A sudden storm that had blown into the Bay Area the night before broke just as unexpectedly on April 28, less than an hour before a spirited rally against pension cuts and concessions at United Airlines took place at San Francisco International Airport . . . .

By "calling the question" about how the labor movement responds to its current crisis, the Service Employees union has done us a great service . . . .

Paper mill workers in Miramichi, New Brunswick, have been on strike for more than five months against one of the largest forest product companies in the world, Finnish-owned UPM Kymmene. Their cause made headlines in mid-February when 300 workers defied an injunction and created mass picket lines.

There is a growing dissent movement within SEIU Local 888. Since May 2000, when the SEIU unveiled its New Strength Unity program (NSU), expectations of many members have not been met. Local 888 members have discovered a peculiar set of policies and priorities that are cause for serious concern. Rumors of de-certification and re-affiliation have circulated through some of the units . . . .

Reformers in Teamsters Local 728 in the Atlanta area reaped the benefits of a hard-fought, member-driven election campaign . . . .