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Prospect of NAFTA Expansion Sparks Cross-Border Action »

December 14, 2012 | Blair Redlin

Hundreds of activists from both sides of the border rallied against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would expand NAFTA-like rules to 11 countries around the Pacific Rim.

VIDEO: Denver Custodians Rehearse Resistance Onstage »

December 13, 2012 | Brian Pickett

How workers on a university campus in Colorado are collaborating with a theater troupe to air their grievances and build their power.

VIDEO DEBATE: Right to Work »

December 12, 2012 | Mark Brenner | Mark Brenner

I was on Fox News last night debating Vinny Vernuccio from the Mackinac Center about the passage of “right-to-work” in the labor movement’s backyard.

Ten Thousand Aghast as 'Right to Work' Passes in Michigan »

December 11, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

Union protesters at the Michigan Capitol today knocked down a tent erected by the Koch brothers, who helped bring right to work to the state. But despite the crowd’s anger, the governor signed the bills.

Should a 15,000-Ton Train Be Operated Single-Handed? »

December 11, 2012 | JP Wright & Ed Michael

Freight trains used to have five-person crews—an engineer, a fireman, two brakemen, and a conductor. Now almost every freight train rolling across the U.S. is operated by just an engineer and a conductor. Railroaders fear the conductor will be next to go.

Building a Solidarity Union »

December 10, 2012 | Anna Kurhajec

How do you build a solidarity-oriented union? Our Graduate Employees Organization has found that looking beyond the campus and using our voice, funds, and organizing skills to help community causes has made us one of the strongest locals in east-central Illinois.

At Oakland Airport, Union and Non-Union Workers Picket Together »

December 7, 2012 | Marc Norton

When airport workers in Oakland, California, rallied yesterday to threaten a strike, they were joined by non-union workers from food outlets like Subway and Auntie Anne's. Their action came on the heels of a solidarity picket where workers from one union helped another in a 24-hour strike.

Right to Work Looms in Michigan »

December 7, 2012 | Alix Gould-Werth

Michigan unionists rallied and lobbied in the state capital yesterday to prevent right-to-work legislation. A bill has passed the House and Senate. Here a member of one Michigan union explains how a state that was considered a union bastion came to this point.

Communities Defend Their Post Offices One by One »

December 7, 2012 | Alexandra Bradbury

Four endangered Bay Area post offices will stay open after all, and the subcontracting of California postal trucker jobs is on hold. Those victories were the latest in a string of local wins for grassroots activists across the country.

Will Social Security Get Tossed Off the Fiscal Cliff? »

December 5, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

Advocates of Social Security are holding informational pickets today at 100 Social Security offices in 22 states. They’re led by workers from inside the offices themselves, who know firsthand how much the monthly check means to retirees and people with disabilities.

Laundry Workers Save the Weekend »

December 4, 2012 | Alexandra Bradbury

Workers at a Portland laundry were scheduled the same way for 30 years--until the company announced it was switching everyone. The contract was no help, and the plant’s only steward had just been wrongfully fired.

New Eight-Hour Day Fight Erupts in Auto »

December 3, 2012 | Alex Wassell

Chrysler’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit has just adopted a new schedule that evades overtime pay and ruins weekends. In two stamping plants nearby, workers are pushing their union to resist.

Ford Workers Sit Down, Slow Down Over Late Paycheck »

December 3, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

Workers who make underbodies for the Mustang pulled off a mini-strike and work-to-rule last Friday. These are the sorts of wildcat actions that were frequent in the United Auto Workers’ early days—and a lot faster than the “obey now, grieve later, wait months for a solution” grievance procedure...

Hunger Strike, Protests Resume for Injured Colombian GM Workers »

November 30, 2012 | Frank Hammer

Activists protested at the steps of GM’s world headquarters in Detroit yesterday, chanting “down with exploitation, up with mediation!” Jorge Parra, former GM worker from Colombia, in the eighth day of his third hunger strike, led the demonstration.

Hawaii Teachers Unleash Work-to-Rule Campaign »

November 30, 2012 | Samantha Winslow

Teachers across Hawaii are getting the attention of school officials and their state legislature by exercising an old union tactic, work-to-rule. Two years after an imposed contract stuck them with wage and benefit cuts, the teachers are building momentum to win a better deal.

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