Labor Notes Archive

November, 2008

Smithfield Workers To Vote on Union
First-Ever Layoffs Loom at Postal Service

October, 2008

Puerto Rico’s Teachers Beat SEIU Raid
Card Check: Can It Organize the Unorganized?
Sympathy Strikes & the Law: Is Solidarity Legal?
A Financial Meltdown 30 Years in the Making
Financial Crisis Socks California
From $2 an Hour, Nashville Carwash Workers Plot a Future
Muslim Workers Demand Time for Prayer at Meatpacking Plants

September, 2008

Nurses Should Be in Their Own Union
Bronx Nursing Home Workers Win Back Health Care Benefits
Winnipeg Transit Workers Ratify Contract on Third Vote, but Many are Less Than Thrilled
Port Truckers Step Closer to Shedding Dirty Past
Unions Talk Race as Election Nears
'Why Privatize? We Can Run It Better!'
As Profits Soar, Boeing Demands Concessions, Driving Machinists On Strike
Hospital Organizing Has Slowed, Two Years After Labor Board's Controversial Supervisor Decision
Labor Board Limits Political Strikes
Under Shadow of Corruption Scandals, SEIU Launches Hearings Against Dissidents

August, 2008

D.C. Teachers Divided on Merit Pay Plan
Immigration Raid Breaks Up Organizing Drive at Iowa Meatpacking Plant
Verizon Decides Not to Take On Unions
Are Industrial Unions Better than Craft? Not Always.
Baltimore Stadium Cleaners Organized by Workers Center Join AFSCME
Employer Neutrality Backfires for Steelworkers in Canada
How To Lose Your Next Election — A Step-by-Step Guide

July, 2008

Unions Back Plan that Could Kill Off Real Health Care Reform
In Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Shows How Not To Do It
Building Strong Strike Support
Not Quite Quiet on the Waterfront

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