mergers

  • Nurses from 10 States Embrace National Union

    Registered nurses from across the U.S. gathered this week for the founding convention of the National Nurses United, destined to be the largest RN union in the country's history. After months of a contentious, litigation-filled atmosphere, the new union's creation was met with a outpouring of joy by delegates.

  • Nurses Move Toward a 'Superunion'
    Mischa Gaus
    Dec 4 2009 - 12:29pm

    A national “superunion” of 150,000 bedside nurses kicked off its founding convention Monday. Fights inside two of the three unions coming together make it clear: How unions make major decisions matters as much as the end product.

  • Viewpoint: An Evening with Andy Stern

    Steve Early

    It’s April Fool’s day, plus one, in what Bob Dylan once called "the green pastures of Harvard University." What does the guest, Andy Stern, think makes for a good union? “If I was being hypothetical, I’d say democracy" . . . .


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  • The UNITE-HERE Merger: Is It a Step Forward … or Business as Usual?

    William Johnson

    It’s been a few months now since we heard anything from the New Unity Partnership (NUP), the coalition first described here in October 2003. This coalition-composed of the presidents of the Service Employees (SEIU), Hotel and Restaurant Employees (HERE), Garment and Textile Workers (UNITE), Carpenters, and Laborers unions-planned to strengthen the U.S. labor movement by increasing union density sector by sector.


    Yes
  • Illusions About Employee Ownership Being Shattered at United Air Lines

    by Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard

    The flying public is angry at United Airlines, the largest carrier in the world. Between May and October, the company canceled almost 9,000 flights--most of them while passengers were already at the airports or on their way.


    Yes
  • Showdown at Bell Atlantic Will Focus on Keeping Telephone Industry Unionized

    by Steve Early

    Eighty-five thousand members of the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers from Maine to Virginia face a showdown with Bell Atlantic on August 5 over the issue of organizing rights at its new subsidiaries.


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