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Longshore Workers, Bidding to Protect New Hires, Are Locked Out in Montreal »

July 20, 2010 | Mischa Gaus

Dockers in Montreal were locked out Monday in a dispute over income security for new workers. Longshore workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 375 have refused to work overtime since July 9, telling their employer to call in more help before assigning OT.

Community-Union Collaboration in California Beats Oil Refiner’s Divide-and-Conquer »

July 20, 2010 | Marie Choi

Community and union groups in Richmond, California, notched two victories against oil giant Chevron, but not before the company worked hard to pit them against other. Years of on-the-ground organizing brought residents and some workers together for a healthier city with good jobs.

Taxes: Who Pays? »

July 17, 2010 | Labor Notes Staff

Are taxes too high? That all depends on where you sit on the income ladder.

Social Forum Immigration Activists Back Action on Arizona Law »

July 17, 2010 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Immigrant rights activists met during the U.S. Social Forum to gear up for a national day of action July 29, the date Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB1070 goes into effect. SB1070 demands local and state police officers do double-duty as immigration enforcement, checking the papers of anyone...

Left Out of Labor Law Protections, Excluded Workers Want In—And More »

July 17, 2010 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

What if workers excluded from today’s labor laws and unions’ organizing campaigns were able to collectively bargain? What if we were able to overturn historically racist exclusions and see a whole new group of workers “stand in the doorway to a new labor movement,” as one organizer put it?

Union Troublemakers Meet Agitators for Every Cause Under the Sun at Social Forum »

July 17, 2010 | Jane Slaughter

The U.S. Social Forum proved to be a place where union troublemakers could meet up with agitators for every other cause under the sun. Organizers say 15,000 people registered for the five-day event, which hosted 1,000 workshops in downtown Detroit.

New at Emory: Labor Activism »

July 17, 2010 | Andrea Nichols

This year saw the first labor protests in recent memory at Emory University, as students and food service workers put the screws to Sodexo.

The College Try: SEIU Makes Another Go at Sodexo »

July 17, 2010 | Sofia Lipko

As Georgia State University cafeteria workers cornered their manager one day this May, students wearing orange ribbons joined in, demanding a workplace free of intimidation against unions.

GM Seeks to Cut Wages in Half at Indianapolis Stamping Plant »

July 17, 2010 | Jane Slaughter

GM stamping plant workers in Indianapolis have told the company they won’t cut their wages in half, even when threatened with a shutdown. A prospective buyer of the 650-worker factory has indicated he wants United Auto Workers members to drop from $29 an hour to $14.65.

Some Family Leave Rights Extended to Same-Sex Couples »

July 16, 2010 | Robert Schwartz

The U.S. Department of Labor dramatically expanded Family and Medical Leave Act rights for members of same-sex and other “nontraditional” families June 22.

Rare Election in AFSCME: Contested and Close »

July 16, 2010 | Cherrene Horazuk

A contested election in AFSCME is a rare thing. A close election is even more rare. The International convention in Boston in early July saw both, as Lee Saunders edged out Danny Donohue in a hard-fought election for secretary-treasurer. Saunders took 50.1 percent of 1.3 million votes.

Twin Cities Nurses Roll Back Hospitals’ Attacks »

July 16, 2010 | Jane Slaughter

The day an open-ended strike by 12,000 Twin Cities nurses was set to begin, the nurses instead ratified a three-year contract by 90 percent.

After a Year on Strike, Vale Inco Miners In Ontario Take Their Lumps »

July 16, 2010 | Mischa Gaus

Steelworkers at Ontario’s Vale Inco nickel and copper mines took their lumps and accepted a concessionary contract one week ahead of the July 13 one-year anniversary of their strike.

Iraq Oil Union Leaders Face Arrest, Threats »

July 16, 2010 | Labor Notes Staff

The outspokenness of Iraq’s Federation of Oil Unions against foreign military occupation and corporate incursions into the oil fields has gained it a lot of powerful enemies.

Since the 2003 U.S. invasion, it has been organizing workers in publicly owned oil fields into the nation’s...

Coke Tastes Like Repression in Pakistan »