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  • Unions Seek to Regain Foothold at GE
    Mischa Gaus
    Apr 10 2012 - 11:24am

    If the war against unions has reached a tipping point, Wilma Smith is among those determined to rebalance the scales. Workers like her are losing their fear and leading a spurt of organizing at General Electric.

  • Supply Chain Workers Test Strength of Links
    Jane Slaughter
    Mar 29 2012 - 1:00pm

    Workers in the nation’s sprawling distribution network hold enormous potential power. Today warehouse workers are organizing in three hubs: the “Inland Empire” east of LA, a giant complex near Chicago, and the centers along the Jersey Turnpike.

  • UE Occupies Chicago Window Plant Again, and Wins Reprieve
    Jane Slaughter
    Feb 24 2012 - 12:30pm

    Members of the United Electrical Workers won another reprieve for a Chicago window factory, re-occupying the plant they famously held in 2008. UE took over the plant yesterday after local management said it would close immediately.

  • Action on the Job: Tips and Traps
    David Cohen, Judy Atkins
    Nov 16 2011 - 4:40pm

    Workers have the right to organize and take action on the job, even with a contract and grievance procedure in place. But stewards need to know how to bend the rules without getting people in trouble.

  • Chicago Warehouse Workers Navigate Maze of Contractors to Organize
    Jane Slaughter
    Nov 11 2011 - 11:08am

    The UE launched an organizing committee among the 50,000 warehouse workers southwest of Chicago, who handle a trillion dollars worth of goods every year. The union looks to unite workers from across the dizzying array of contractors that operate in the warehouses.

  • United Electrical Workers Celebrate 75 Turbulent Years

    The union’s convention this week, in Pittsburgh, showed the UE spirit alive and kicking despite the hammering it’s taken along with the rest of the labor movement.

  • GE to Unions: Drop Dead
    Alexandra Brown
    May 24 2011 - 4:18pm

    Flush with cash, fresh from plant closings, and celebrated at the White House, GE said the company would still seek to double workers' costs for health insurance and eliminate new hires' pensions. Bargaining with 11 unions opened yesterday in New York.

  • CWA’s ‘Speed Matters’ Campaign: Defending an Open, High-Speed Internet
    George Kohl
    Feb 18 2011 - 9:10pm
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    For five years, CWAers across the country have worked with allies, including major civil rights organizations, the Sierra Club, and others, to build a campaign to bring high-speed internet to rural and urban America.

  • Stop the Auction!: UE Seeks Solidarity

    UPDATE: The auction action has been canceled. Esterline Technologies improved its severance offer--on the condition that UE Local 204 not attempt to stop the auction. The local said that more than $600,000 for 85 members is at stake. More information will be forthcoming.

  • In Connecticut, City Employees Seek Allies to Save Services
    Carol Lambiase
    Jan 12 2011 - 1:26pm

    Public employees in Norwich, Connecticut, a former mill town of about 37,000, are organizing to preserve jobs and services and to get their scheduled wage increases. Our campaign marshals the facts about what members do, identifies allies, and finds better ways to run the city.