concessions

  • Nurses Say Private Equity Firm Starving Massachusetts Hospitals
    Mark Brenner, Mischa Gaus
    Dec 20 2011 - 6:26pm

    Nurses sang sour carols today to the private equity firm they say is starving Massachusetts hospitals and pitting workers against each other. Steward hospitals, owned by Cerberus Capital, is squeezing hard.

  • 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.

  • Clericals Say UAW Should Practice What It Preaches

    Clerical workers at United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit are protesting layoffs that will take effect Friday. They picketed this month carrying signs that read “What about shared sacrifice?” and “Justice for ALL workers.”

  • Will ‘Governor 1 Percent’ Break New York’s Public Unions?

    While Midwest governors who attacked public workers last winter are seeing tremendous public opposition, New York’s Andrew Cuomo continues to be buoyed by high approval ratings. The irony has not escaped members of the Public Employees Federation, who have worked under the threat of layoffs since the summer, when they rejected the Democratic governor’s concessionary contract

  • 21,000 Strike Giant California Hospital Chains
    Mark Brenner, Mischa Gaus
    Sep 23 2011 - 1:06pm

    Sparking giant strikes in two California hospital chains, 4,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers walked on Wednesday. Joining them on sympathy strikes were 19,000 other hospital workers.

  • Low Expectations Are Met in GM-UAW Deal

    Update: For an analysis of the contract by UAW bargaining committeeperson Gary Walkowicz, click here.

    For an analysis of the contract's "lowlights" by the Autoworker Caravan reform group, click here.

  • UAW Contract’s Hidden Surprises for Skilled Trades

    As United Auto Workers talks with the Detroit 3 go down to the wire—contracts expire at midnight tonight—workers are wondering what hidden surprises may await them in a tentative agreement. At Chrysler, skilled trades workers are finding big problems concealed in the last concessions contract, as management thins their numbers to the bare minimum and gets barely trained production workers to take on their dangerous work.

  • UAW Dissidents Push Second-Tier Workers into Contract Talks
    Jane Slaughter
    Sep 6 2011 - 5:16pm

    Auto worker dissidents are claiming progress in their campaign against the two-tier system that pays new hires half a wage, as UAW President Bob King now says a pay boost for these workers is his top priority.

  • Verizon Strike Ends, For Now
    Jenny Brown
    Aug 23 2011 - 6:23pm

    After 15 days on strike, 45,000 Verizon workers will march into work on Tuesday after extracting an agreement from their stubborn employer to bargain. While many strikers are relieved to return to their jobs, they worry that Verizon will go back to its old tricks.

  • Big Organizing Challenge Remains After Temporary Truce at Verizon
    Steve Early
    Aug 22 2011 - 3:27pm

    As the unions at Verizon enter the uncharted waters of what could still be an intermittent strike, continued mobilization is needed to keep maximum pressure on Verizon.