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  • Toronto Mayor Set to Lock Out City Workers
    Jane Slaughter
    Jan 24 2012 - 12:30pm

    Toronto’s mayor wants to privatize a raft of city services and to clear the way, he's taking on the largest public sector locals in Canada. Counting down to what looks like a lockout February 5, unions are scrambling to make their case to city residents.

  • 100 Years Later, the Cry for ‘Bread & Roses’ Still Resonates

    One hundred years ago today, thousands of angry textile workers abandoned their looms and poured into the frigid streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Like Occupy Wall Street in our own gilded age, this unexpected grassroots protest cast a dramatic spotlight on the problem of social and economic inequality. In all of American labor history, there are few better examples of the synergy between radical activism and indigenous militancy.

  • 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.

  • After Union Bails Out Cooper Tire, Company Locks Workers Out
    Mischa Gaus
    Dec 16 2011 - 10:20am

    Steelworkers locked out at a Cooper Tire plant in Ohio are raising the alarm as scabs move in to start building tires. The union is incensed by the lockout, which comes after big concessions and a USW-backed tariff.

  • Campaign Accelerates To Recall Wisconsin Governor
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:39pm

    Wisconsin unionists say a copycat attack on Machinists is one more reason to recall Governor Scott Walker. Petitioners have gathered 507,000 signatures ahead of a mid-January deadline, almost enough to force a recall vote.

  • No-Strike Clauses Hold Back Unions
    Stanley Aronowitz
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:24pm
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    When leaders of the Occupy movement’s most reliable labor ally, the Longshore Union (ILWU), declared the union would not participate in Monday’s shutdown of West Coast ports, they illustrated a great weakness plaguing our unions.

  • Port Actions Spark Debate
    Labor Notes Staff
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:18pm
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    Every ILWU officer and international staffer reiterates the union’s solidarity with the Occupy movement and its goals. But the December 12 action annoyed many. Members and officials questioned why occupiers called for action without consulting the people that action would affect most.

  • West Coast Terminals Close
    Evan Rohar
    Dec 15 2011 - 12:05pm
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    For the second time in a month, the Occupy movement called for mass action to shut down ports. This time, the occupiers targeted the entire West Coast.

  • 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.

  • Toronto-Area Transit Workers Strike against Privatization
    Mischa Gaus
    Dec 1 2011 - 12:11pm

    “The problem is privatization,” says Toronto-area transit union leader Bob Kinnear, so bus drivers are on strike to bring the problem to the public. Passengers north of Toronto pay the highest fares in the area, but workers get the lowest wages.