The "Resistance and Recovery" week of action burst with 250 events in early April. As the corporate attack on workers intensifies with the economic crisis, Jobs with Justice and Student Labor Action Project activists took the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination as occasion to push back.
One at a time, the teachers came out of the sub-zero January cold and into the lobby of Wayne State University’s McGregor Hall in Detroit. By the time the board of governors meeting began—where the teachers had three minutes total to detail their concerns—they were together in force. . . .
Amy Offner Traducido por Ric Urrutia y Julian Gonzalez
El 9 de noviembre, trabajadores de la limpieza en Boston ratificaron un contrato de cinco años dos semanas después de terminar una huelga de 23 dias que atrajo atención nacional. Los administradores de la union de los trabajadores de la limpieza, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 254, dijeron que el acuerdo fue una victoria porque le ofrece seguro de salud a 1,000 mas trabajadores de tiempo parcial.
In 1997, a group of union musicians formed a task force to analyze the structure of the American Federation of Musicians. They were looking for ways the AFM could better serve its membership. The task force presented its proposals for change at the AFM convention last August--but the AFM leadership rejected them.