Labor Notes Archive

January, 2007

Smithfield Meatpackers Stay Off Work To Demand Martin Luther King Holiday
Immigrant Workers Buck Long Slide in Meatpacking; Raids Follow as Backlash
Denied Collective Bargaining, North Carolina Public Employees Turn More Militant
Bloated Salaries Limit Organizing, Leave Members Cynical
Pension Showdown Pits Public Employees Against Politicians in New Jersey

December, 2006

Stewards Councils and Community Coalitions
As Goodyear Admits Strike is Hurting, Army Explores Presidential Back-to-Work Order
Workers Centers Increasingly Are Forging Alliances with Unions
Review: From Monsignor Sweeney to Reverend Andy: Labor’s “New” Agenda For America Hasn’t Improved With Age
Boston Janitors Say Strike Settlement Is No Victory

November, 2006

Hoffa Re-Elected Teamsters President
Rank-and-File Auto Workers Reflect on Past, Plan for Future
Viewpoint: Looking Back on the Northwest Strike
Returning to Work with an Inside Campaign
Suffocating Right to Strike: Federal Judges Block Work Actions at Bankrupt Airlines
As Violence Escalates Labor and Community Forces Challenge Mexican Government
Goodyear Strikers Settling in for Long Haul

October, 2006

Immigrant Workers Organize Mass Strikes
Viewpoint: Beyond the Living Wage: Taking on CEO Excess
Union-Owned Bank in Austria Hit With Corruption Scandal; Workers Lose Strike & Education
How Employers are Cooking the Books To Underreport Workplace Injuries
Communications Workers: Reshaping the Union for an Offensive against Corporate America
Farm Workers from United States, Mexico Meet To Plan the Future of Their Union
California Nurses Threaten To Strike If Members Are Reclassified as Supervisors
German Volkswagen Workers Lose Four-Day Work Week
Using Legal and In-Plant Tactics, North Carolina Non-Majority Union Wins $1 Million in Unpaid Bonuses
Steelworkers Strike Goodyear Tire To Stop Plant Closings and Givebacks
Understanding Union Consciousness: Knowing Where Your Co-Workers Are At Can Help Build the Union
Using Maps to Identify Health & Safety Problems
After Quiet Summer, Immigrants Form National Alliance for Immigrant Rights

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