Labor Notes #366, September 2009 | Labor Notes

Labor Notes #366, September 2009

Food Service Workers Buck Secret Organizing Deals

Paul Abowd

Sep 8 2009 - 10:14am

A delegation of U.S. food service workers flew to the Paris headquarters of their employer Sodexo last winter, delivering petitions against the company’s anti-union practices. They also took to the streets, joining the French general strike.
AFL-CIO Convention: Passing the Torch...or Lighting a Fire?

Labor Notes Staff

Aug 27 2009 - 10:18pm
Delegates to UAW-Ford Council Oppose More Concessions

Ron Lare

Aug 28 2009 - 10:10pm

Delegates to the United Auto Workers’ national Ford Council opposed reopening their contract in early August to make more concessions. Ford made a $2.3 billion profit in the second quarter of 2009, though the company attributes that to debt swaps and one-off cuts.
How Can Labor Get Stronger in the Recession?

Jane Slaughter

Aug 27 2009 - 10:08pm
How Canadians Won Single Payer

Kyle Buott

Aug 28 2009 - 10:06pm
Organizing With or Without EFCA

Jane Slaughter

Aug 27 2009 - 10:04pm
EFCA: What’s on the Table?

Jane Slaughter

Aug 27 2009 - 10:02pm
Labor Law Reform, One State at a Time

Ashok Kumar and Joel Feingold

Aug 27 2009 - 10:01pm
Interview: How One Central Labor Council is Bringing Out the Best in its Members

Labor Notes Staff

Aug 27 2009 - 9:58pm
Solidarity Day 1981: 250,000 March on Washington

Labor Notes staff

Aug 27 2009 - 9:25pm

We are willing to bet that a larger proportion of Labor Notes readers marched on Solidarity Day than of any other publication in America. But for those of you who couldn’t go, here’s an idea of what it was like.

Health Care Bill's Hidden Pitfalls

Peter Knowlton

March 12, 2010
'Toxic' Health Bill or No, Labor's 'Medicare for All' Activists Dig In

Jane Slaughter

March 10, 2010
Anger at Insurance Companies Pulls 1000s to Protest

Paddy Lehane

March 9, 2010

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