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Postal Unions Agitate to Keep Delivering the Mail on Time and on Saturday »

March 12, 2013 | Jamie Partridge

As the Letter Carriers plan rallies across the country March 24 to save Saturday mail delivery, rank-and-file postal activists are urging additional demands.

La Reforma Migratoria Puede Venir con Grandes Regalos para los Patrones »

March 11, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

Una traducción al español del análisis de Labor Notes de los debates sobre la reforma migratoria.A Spanish translation of our analysis of the current immigration reform discussions. Pass it on!

Fashion Models Shatter Stereotypes, Demand Labor Rights »

March 8, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Fashion models are exposing the obnoxious underside of their supposedly glamorous profession and demanding the same job protections as workers in other fields.

Restaurant Workers Vote Strike over Ivy League Racism »

March 7, 2013 | George Joseph

Chefs, servers, and porters at Columbia University who are enduring extreme conditions—including 80-hour work weeks—voted February 28 to authorize a strike.

L.A. Teachers Block Outsider Attempt to Buy School Board »

March 6, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

The Los Angeles teachers union squeaked out a victory in the school board election despite millions in corporate donations.

Home Is Where the Fight Is »

March 5, 2013 | Alexandra Bradbury

Unions are pitching in to stop evictions. “Anyone who’s facing a housing crisis will also have a job crisis story to tell you,” said Tony Romano, part of a coalition that fights foreclosures.

Ed Koch, Workers’ Arch-Foe »

March 4, 2013 | Tim Schermerhorn

Edward Koch has been eulogized, sanitized, and whitewashed by everyone from Bill Clinton to Al Sharpton in his death, but the truth is that he was an historic arch-foe of working class communities.

Review: Air Safety Lessons Could Save Lives in Hospitals »

March 1, 2013 | Andrew Pollack

The authors of Beyond the Checklist argue that safety programs must be grounded in workplace democracy to reduce medical errors.

Union Pension Fund Finances Runaway Shop »

February 28, 2013 | Patrick Young

A mattress maker is shuttering a union plant, funded, in part, by a union pension fund.

The Corporations Have Two Parties, Now What? »

February 27, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Lately you may have heard a co-worker, or even yourself, muttering “We need our own political party.” Former leaders of the Labor Party are encouraging a discussion of the idea.

Cambodian Workers Camp Out, Hunger Strike Against Walmart and H&M »

February 26, 2013 | James McCormick

Self-organized garment workers are camping in front of their shuttered factory, blocking roads, and hunger striking to push the brands to pay the wages they are owed.

UPDATE: Chrysler Warren Stamping Workers Still Fighting Alternative Work Schedules »

February 25, 2013 | Alex Wassell

Auto workers staged a noisy protest against "awful work schedules" that will turn workers' home lives upside down and cheat them out of Saturday overtime pay. Organizer Alex Wassell was indefinitely suspended by Chrysler.