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Skills Gap a Convenient Myth »

January 23, 2014 | Toni Gilpin

Employers moan about a shortage of workers with the right stuff for today’s high-tech factories. But it's a myth.

On MLK Day, Protesters Called for No More Letter Carrier Deaths »

January 22, 2014 | Alexandra Bradbury

Letter carrier Tyson Jerome Barnette, 26, was shot and killed while delivering mail in the dark. His family members and fellow letter carriers say the Postal Service is to blame.

Review: A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home »

January 20, 2014 | Jerome Q. Cullors

A new book captures the true stories of fear, faith, stress, and redemption as four families fight the banks—and win.

Kellogg's Delivers Memphis a Slap in the Face »

January 20, 2014 | Steve Payne

Union workers at Kellogg's Memphis plant say the company is disrespecting its majority-black workforce, locking them out to force lower pay.

‘Moral Monday’ Protests Spread Out of North Carolina »

January 17, 2014 | Thomas Bias

North Carolina’s Moral Mondays movement spread to South Carolina and Georgia with rallies this week.

Review: The Right to Stay Home »

January 17, 2014 | Teófilo Reyes

Eleven percent of Mexico's population lives north of the border, but the decision to migrate is rarely voluntary.

Beneath the Pink Mustache »

January 16, 2014 | Julia Kann

With a neon pink mustache and lots of social media hype, it's clear that Lyft—an alternative to taxis—is targeting me. But taxi drivers aren't happy with the new trend, and I see their point.

Portland Students Pack School Board Meeting, Back Teachers Union »

January 15, 2014 | Alexia Garcia

Four hundred students, teachers, parents, and members of 10 local unions packed the Portland school board meeting Monday in solidarity with union teachers.

Use the Labor Notes Conference To Build Community Locally »

January 14, 2014 | Shamus Cooke

Volunteers from different unions in Portland, Oregon, have gotten together to strengthen the local labor movement—and they're using Labor Notes to do it.

L.A. Teachers Run on a Bigger Vision »

January 10, 2014 | Samantha Winslow

A slate of activists bidding to head the nation's second-largest teachers local say the union should fight for better schools, not just a raise.

Grad Employees Re-Unionize at New York University—First in the Country »

January 9, 2014 | Matt Canfield

It took eight years of struggle, but NYU's graduate employees re-authorized their union, bigger than ever.

South Korea Rail Workers Strike against Privatization »

January 8, 2014 | Kap Seol

Korean rail workers' three-week strike garnered wide support—and government repression.

Review: The Sham of School Reform »

January 7, 2014 | Joseph Zeccola

Schoolhouse Shams calls out the lies and distortions of the so-called school reform movement.

Boeing Machinists Narrowly Approve End to Pensions »

January 6, 2014 | Jim Levitt

Corporate America beat pensions by a hair: 51 to 49 percent, Boeing Machinists voted them away on Friday.

‘Way Past Time’ at Olean General »

January 3, 2014 | Ann Converso

At a small hospital in New York, 120 technical workers seeking to organize with the Communications Workers have battled a fierce anti-union campaign. Administrators went so far as to hire notorious union-busting firm Jackson Lewis.

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