Labor Notes Archive

June, 2014

Viewpoint: How New York Transit Workers Broke the State Pattern
As Good As It Gets? Hard Lessons from NYC Contracts
California Grad Employee Contract Shows Reform Works
Brazilian Workers Buck Union Officials to Strike
To Fix VA Waits, Hire More Staff
For Inspiration, Look to the History Of Public Worker Strikes
‘School Deserts’ Hit Chicago’s Black Neighborhoods
Pro-Marijuana Canvassers Strike over Unpaid Wages
Fight for Health Care Justice Moves to States
Life on the Fifth Tier inside Ford's Rouge Complex
Taxi Drivers Face Uber Trouble
Autoworker Dues Increase Stirs Convention Debate
Report: Charters Creating Two-Tier Education
How to Be a Staffer in a Democratic Union
Farm Backs Off Threat to Use Guestworkers as Scabs
Seattle $15 Minimum Signed and Sealed, But with Unpopular Loopholes
VIDEO: You May Miss Out On Benefits If Social Security Offices Close

May, 2014

Thanks for Letting Me Do the Easy Part
Portland Letter Carriers Foil Stealth Attempt to Ditch At-the-Door Delivery for Seniors
‘Labor Priests’ Reviving Social Justice Teachings—and Action
Machinists Reformers Get Third of Vote in First Try
Empty Scrubs Need to Be Filled, Say San Francisco Nurses
Social Security Threatens To Close All Field Offices
Verizon Retail Workers Win Union Vote—First to Do So
Hundreds of Miners Die, Turkish Government Sides with Company
Book Review: Sixteen Tons
Fight for Fifteen Spreads Out and Zooms In
Postmaster General Hides Winning Streak
Teachers Elect Foes of Corporate Reform in Massachusetts and L.A.
Getting Off the Grievance Treadmill

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