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  • Cablevision Workers Lead MLK Day March as Disparities Fuel Union Drive
    Mischa Gaus
    Jan 16 2012 - 10:05am

    Cablevision's Brooklyn technicians will lead a Martin Luther King Day march with the Reverend Al Sharpton to protest the company's racial disparities and prepare for a January 26 union election vote.

  • Striking Back against Picket Line Retaliation
    David Cohen
    Jan 13 2011 - 9:50am

    Verizon fired 40 union members in December for picket-line activity. Aren’t members protected in legally sanctioned strikes? Not always. But unions can prevent firings for strike conduct by mounting massive and disciplined activity that doesn’t allow the boss to target a few troublemakers.

  • Occupy Wake-Up Call Caps Remarkable Year
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 30 2011 - 8:42am

    It’s been an exhilarating year, with people finally moving into resistance after decades of misrule. The new-found energy is rejuvenating, making it easy to forget that we haven’t won most of these battles yet. Still, we’re way ahead of where we were this time last year.

  • Verizon Targets Union Leaders in Retaliatory Firings

    Verizon unleashed another salvo in the company’s six-month battle against its unionized workers, firing 40 East Coast workers over the weekend for picket-line activity during August’s two-week strike.

  • Reformers Sweep Vote in Verizon Union

    Verizon, look out—there’s a new union in town. A reform group took over a big New York City telecom local yesterday, pledging to re-energize the union. The election took place against the backdrop of a wrenching contract fight that’s dragged on since a two-week strike at Verizon in August.

  • Occupy Wall Street Regroups, as Union Allies Mobilize
    Mischa Gaus
    Nov 15 2011 - 6:32pm

    After an early-morning, military-style police eviction, Occupy Wall Street regrouped Tuesday. Protesters vowed the occupation would continue, as furious union allies said Thursday mobilizations would only grow in response to the raid.

  • Occupy Oakland Shuts Port as Unions Hustle to Keep Up
    Eduardo Soriano-Castillo
    Nov 3 2011 - 1:33pm

    Oakland's “day of action” closed shops and halted traffic at the nation’s fifth-largest port. Unions hustled to rally members, building a healthy response for the first occupy action where success required other organizations to mobilize.

  • Occupy Movement Faces Arrests, Aims at Verizon and Foreclosures
    Evan Rohar
    Oct 25 2011 - 4:43pm

    Occupy Wall Street and the Communications Workers rallied against runaway corporate power at Verizon, while Detroiters marched to Bank of America and Occupy Oakland and Chicago faced arrests.

  • Unions Rally to Wall Street Occupation
    Penny Lewis
    Sep 30 2011 - 11:18am

    Protesters united under the banner of "We are the 99 percent" have occupied the Wall Street area for two weeks. Now several New York unions are planning rallies in support, taking a stand against runaway corporate power.

  • Was Verizon Unions’ Labor Lost?
    Mischa Gaus
    Sep 24 2011 - 11:37pm

    Almost two weeks into their August strike, 45,000 Verizon workers were tapping a deep root of anger at corporations that enjoy immense profits but can’t be bothered to pay taxes or treat workers decently.