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Viewpoint: Beyond the Living Wage: Taking on CEO Excess »

October 30, 2006 | Sam Pizzigati

Over the past dozen years, possibly no grassroots movement has excited progressives more than the living wage movement. Photo: Jim West/jimwestphoto.com .

Union-Owned Bank in Austria Hit With Corruption Scandal; Workers Lose Strike & Education »

October 30, 2006 | Ben Weinthal

The illegal business practices of a union-controlled bank, Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag), have led to one of the most devastating corruption scandals in Austrian history.

How Employers are Cooking the Books To Underreport Workplace Injuries »

October 30, 2006 | Jordan Barab

Underreporting of worker injuries by employers is a growing national problem. Companies apply different types of pressure to discourage workers from reporting their injuries and punish those who do. The KFM story provides a dramatic example of this trend.

Communications Workers: Reshaping the Union for an Offensive against Corporate America »

October 30, 2006 | Jeff Crosby,

This July’s Communications Workers of America (CWA) convention marked the first step towards reshaping the union for an offensive against corporate America.

Farm Workers from United States, Mexico Meet To Plan the Future of Their Union »

October 30, 2006 | Dan La Botz, Tiffany Ten Eyck

Seven hundred members and supporters of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) met in Toledo, Ohio September 29-31 for the union’s convention. The convention brought together farm workers from both the U.S. and Mexico, opening with the singing of both countries’ national anthems. Photo:...

California Nurses Threaten To Strike If Members Are Reclassified as Supervisors »

October 30, 2006 |

Four hundred members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee surrounded the National Labor Relations Board regional office in Los Angeles on October 5 in a protest against the board’s Kentucky River ruling. The ruling may bar up to eight million workers from...

German Volkswagen Workers Lose Four-Day Work Week »

October 30, 2006 | Ben Weinthal

The four-day work week is history for 100,000 Volkswagen auto workers in Germany. Germany’s largest industrial
union, IG Metall, and Volkswagen reached a new contract in late September that increased the workweek
from 28.8 hours to 33 hours in exchange for job security provisions.

Using Legal and In-Plant Tactics, North Carolina Non-Majority Union Wins $1 Million in Unpaid Bonuses »

October 30, 2006 | Mark Brenner

Workers at Consolidated Diesel Company (CDC) have a lot to celebrate this fall. On October 12, a superior court judge forced the company to pay 1,000 employees at its Whitakers, North Carolina plant more than $1 million in unpaid bonuses.

Steelworkers Strike Goodyear Tire To Stop Plant Closings and Givebacks »

October 28, 2006 | William Johnson

More than 15,000 members of the Steelworkers (USW) at 16 Goodyear Tire and Rubber plants in the United States and Canada went on strike October 5....

Understanding Union Consciousness: Knowing Where Your Co-Workers Are At Can Help Build the Union »

October 27, 2006 | Paul Krehbiel

During union-building campaigns, labor activists sometimes get demoralized because so many of their co-workers are unresponsive. Many workers don’t seem to understand much about the union, don’t seem to care, and don’t get involved.


Using Maps to Identify Health & Safety Problems »

October 26, 2006 | Dorothy Wigmore

The first step in a health or safety campaign is to find common problems. Then comes the detective work to find the hazards behind the symptoms. Many health and safety activists use body and workplace maps to see how workers are injured in their workplaces now or how they are affected by what...

After Quiet Summer, Immigrants Form National Alliance for Immigrant Rights »

October 25, 2006 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

After a relatively quiet summer following this spring’s massive immigrant mobilizations, immigrant workers and their allies are once again mobilizing to demand just immigration legislation. Activists took the streets nationally with protests held over Labor Day weekend, and more held September...

Which Way for Labor on California's "Clean Money" Elections Initiative? »

October 18, 2006 | Michael Hoover

After leading the charge to rebuke Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's slate of anti-labor ballot initiatives in 2005, California unions may play the key role in passing an election reform bill in upcoming state elections...

Fed Up with Concessions, Detroit Teachers Kick Off School Year with a Strike »

October 6, 2006 | Mark Brenner

With a roar of applause and chants of "no contract, no work," thousands of Detroit teachers voted August 27 to walk picket lines rather than swallow $88 million in concessions...

After Two Years on the Line, San Francisco Hotel Workers Win Big Gains »

October 4, 2006 | William Johnson

After two years of strikes, lockouts, and intense negotiations, San Francisco hotel workers won a tentative agreement September 12 with substantial gains. Workers ratified the agreement September 22...

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