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Supervisors have various strategies to try to put stewards off, trip you up, or get around the contract. Being prepared can help you feel more confident, be more effective, and avoid getting caught off guard.

Workers across the country began their strike actions with a minute of silence and their hands held up over their heads. In St. Louis and Ferguson especially, the mood has shifted since Michael Brown was shot, a worker said. There’s a sense the struggles are interconnected.

Most of the "debt" Detroit is shedding in its bankruptcy translates into slashing people's health insurance. “Many people who thought they had a decent nest egg are going to find themselves living in poverty," says city retiree Cecily McClellan.

The assault on employment-based benefits continues, with large companies raising employer contributions or shifting costs onto their workers in other ways.

Postal management is whittling down to the bone the infrastructure that serves first-class mail—catering instead to big corporate customers. Phase two hits January 5.

Walmart retail workers in Southern California held the first sit-down strike in the company’s history yesterday. The workers are getting ready for nationwide actions on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.