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Women's Day March in San Antonio Says “Ya Basta” to Abusive Treatment of Workers »

March 9, 2010 | by Chris Kutalik

International Women's Day often gets short shrift in the United States, its places of birth, but in San Antonio, women's groups are raising its profile—and a little hell—while bolstering a hotel organizing drive.

Mourning Students Interrupt Politics as Usual in Washington State »

March 8, 2010 | Evan Rohar

Picking up on more March 4 creativity: 75 students from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, organized a funeral for public education March 4 in concert with the massive protests in California schools and on other campuses around the country. After the wake, they proceeded into the...

New York School Closings Move the Angry to Action »

March 8, 2010 | Megan Behrent

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's decision to close at least 19 schools in the city has not been well received. An unprecedented number of schools were slated for “phase-out” in late 2009 by the Department of Education—a gradual closing that takes several...

Chicago Teaching Assistants on Edge of Strike: ‘No Waiver, No Labor!’ »

March 5, 2010 | by Matt Muchowski

Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago are threatening a strike to protect tuition waivers and to put a floor underneath graduate employees’ meager earnings.

March 4 Day of Action Ripples Through California and Beyond »

March 5, 2010 | Paul Abowd

Walkouts, student strikes, and marches shook every level of California’s embattled public education system on March 4. College students and campus workers joined forces with K-12 teachers and students for the day of action.

E-Z Firings of Call Center Unionists »

March 4, 2010 | Mischa Gaus

“You’re the ringleader—the main problem.” That’s what Frank Buonvicino said managers told him as they fired him Monday. Buonvicino and 13 other union supporters at a Staten Island call center that handles complaints and inquiries for the E-Z Pass toll system were called in one by one and fired...

California Activists Set for Day of Action to Defend Public Education »

March 3, 2010 | Marcel Paret

Sights are set on a March 4 Strike and Day of Action to resist business as usual: layoffs, fee hikes, and program cuts in a call for expanded federal education funding, open admissions, and democratic schools.

Video: Fighting Wage Theft in New York »

March 3, 2010 | Mischa Gaus
GritTV reports on the arrest of owner of a New York boutique chain last week, charges that grew from a union-backed drive to remake retail by attacking its worst employers. (See this Labor Notes story for more on that).

A Nurse in Haiti's "Unfathomable Sea of Need" »

March 3, 2010 | Judy Sheridan Gonzalez

It is true what they say: no words or photos can describe the enormity of what we saw in Haiti. Nine of us nurses, eight from Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, just spent 10 days here volunteering at the public hospital in Port au Prince, working the night shifts.

Berkeley Gets Rolling Before March 4 »

March 1, 2010 | Eli Friedman

The student-worker movement that’s emerged in California over the past five months is gearing up for a strike and day of action. On March 4 students all over the state will strike, march, and occupy buildings to keep education accessible to all—and ensure sustainable jobs for those working in...

Budget Woes Prompt Privatization Fights in Public Transit »

March 1, 2010 | Evan Rohar

As budget-butchering legislators and executives slash away at public services and public workers, they’re reaching for a familiar tactic: privatization. Bus drivers at UC Berkeley have led the push back, scoring a victory against outsourcing in late February.

California Reformers Beat Appointees in SEIU Megalocal’s First-Ever Election »

February 28, 2010 | Larry Bradshaw

Reform forces from across Service Employees Local 1021 swept out appointed leaders in the local’s first-ever elections. The reform slate took 26 of 28 positions, including the top seven spots, in an important test of SEIU's "megalocal" model.

Get Ready for a Really Big Show »

February 26, 2010 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Get ready for a really big show—the 2010 Labor Notes Conference is on track to be the biggest ever! It’s got to be a sign that more and more people are fed up with strategies that don’t work. Come find out what it feels like to be together with more than 1,000 other troublemakers who are...

Support Miners in Three Countries »

February 26, 2010 | Labor Notes Staff

Copper miners occupying pits in northern Mexico are bracing for an invasion by federal troops after refusing to give up their two-and-a-half year strike. In Southern California, borate miners are locked out, insisting that the good union jobs don't become “junk jobs.” And in Ontario, nickel...

NY Boutique Boss Arrested, Faces 4 Years in Jail for Stealing Wages »

February 25, 2010 | by Mischa Gaus

The owner of a New York boutique chain accused of shorting workers by $1.5 million was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday. The charges grew from a union-backed drive to remake retail by attacking its worst employers.

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