Labor Notes Archive

August, 2011

Verizon Showdown Calls for New Strike Tactics
Emergency Decree Cuts Wages for Detroit School Workers
Furniture Workers Win Ikea Union Drive, With Help from Abroad
Sotheby’s Locks Out Union Art Handlers, Again

July, 2011

CWA's T-Mobile Win Sets Stage for AT&T Merger Fight
Reform: The Trojan Horse Wheeling into Schools
New York’s $600 Million Fraud Shows Privatization Doesn’t Pay
Republicans Shut Down Aviation Agency over Union Election Rules
Why Connecticut Workers Said ‘No Concessions’
Open Season on Old People
After Budget Standoff, Wealthy Minnesotans Escape Higher Taxes
Cross-Union Committee Unites Stewards
Changing Labor’s Fortunes Will Take More than Fiddling with NLRB Rules
Airport Screeners Built Union the Old-Fashioned Way
Hotel Workers Turn Up Heat on Stubborn Hyatt
Longshore Workers Thresh Grain Shipper, Block Train
Elements of Victory Emerge as Uranium Lockout Nears End
Film: How Miners Beat a Lockout
FedEx Package Handlers to Vote on Teamsters
Minnesota Nurses Strike for Patient Safety
Video: Woman Welder Sits In Atop Crane to Protest Job Cuts
Will Auto’s Three-Tier Wages Be on the Table?
Michigan’s ‘No Soup for You’ Kitchen Shows Price of Budget Cuts
Critics of AT&T Contract Back Reform Candidate in CWA
In Florida, An Organizing Drive that Doubled the Union
Education Reform: The Real Deal
British Strike Begins Drive to Save Public Pensions
Paid Sick Leave at a Stand-Off in Philly
Engineer: Truck-Train Collision Raises Fundamental Safety Questions
VIDEO: Breaking Record, Ohio Labor Files 1.3 Million Signatures

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