Labor Notes Archive

September, 2006

Nine Hundred Activists Discuss 'Building Solidarity From Below'
Facing Financial Crisis, Puerto Rican Government Lays Off 100,000: Union Response Is Divided
Viewpoint: Immigration “Compromises” Fall Short
Failed Solidarity: The ICFTU, AFL-CIO, ILO, and ORIT in Haiti
‘Unity, Democracy, Militancy’: New Trade Union Initiative Launched In India
Soldiers of Solidarity Stands Up for Delphi Workers
New Officers: Start Off on the Right Foot

June, 2006

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

May, 2006

Solidarity Defends a Fellow Worker
As Crisis Deepens: Is a Comeback for Labor in the Cards?
Unions Should Break With Managed Care
Student Occupation, Highway Sit-Down, and Hunger Strike at University of Miami Janitors’ Strike
Millions March for Immigrant Rights; Virtual Strike in Some Cities

April, 2006

How Do Unions Defend Pensions When Most People Don’t Have One?
SEIU Mega-Mergers in California Move Members To Organize Caucus
Delphi, GM, UAW Agree To Cut Jobs Through Buyouts
Railroads’ Demands Bring Unions Closer Together

March, 2006

The Teamsters Today: An Interview with Ron Carey
Nationwide Wildcat Miners’ Strike In Mexico
Chicago Immigrant Workers Are Organizing at Low-Wage Plants
Grocery Workers United Fights for Democracy and Better Leadership
Reforming the Teamsters: An Interview with Tom Leedham
Mexican Garment Workers Poised to Win an Independent Union
Katrina’s Aftermath Transforms Work in the Gulf Region

February, 2006

After Shutting Down the Big Apple New York Transit Workers Reject Proposed Contract
California Nurses Lead the Fight against Arnold Schwarzenegger's Anti-Union Ballot Measures
A Transit Worker's Perspective on the Strike and the "No" Vote
UAW Members Take Protest to the Auto Show
Facing Movement for Democracy, SEIU Gives Massachusetts Members to Teachers Union

January, 2006

Even Without a Union, Florida Wal-Mart Workers Use Collective Action to Enforce Rights

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