Labor Notes Archive

April, 2005

My Union President Went to Vegas… and All I Got Was This Strange Debate
Victory for Florida Farmworkers: Taco Bell Settles Boycott
Progressive Coalition Sweeps L.A. Teachers’ Union Election
Operation Dixie: Notes on a Promise Abandoned
My Union President Went to Vegas… and All I Got Was This Strange Debate
A Substitute for Organizing? What Mergers Make Sense?
Health and Safety Programs May Be on the AFL-CIO Chopping Block

March, 2005

World’s Largest Meatpacker Busts Teamsters Reform Local
Change Is in the Air at the AFL-CIO
Pressure Led to Shootings at Jeep
Fighting Racism at Work and in the Community
AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Leaders Help Develop Bush's Foreign Policy, Target Foreign Unions for Political Control

February, 2005

End to Garment Quota System Spells More Competition, More Poverty
Two-Tier Contract at Caterpillar Worsens; Retirees Stiffed
Northern California Contract Continues Concessions in Grocery Industry
Union Made in El Salvador
Doubly Divided: The Racial Wealth Gap
Independent Union Struggles Against Partnership Schemes And Union-Busting on Russia’s Docks

January, 2005

Dispatches From The Shop Floor
Mandated Programs Push Classroom De-Skilling
San Francisco Hotel Lockout Boxed Employers In
Strategy Debate: What Will Save the Labor Movement?
Mandated Programs Push Classroom De-Skilling
Working For Change: Interview With An SEIU Reformer
Making the Case for Insourcing
Auto Workers Walk Off Line at Ford’s Showcase Truck Plant over Overtime Violation

December, 2004

Railroads Reduce Crew Sizes with New Technology
Airline Changes Break Up Crews and Solidarity
Atlantic City Casino Strike Settled
Editorial: What Will Make Unions a Power in Politics?

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