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Fighting Fatigue »

December 3, 2014 | Jenny Brown

Transportation companies are pressuring employees to work tired, ignoring the dangers.

Retirees, Watch Out: Detroit May Become Blueprint for Other Cities »

December 2, 2014 | Curt Guyette

Most of the "debt" Detroit is shedding in its bankruptcy translates into slashing people's health insurance. “Many people who thought they had a decent nest egg are going to find themselves living in poverty," says city retiree Cecily McClellan.

Review: How the U.S. Economy Was Built on Slavery »

December 1, 2014 | Timothy Sheard

Edward Baptist's poignant and rigorous book should summon our collective will to finally redress the lingering injustices created by this most American institution.

Employers Keep Shifting Costs under Affordable Care Act »

November 25, 2014 | Mark Dudzic

The assault on employment-based benefits continues, with large companies raising employer contributions or shifting costs onto their workers in other ways.

Union Fights 'Teacher Jail' »

November 24, 2014 | Samantha Winslow

Imagine being removed from your workplace for misconduct—without being told what you did wrong. Imagine waiting years to find out whether you can return.

Three Myths of Teacher Tenure »

November 20, 2014 | Samantha Winslow

In my five years organizing with non-union health care workers who wanted to join the union, job security was always one of their top issues. But when it comes to teachers having job security, the myths kick in.

Review: To Understand Ford-U.S., Study the Ford Empire »

November 19, 2014 | Ron Lare

At Britain's Ford-Dagenham plant, workers did not submit gently to labor-management cooperation. They locked managers in their offices, marched through the plant setting off fire alarms, threw tea mugs at windows, and turned fire hoses on police.

It’s the People’s Mail that Will Be Slowed, Workers Say »

November 18, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury and Diane Krauthamer

Postal management is whittling down to the bone the infrastructure that serves first-class mail—catering instead to big corporate customers. Phase two hits January 5.

Lorain, Ohio Labor Defends Political Independence »

November 17, 2014 | Bruce Bostick

Last year the labor federation in Lorain County ran and elected independent candidates. This time around, as an anti-union “Right to Work” bill looms again in Ohio, labor is taking aim at the leader of the pack, Lorain's mayor.

Walmart Workers Ramp Up Protests for Black Friday »

November 14, 2014 | Diane Krauthamer

Walmart retail workers in Southern California held the first sit-down strike in the company’s history yesterday. The workers are getting ready for nationwide actions on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.

Review: How Wildcat Strikes Made Public Worker Unions Grow and Thrive »

November 12, 2014 | Robert Ovetz

Joe Burns’ latest book examines the little-known wave of illegal strikes that swept the U.S. during the 1960 and ’70s, reshaping the labor movement.

Nurses Strike: It’s Not Just about Ebola »

November 11, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury

The Ebola scare highlights problems—lack of supplies and training, for instance, and short staffing most of all—that also hit at the root of much more common safety risks in health care.

Got Unfair Labor Practices? Put ’em to Use »

November 10, 2014 | Robert M. Schwartz

Employer unfair labor practices can be a gift in disguise, providing a defense against the most dangerous employer weapons. Unions can use ULPs to help win contract campaigns, strikes, and other confrontations.

Review: The Making of an Auto Worker Activist »

November 6, 2014 | Gregg Shotwell

A Fighter All My Life is the memoir of Sam Johnson, a black man from the South who became a Detroit auto worker and dissident union activist.

Recycling Workers Unionize, While Others Strike »

November 6, 2014 | David Bacon

Within days of each other, two groups of recycling workers declared they’d had enough of indignity and discrimination. One group voted to unionize, and another walked out on strike.

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