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Toronto-Area Transit Workers Strike against Privatization »

December 1, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

“The problem is privatization,” says Toronto-area transit union leader Bob Kinnear, so bus drivers are on strike to bring the problem to the public. Passengers north of Toronto pay the highest fares in the area, but workers get the lowest wages.

Clericals Say UAW Should Practice What It Preaches »

November 30, 2011 | Jane Slaughter

Clerical workers at United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit are protesting layoffs that will take effect Friday. They picketed this month carrying signs that read “What about shared sacrifice?” and “Justice for ALL workers.”

Millions Set to Strike in Britain »

November 29, 2011 | Kim Moody

As many as 2.5 million public sector workers will strike across Britain on November 30. The one-day action contests the government’s plan to make public employees work longer, contribute more to pensions, and receive less.

Cesar Chavez and the Enduring Poverty of Farmworkers »

November 28, 2011 | Michael D. Yates

Frank Bardacke's Trampling Out the Vintage explains better than any other book how the United Farm Workers under the leadership of Cesar Chavez rose in the 1960s to become one of the most remarkable and successful unions in U.S. history but then crashed and burned so breathtakingly fast that by...

Rolling Sympathy Strikes Harass Food-Service Giant »

November 25, 2011 | Jane Slaughter

Taking advantage of contracts that allow members to honor picket lines, Teamsters spread short, rolling sympathy strikes to nine states at the nation’s second-largest food service company.

Illinois Faculty Unions Resist University Attacks »

November 24, 2011 | Nancy Traver

At colleges around Illinois, faculty are under siege and looking to their unions for support. They're organizing, striking, resisting cuts, and defending contingent adjunct professors. “It’s the ripple effect,” said a faculty union president.

Workers Challenge Big Food »

November 23, 2011 | Jenny Brown

Where does our food come from? “Farm to fork” may sound like a doctrine for foodies, but for workers in food production and service, struggling for decent jobs, it’s an organizing goal, as they attempt an alliance to take on the food mega-corporations.

NLRB May Lose Quorum in 2012, Suspending Progress »

November 22, 2011 | Nick Johnson

The Labor Board, under attack since it investigated Boeing for retaliating against union workers, could be soon crippled. That would shut one of the last avenues for expanding workers’ legal rights.

Reformers Sweep Vote in Verizon Union »

November 22, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

Verizon, look out—there’s a new union in town. A reform group took over a big New York City telecom local yesterday, pledging to re-energize the union. The election took place against the backdrop of a wrenching contract fight that’s dragged on since a two-week strike at Verizon in August.

Can Ohio Unions’ Rebuke To Republicans Be Sustained? »

November 22, 2011 | Dan La Botz

Ohio’s unions won a tremendous victory November 8 when they turned out voters to defeat an anti-union law by 22 points. Why'd they win so big, and what can unions in other states learn from their success?

Rank and File Slate Takes Over Giant California Campus Local »

November 21, 2011 | Marie Choi

After months of member-to-member organizing, a group of AFSCME Local 3299 rank and filers swept October elections in the 20,000-member union on University of California campuses.

Undocumented, Unafraid: Alabama Immigrants Resist Harsh Law »

November 18, 2011 | Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

Alabama's young immigrants led actions this week to declare they're undocumented and unafraid of the country's harshest anti-immigrant law. Weeks of organizing preceded a Capitol sit-in.

Teamster Election: Why Five More Years for Hoffa? »

November 17, 2011 | Ken Paff

Why is James P. Hoffa headed for re-election in the Teamsters this week, despite presiding over a decade of contract concessions and pension cuts?

What Can Unions Learn from the Occupy Movement? »

November 17, 2011 | Jane Slaughter

As tens of thousands celebrate the two-month anniversary of the Occupy phenomenon, why has Occupy's message—so similar to labor's—resounded more forcefully than unions' words and deeds?

Action on the Job: Tips and Traps »

November 16, 2011 | David Cohen, Judy Atkins

Workers have the right to organize and take action on the job, even with a contract and grievance procedure in place. But stewards need to know how to bend the rules without getting people in trouble.

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