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Verizon Cuts Off Strikers’ Health Care, as Service Outages Rise »

August 18, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

Noisy picket lines are turning away customers at Verizon’s wireless stores as the largest strike in the country weathered a rainy second week. Some service was disrupted throughout the Northeast.


In Norway, Right-Wing Terror Flares as Solidarity Ebbs »

August 15, 2011 | Lars Henriksson

The right-wing Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik is not a “lone madman." He can only be understood in his political context—which includes a union movement that substituted national competition for international solidarity.

REVIEW: Reviving Labor's Last, Best, and Final Weapon—The Strike »

August 12, 2011 | Marty Harrison

In a refreshingly straightforward style, Joe Burns argues persuasively that the cause of union decline is our inability to wage a successful strike. That is, one which shuts down production and compels the employer to accede to union demands.



Verizon Strike Turns Away Customers and Chases Scabs »

August 11, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

Verizon’s strike in the Northeast is into Day Five and big picket lines are turning away customers at the company’s wireless stores. Verizon seeks injunctions against strikers at its offices and stores, while mobile picketers chase scabs.

Wisconsin Recalls Take Two, Needed Three »

August 10, 2011 | Jim Cavanaugh

By defeating only two of the six Republican state senators up for recall, Democrats fell one vote shy of a majority in the Senate. Out-of-state money spent on radio and TV ads made the elections some of the most expensive ever.

A Day in an Auto Plant: High-Stakes Musical Chairs »

August 10, 2011 | Alex Wassell

What is it like to work in an auto plant these days? The company mantra is to do more work with fewer people and less money. My co-workers are less than optimistic about winning back the concessions we all made to keep Chrysler in business.

The NEA’s Circus »

August 9, 2011 | Bill Balderston

At times a P.T. Barnum-like spectacle conducted under the thumb of staff, the assembly representing the National Education Association is also an impressive demonstration of a democratic decision-making body.

Verizon Strike: As Billions Roll In, Workers Walk Out »

August 8, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

At Verizon locations throughout the Northeast, 45,000 workers started walking picket lines Sunday. “We’re on strike for our bargaining rights, just like Wisconsin or Ohio,” said CWA President Larry Cohen.

Honeywell Uranium Workers End Lockout, Accept Concessions »

August 5, 2011 | Jerry Mead Lucero

In a narrow vote on Tuesday, locked-out Steelworkers at the Metropolis, Illinois, uranium conversion plant accepted a contract containing a host of concessions sought by their employer for more than 13 months.

Next Low-Wage Haven: USA »

August 5, 2011 | Jane Slaughter

Jokes about the U.S. becoming “Europe’s Mexico” are commonplace, but now high-priced consultants are pushing the notion in all seriousness. As Chinese wages rise and U.S. wages fall, manufacturing costs in the two countries are converging fast.

Strike Beats Back Pension Cuts at NY Nuclear Plants »

August 4, 2011 | Howie Hawkins and Vincent Lloyd

Older workers defended pension benefits for younger workers in a successful strike at two nuclear reactors in Oswego, New York. IBEW Local 97’s strike drew notable community support, aimed at protecting union jobs and benefits, but also nuclear safety as a skeleton crew ran the plant.

Koreans Brave Pepper Spray, Thugs to Rally at Crane Sit-In »

August 3, 2011 | Kap Su Seol

About 15,000 rallied in the South Korean port city of Busan last weekend to support a woman welder whose lone sit-in atop a shipyard crane has lasted 208 days.

A Disastrous Debt Deal: Just Cuts, and No Jobs »

August 2, 2011 | Mark Brenner

The Senate handed Republicans a complete victory this afternoon, in a crisis they manufactured, then exploited, to wring $2.1 trillion in cuts from the federal budget over the next decade.

Verizon Showdown Calls for New Strike Tactics »

August 2, 2011 | Steve Early

Telephone workers at Verizon have voted to strike if no agreement is reached this weekend. But would it be wiser to stay on the job and strike selectively over grievances?

Emergency Decree Cuts Wages for Detroit School Workers »

August 2, 2011 | Jane Slaughter

The emergency manager of the troubled Detroit school district is using his near-dictatorial powers to cancel contracts, imposing a 10 percent wage cut on 10,000 employees and upping their health care costs.

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