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New Safety-Conscious GM? Not for Injured Workers »

September 16, 2014 | Frank Hammer

“There’s an epidemic of disabled autoworkers at GM factories,” said organizer Paige Shell-Spurling at a recent protest. That's why four injured Colombian ex-GM workers are on hunger strike with lips sewn shut, and one is buried up to his neck.

Rail Workers Vote Down Single-Person Crews »

September 11, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury

Railroaders voted down a covertly negotiated deal that would have allowed huge freight trains to rumble across the western U.S. with just an engineer onboard, no conductor. “There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now.”

Grain Agreement Ends Lockouts in Northwest Ports »

September 10, 2014 | Paul Bigman

A hard-won contract settlement has ended the 15- and 18-month lockouts of two Longshore locals by grain companies in Portland and Vancouver, Washington.

Protests Break the Silence of Grief over Turkish Mine Disaster »

September 9, 2014 | Kıvanç Eliaçık

Each passing day we understand better: what happened May 13 was no accident. It was the result of privatization, corporate negligence, and an indifferent government.

Stop Feeding The Hand that Bites Us »

September 8, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury

Politicians boasted they’d persuaded VW to “invest” $600 million in Tennessee—but almost $300 million of that will come from the state’s taxpayers. But what if the state spent that directly, on restoring jobs it recently cut?

International Teacher Solidarity Cross-Pollinates »

September 4, 2014 | Jeff Abbott

Teachers facing similar conditions are inspiring each other across borders, with exchanges between teachers in Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Defend (and Understand) Your Transgender Members »

September 3, 2014 | Andrea Bowen

This was new territory for the shop steward—trying to help out a transgender worker—but he knew his job was the same as ever: protect her rights.

Audio: Home Care Unions Adapt to New Legal Obstacles »

September 2, 2014 | Labor Notes Staff

Labor Notes' Samantha Winslow discussed the implications of Harris v. Quinn in two recent in a radio interviews. Meanwhile, home care unions are signing up members and winning elections.

Viewpoint: Don’t Just ‘Save Artie T.’ »

August 29, 2014 | Jeff Goldhaber

For the last week or so, I’ve been speaking with workers from Market Basket stores. What I heard from these hourly workers was very different than what you hear in the press from striking managers.

They Don’t Need a Majority To Get Things Done »

August 27, 2014 | Samantha Winslow

Workers at the North Carolina Cummins diesel engine plant won wage increases this summer—even without having a recognized union or majority union support inside their shop.

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police »

August 26, 2014 | Flintheart Glomgold and Launchpad McQuack

A dozen part-time UPS workers took protest action after discovering ties between Missouri law enforcement and a company whose shipments they handle each day.

Six Hundred Cleaning Ladies Re-Invigorating Greek Movement »

August 25, 2014 | Sonia Mitralia, English translation by Isidoros Diakides

Fired janitors have been occupying the entrance of Greece's Ministry of Economic Development, among other creative tactics. Their fighting spirit is infectious.

Market Basket Strike Looks Like a Strike Should »

August 22, 2014 | Peter Olney

Striking Market Basket employees are waging a colorful and creative, community-based struggle to keep their CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas.

‘Mike Brown Is Our Son’ »

August 20, 2014 | Jane Slaughter

“My first reaction was ‘oh no, not again,’” said Mark Esters, an organizer for the Communications Workers in the St. Louis area. “And trying to take it all in. And then, what should our response be? The answer was collective action."

Ferguson: A String of Betrayals »

August 20, 2014 | Peter Downs

The conflict in Ferguson, Missouri, is about policing—but it is also about much more. To understand what's happened there, you also have to understand the outsourcing of industry, the housing bubble, and education reform.

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