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Soldiers of Solidarity Stands Up for Delphi Workers »

September 28, 2006 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Stacey and Don Kemp, both auto workers in Michigan, are looking forward to the Labor Notes Conference. Stacey sits on the steering committee of Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS), the rank-and-file group of auto workers that has been organizing against concessions. She’s a member of UAW Local 467 and...

New Officers: Start Off on the Right Foot »

September 28, 2006 | Mike Parker and Martha Gruelle

Immediately after winning election, local officers need to plan and assign a wide range of tasks. Many can be started during the lame-duck period; others can be planned before the election and implemented after you take office.

Toronto Transit Workers Pull Surprise Wildcat: Transit Strikes Also on the Rise in U.S. »

June 30, 2006 | Marsha Niemeijer

As Toronto sweltered under summer temperatures and smog warnings, 700,000 transit riders unexpectedly found themselves out on the streets during morning rush hour on Monday, May 29, looking for alternative means of transportation...

Solidarity Defends a Fellow Worker »

May 1, 2006 |

Author(s):
Dan La Botz


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Management often goes after workers who appear to be weak or disadvantaged. Gregg Shotwell, who works at a Delphi auto parts plant in Coopersville, Michigan, tells how members protected one of their own...


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Management often...

As Crisis Deepens: Is a Comeback for Labor in the Cards? »

May 1, 2006 | Chris Kutalik

Several months ago, the Wall Street Journal described an increase in strikes in the United States. But the modest revival of grassroots activity in the U.S. labor movement at the end of 2005 has largely been missed by the mainstream press...

Unions Should Break With Managed Care »

May 1, 2006 | Kip Sullivan

During the 1980s and ‘90s, cost-control tactics pioneered by HMOs spread throughout the entire health insurance industry. Those tactics, known collectively as “managed care,” were applied by the insurance industry first to employees of large-employers, and then to small-employers...

Student Occupation, Highway Sit-Down, and Hunger Strike at University of Miami Janitors’ Strike »

May 1, 2006 | Reverend C.J. Hawking

After a 13-hour occupation at the University of Miami (UM) on March 28, 16 students and a campus chaplain emerged from the administrative building at 1:40 a.m. with a promise from UM President Donna Shalala to meet with the janitors attempting to unionize on the campus...

Millions March for Immigrant Rights; Virtual Strike in Some Cities »

May 1, 2006 | Dan La Botz

Millions of Latino immigrant workers throughout the United States marched and rallied in March and April to oppose repressive immigration legislation in Congress and to demand just immigration reform...

How Do Unions Defend Pensions When Most People Don’t Have One? »

April 1, 2006 | Steve Early

Are the days of the “defined benefit” pension over? After the last two years, many people seem to think so. In a recent interview, Boston College Professor Alicia Munnell summed up a common view on pensions for the Wall Street Journal: “Our employer-based social welfare system is collapsing. [...

SEIU Mega-Mergers in California Move Members To Organize Caucus »

April 1, 2006 | Barri Boone

Last year, Service Employees (SEIU)President Andy Stern started a website called “Since Sliced Bread.” Now, it looks like he’s intent on slicing up the grand state of California into a few SEIU megalocals. How soon this happens and who decides is now a matter of intense debate in all levels of...

Delphi, GM, UAW Agree To Cut Jobs Through Buyouts »

April 1, 2006 | Dianne Feeley and Jane Slaughter

Eager to rid themselves of workers whose contracts provide rights and entitlements, General Motors and Delphi Corp. will offer buyouts to induce workers to leave the two companies. GM’s goal is to lose 30,000 of the 113,000 hourly workers now on its books. The company employed over 133,000 in...

Railroads’ Demands Bring Unions Closer Together »

April 1, 2006 | Ron Kaminkow

In a remarkable about-face, the leadership of the United Transportation Union (UTU) and the Teamster-affiliated Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) issued a public statement in early February, proclaiming solidarity with one another and calling off--at least for the moment--...

The Teamsters Today: An Interview with Ron Carey »

March 1, 2006 | Chris Kutalik

In the first-ever direct election for Teamsters General President in 1991, reform candidate Ron Carey won a surprising upset victory over the incumbent old guard. Carey was removed from office in 1998 by the federal government’s Independent Review Board. He was later acquitted of all criminal...

Nationwide Wildcat Miners’ Strike In Mexico »

March 1, 2006 | Dan La Botz

More than 250,000 miners and steelworkers from central to northern Mexico walked off the job March 1-3 in wildcat strikes at 70 companies that virtually paralyzed the mining industry. While the strike has ended, this may be the only first act in an unfolding drama that could challenge Mexican...

Chicago Immigrant Workers Are Organizing at Low-Wage Plants »

March 1, 2006 | Mark Meinster

Fresh from organizing and first- contract battles in largely-immigrant shops, rank-and-file United Electrical Workers (UE) leaders from Chicago will be attending this year’s Labor Notes Conference eager to learn new skills and share experiences...

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