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Teamsters Lose Jobs when UAW Signs Sweetheart Deal »

August 9, 2012 | Ken Paff

More than 100 Teamster drivers in Louisville, Kentucky, lost their jobs when employers colluded with a United Auto Workers local to oust them and sign a sweetheart deal.

Making Sure a Strike Centers On Unfair Labor Practices »

August 8, 2012 | Robert M. Schwartz

Positioning a walkout as an unfair labor practice strike is one of the key tasks for any union on the verge of a labor battle, because ULP strikers cannot be permanently replaced. Here's how the union can lay the groundwork it needs.

Lacking Contracts, New Orleans Teachers Use Old-School Tactics »

August 7, 2012 | Theresa Moran

After Katrina, New Orleans fired all 7,500 of its teachers. The firings were recently ruled illegal, but teachers won't get their jobs back. Instead, the union is fighting for teachers and students through a grassroots, social justice approach.

Lips Sewed Shut, Colombia GM Workers Will Not Be Silent »

August 6, 2012 | John Walsh

Last week four disabled former General Motors workers in Bogotá, Colombia, sewed their lips closed to begin a hunger strike that they say they will continue until GM responds to their demand for other jobs, or until they die.



Review: Organize or Die by Laura McClure »

August 3, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

Many of us hesitate to read books, or watch movies, where we’re familiar with the subject matter, because it’s so painful when the author gets it wrong. Attorneys wince watching the many lawyerly TV shows, because it just doesn't happen that way.

Nissan Workers Seek Fair Shake in Mississippi Plant »

August 2, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

UAW President Bob King says organizing foreign-owned auto plants is make-or-break for the shrinking union. A Mississippi Nissan plant where temps are a quarter of the workforce is the UAW's first Southern foray in 11 years.

Ending Quebec Lockout, Steel Workers Limit Subcontractors »

August 1, 2012 | Mischa Gaus

Just before Olympic athletes began climbing London podiums to receive their medals, Canadian smelter workers settled a dispute with the multinational that provides the gold, silver, and bronze.

Eager to Unionize, Grad Workers Wait for NLRB’s Thumbs-Up »

July 31, 2012 | Sarah Lazare

Students or workers? As grad employees wait for the NLRB to consider allowing them to unionize, some aren’t waiting for the legal right to bargain to start acting like a union. On several campuses, they’ve spent years organizing.

Unions Expect Verizon to Impose Terms, Ready to Walk Out Again »

July 30, 2012 | Jenny Brown

Union negotiators think Verizon is on the verge of imposing a "completely horrendous" final offer on 45,000 CWA and IBEW members. It may mean the workers will walk out again, after a year.

Arizona's Immigrants and Unions Organize Against 'Show Me Your Papers' Law »

July 27, 2012 | Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

While opponents of Arizona's harsh anti-immigrant law went back to court last week, unions and community groups are not waiting for the courts—they're organizing to mitigate its worst effects now.

Con Ed Workers Back on the Job, Company Maintains Hard Line »

July 26, 2012 | Mark Brenner

With summer storms looming, locked out utility workers are returning to work after a four-week standoff with Consolidated Edison, New York City’s electricity provider, after state politicians stepped into the high-profile dispute.


Chicago Teachers Win Relief in Longer Day Battle, but War Not Over »

July 25, 2012 | Theresa Moran

The Chicago Teachers Union won a major victory yesterday when the city halted its plans to increase teacher work hours.


Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago school board announced in April that they were unilaterally increasing the school day by 20 percent in the fall—without increasing...

Hotel Workers Tell Hyatt to Feel Their Pain as Boycott Grows »

July 24, 2012 | Jenny Brown

Hotel workers in 20 cities are planning pickets, civil disobedience, and other actions this week to protest relentless efforts by Hyatt to drive workers harder and replace permanent jobs with temporary, lower-paid ones.

Supreme Court Opens Door to ‘Open Shop’ »

July 23, 2012 | Mark Brenner

In an ominous late June ruling, the Supreme Court paved the way for rewriting the rules on how public sector unions collect dues. The result could curtail those unions’ spending on political action.

Whose Jobs Are We Bringing Home? »

July 19, 2012 | Ruth Needleman

The approach of U.S. unions to global trade has often been contradictory, caught between the impulse for international solidarity and the urgent desire to save jobs at home.

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