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Finalmente la resistencia del pueblo argentino, la lucha defensiva de todos estos años, se transformo en ofensiva. Las ultimas medidas de ajuste y represion que intento imponer el gobierno los ultimos dias fueron la gota que desbordo el vaso. La experiencia acumulada, en las luchas contra...

Around the world in the last few years, labor has responded to globalization and its impact with general or mass political strikes...

Labor Notes: ¿Cual ha sido el papel de los sindicatos tanto positivo como negativo?¿ Porque no han estado mas involucrados en el movimiento?

Despite an ample dose of progressive rhetoric, and some genuine outrage at the Bush Administration's anti-worker agenda, the AFL-CIO's December 3-6 convention in Las Vegas lacked inspiration. Whatever genuine discussion may have occurred went on within the Executive Council beforehand; almost...

James Hoffa's reelection as Teamster president came as no surprise. Hoffa took nearly 65 percent of the vote among the 25 percent of Teamsters who voted...

The Merrimack Valley Works (MVW)--now owned by Lucent Technologies-- has a long history in North Andover, Massachusetts. It began fifty years ago with a 2 million square foot factory and has been this region's largest employer for a long time, with up to 12,000 total employees in the 1970s....

There's an old saying among economists that in time of war, governments pursue egalitarian policies in order to retain popular support. For example, during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, the federal government imposed an excess profits tax on businesses-in part because it needed...