loose employees deemed unnecessary. To do this, they have introduced a program on Long Island and in Flushing, New York called the “Outplacement Initiative...”

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Jane Slaughter and Mike Parker

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Victor Reuther died June 3. The youngest Reuther brother was a key organizer of the Flint sit-down strikes of 1936-37 that helped found the United Auto Workers...

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Chris Townsend

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In between exhortations to “Dump Bush!” it is not uncommon these days to hear trade unionists ask in exasperation, “What’s wrong with our political action?” There is no question that the political action policies, programs, and entanglements of our labor movement have contributed to the decline in labor’s clout on the political front over the past several decades. . . .

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Marsha Niemeijer and Carl Biers

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Opponents of a master contract covering 15,000 East and Gulf Coast longshore workers in the International Longshoremen’s Association are protesting a June 8 contract vote. They are alleging serious misconduct, including charges of voter intimidation, and misinformation about the time and location of balloting in some ports...

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