dissidents

  • Members Decry Loyalty Oaths, Cozy Deals: Reform Movement Forms in SEIU

    Author(s):
    Paul Krehbiel

    Excerpt:
    On the heels of a public fight over the Service Employees (SEIU) International’s move toward labor-management partnership deals and hyper-centralization, members are joining a newly founded national reform group. . . .

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  • The Loyal Opposition in New York's Teachers Union Collapses After Making Deal with Unity Caucus

    Author(s):
    Marian Swerdlow

    Excerpt:
    Recent elections in New York’s United Federation of Teachers -- the nation’s largest teachers union local -- marked a sea change in the union’s internal politics.
    In the short term, no serious challenge is posed to the Unity caucus, an efficient monolith which has dominated the UFT for decades and rewards members with jobs outside the classroom. But in the long term, these elections may signal a revitalization of opposition to Unity within the UFT.

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  • Pressroom Workers Raise A Stink At San Diego's Union Tribune

    Author(s):
    Liza Zador

    Excerpt:
    After almost two years of working without a new contract, pressroom workers at the Union Tribune News in San Diego are winning the community over in their struggle for fair working conditions and better pay. Their employer, the Copley family, has refused to negotiate a fair contract with Graphic Communications International Union Local 404.

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  • Telephone Workers Fight Discrimination at Ameritech

    Author(s):
    Kim Moody

    Excerpt:
    Backed by their union, members of Communications Workers of America Local 4100 in Detroit have been fighting discriminatory practices at Ameritech, the Chicago-based telephone company that serves much of the midwest. At the center of the fight is a rank and file organization of African American technicians and service representatives known as AAA-EE (Triple A, Double E), which stands for An Alliance of Ameritech Employees for Equality.

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