Labor Notes Archive

December, 2008

Auto Workers Told to Take Concessions, Abandon Retirees
Cutting Wages Won't Solve Big Three's Problems

November, 2008

Handling Insubordination Grievances
Supporters of ‘Medicare for All’ Prepare for Health Care Showdown
Chicago Unions Seek Better Ties After Clash over Immigrants
Viewpoint: Don’t Stop Union Conversations on Race
End of the Road: If the Auto Industry is Dead What does that Mean for Workers?
New Teacher Programs Chip Away at Job Stability
Smithfield Workers To Vote on Union
First-Ever Layoffs Loom at Postal Service

October, 2008

Puerto Rico’s Teachers Beat SEIU Raid
Card Check: Can It Organize the Unorganized?
Sympathy Strikes & the Law: Is Solidarity Legal?
A Financial Meltdown 30 Years in the Making
Financial Crisis Socks California
From $2 an Hour, Nashville Carwash Workers Plot a Future
Muslim Workers Demand Time for Prayer at Meatpacking Plants

September, 2008

Nurses Should Be in Their Own Union
Bronx Nursing Home Workers Win Back Health Care Benefits
Winnipeg Transit Workers Ratify Contract on Third Vote, but Many are Less Than Thrilled
Port Truckers Step Closer to Shedding Dirty Past
Unions Talk Race as Election Nears
'Why Privatize? We Can Run It Better!'
As Profits Soar, Boeing Demands Concessions, Driving Machinists On Strike
Hospital Organizing Has Slowed, Two Years After Labor Board's Controversial Supervisor Decision
Labor Board Limits Political Strikes
Under Shadow of Corruption Scandals, SEIU Launches Hearings Against Dissidents

August, 2008

D.C. Teachers Divided on Merit Pay Plan
Immigration Raid Breaks Up Organizing Drive at Iowa Meatpacking Plant
Verizon Decides Not to Take On Unions

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