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Postal Workers Elect New Leaders Who Pledge to Build a Movement »

October 9, 2013 | Alexandra Bradbury

A diverse slate of local leaders has won top seats in the American Postal Workers Union, promising to beat back contract concessions and organize a grassroots coalition to save the Postal Service.

Professors and Adjuncts Unite, Win Raises, Job Security in First Contract »

October 9, 2013 | Stefan Ostrach

Teachers at the University of Oregon approved by 99 percent a first contract yesterday, the fruits of solidarity between tenure-track and contingent faculty that began six years ago.

Pittsburgh Troublemakers Go to School »

October 8, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

Eighty activists, including members of the Steelworkers, Transit Union (ATU), United Electrical Workers (UE), Service Employees, and AFSCME, gathered Saturday for a day of trainings, workshops, and discussions: the Pittsburgh Troublemakers School.

GE Set to Close Plant on Superfund Site, Strand Workers »

October 8, 2013 | Jon Flanders

GE poisoned the workplace and the Hudson River with PCBs, and now it's running away. But factory workers are fighting for their jobs.

Fast Food Workers Win a Union…through Zoolidarity »

October 7, 2013 | Shamus Cooke

Is a union too high a goal for fast food workers? Part-timers at the Oregon Zoo showed it could be done.

Shutdown Puts Federal Worker Union Rights in Jeopardy »

October 4, 2013 | Howard Egerman

Not only are some federal employees working without knowing whether we’ll be paid, we’re also doing it without our usual union representation on the job.

Viewpoint: Immigration Bill’s New Bracero Program Will Hurt Farmworkers »

October 3, 2013 | David Bacon

There is no question that we need immigration reform. But another guestworker program is a bad idea.

One-Day Strikes: A Word to the Wise »

October 2, 2013 | Robert M. Schwartz

Both union and non-union workers who pull a short-term strike, as Walmart and fast food workers have done recently, have the same legal protections as those who do open-ended ones.

Review: How the Early Flight Attendants Fought Sexism and Homophobia »

October 1, 2013 | Matthew Armstrong-Price

The flight attendant workforce began as all-male, kicked the men out when women became cheaper, and admitted men again only after airlines were sued. Paul Tiemeyer's new book Plane Queer shows the fight against homophobia is a big part of male flight attendants' story.

Employee or Independent Contractor? Employer Fraud Costs Workers »

September 30, 2013 | Chris Wagner

Misclassification is a serious problem in Texas construction—so serious that my local decided to do an undercover investigation, using members to infiltrate job sites.

Supreme Court to Inspect Neutrality Agreements »

September 26, 2013 | Jenny Brown

With new organizing choked by the legal system, it's a rare campaign that doesn't first extract a “neutrality agreement” to blunt the boss’s wrath. In November, the Supreme Court will consider whether such agreements are legal.

Voters to Decide Limits On Patients per Nurse »

September 25, 2013 | Sandy Eaton

Up to 98,000 patients die unnecessarily in U.S. hospitals every year. Many preventable deaths happen just because patients are forced to share their nurse with too many other patients. A Massachusetts ballot initiative seeks to change that.

Attack of the Cadillac Tax »

September 24, 2013 | Samantha Winslow | Samantha Winslow

Picture a union worker pulling up in a Cadillac, valet-parking at the city’s most prestigious hospital, and pulling out the gold card for lavish care. Plastic surgery, massages: all covered. Is that what the "Cadillac tax" is supposed to prevent?