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Trainings Take Off »

October 27, 2014 | Julia Kann

Back-to-school isn't just for kids! At Labor Notes we're jumping into Troublemaker School season. And we've launched a new program that sends experienced labor educators out to local unions for tailored workshops and ongoing coaching.

FairPoint Workers Strike against Wall Street “Wolves” »

October 23, 2014 | Traven Leyshon

Two thousand telecommunications workers walked off their jobs in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine last Friday after FairPoint Communications imposed its final bargaining table proposal.

Kaiser Runs Aground in Hawaii »

October 21, 2014 | Steve Early

Kaiser is trying to roll back pensions and extract other concessions from members of UNITE HERE Local 5 in Hawaii, but they've rejected the company's "last, best, final" offer.

More Workers Demand $15 »

October 20, 2014 | Jenny Brown

The demand for $15 an hour is spreading. Agitation for $15 started with fast food and airport workers but now Walmart and home care workers are joining in.

In Colorado Schools, a Hands-on Civics Lesson »

October 17, 2014 | Samantha Winslow

Teacher, student, and parent protests in suburban Denver drew national attention to a battle against curriculum censorship—but it took several blows to come to this point.

Workers Push for First Contracts at Three Guitar Center Stores »

October 16, 2014 | Diane Krauthamer

Workers at the retail chain want reform of a pernicious commission system known as "the fade." Guitar Center, now owned by Bain Capital, has responded with a fierce anti-union campaign.

Review: Behind China's Wildcat Strike Wave »

October 15, 2014 | Jane Slaughter

Eli Friedman's new book Insurgency Trap: Labor Politics in Postsocialist China shows why the rising wave of protests sometimes wins concrete gains, but stops short of forming lasting organizations that could alter the balance of power.

Find the Boss’s Weak Spot, Or Make One »

October 14, 2014 | Bill Street

For some companies it's their logo, or the image they've spent millions of dollars cultivating. For others it's a bottleneck in the process, or a weakness in their just-in-time inventory. Whatever it is, find it and you've got power.

Women Lead Sanitation Strike at Massive Education Complex in China »

October 13, 2014 | Yi Xi

Most of the striking workers were villagers together, displaced a decade ago when the university "Mega Center" took over their island. They're the latest in a rising tide of sanitation worker strikes in the Pearl River Delta.

Viewpoint: People’s Veto of a Union-Busting Law Holds Lessons »

October 9, 2014 | John McNay

This November marks the third anniversary of a major labor movement victory: the defeat of Ohio’s union-busting Senate Bill 5, 62 to 38 percent, in a public referendum.

Wave of Contingent-Faculty Organizing Sweeps onto Campuses »

October 8, 2014 | Joe Berry and Helena Worthen

Adjuncts who teach college and university classes are organizing in at least 24 states and D.C. The Service Employees and other unions have adopted a Metro Strategy, targeting multiple institutions in the same region at once, with the goal of winning a master contract.

Nurses, Bus Drivers, Teachers: Facing Violence on the Job »

October 7, 2014 | Jane Slaughter

After an attack by a patient, a nurse is in a coma and not expected to recover. “It’s an exaggerated version of what happens every day...Our members are so livid at management’s callousness.”

Review: Alt-Labor or Not, It Will Take Rank-and-File Power to Revive Us »

October 6, 2014 | Eric Dirnbach

Can recent experiments with alternative forms of organizing, such as worker centers and minority strikes, offer a solution to the labor movement’s long half-century of decline?

Students and Workers Strike for Democratic Reforms in Hong Kong »

October 3, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury

After two weeks of protests, and a support strike by several unions, pro-democracy demonstrators were brutally attacked today by pro-government thugs in Hong Kong, scuttling the promise of talks between students and the government.

Seattle Boycotts Hyatt while a Boston Boycott Ends »

October 1, 2014 | Rolando Avila

Unlike the hotel workers who made the Hyatt hotel empire recognize their right to form unions, the workers at the Seattle Hyatt hotel chain have not been able to get their employer to agree.

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