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It turns out the United States doesn’t export only Justin Bieber and Big Macs. We also export the trends of our labor movement.
Five hundred dockworkers are facing down the richest man in Hong Kong in a strike that has entered its third week and brought transport in the world’s third-busiest port to a virtual halt.
NUHW scored a win for patients when it forced Kaiser Permanente to address inadequate staffing at psychiatric facilities throughout the state.
“Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, out, out, out!” was the slogan chanted at so many demonstrations.
Brooklyn nurses are fighting to save a needed hospital from real estate developers, and to stop for-profit companies from taking over New York patient care.
Immigrant workers from four countries struck the big parcel delivery companies in Italy, and forced them to honor contract terms.
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 1 abril, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of April 1, in Spanish and English.
Politicians eager to “reform” public spending are looking for savings in all the wrong places.
Nearly two decades after Bill Clinton ended “welfare as we know it,” we’re seeing a new push to decimate what’s left of the safety net.
A worker-owned cooperative with 1,050 members is building tires in Mexico, paying high wages, and proving what we knew all along.
When a Mexican tire factory closed, workers fought to keep it open—and ended up as owners.
Harry Kelber spent 80 years as a labor activist. See him speaking and reciting his poem "Wall Street Daydream" here.
Kaiser workers will vote whether to change unions, four years after their local, United Healthcare Workers West, was trusteed by their international, the Service Employees.
The FCC is opening a window in October for unions and community organizations to apply for Low-Power FM licenses—labor groups should jump at the chance.
Chemical workers in Waterford, New York, fought a losing battle against drastic wage cuts in 2010. This time they have roundly rejected the company's deal and are gearing up for a showdown.
