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Engineer: Truck-Train Collision Raises Fundamental Safety Questions »

July 2, 2011 | Ron Kaminkow

On June 24 the California Zephyr, Amtrak passenger Train #5, was struck broadside at a Nevada crossing by a tandem gondola truck. Human error played a role, apparently—but what measures could actually help keep workers and passengers safe?

VIDEO: Breaking Record, Ohio Labor Files 1.3 Million Signatures »

July 1, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

Ohioans needed 231,000 signatures to put a repeal of their state’s union-busting bill before voters this fall. They blew away expectations this week, filing a record-breaking 1.3 million signatures.



Insurgent Pope Nominated for Teamsters President »

July 1, 2011 | Steve Early

Sandy Pope, a Teamster local leader, won nomination for the Teamsters presidency at the union's Vegas convention. Backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union, she made it into the next stage of a three-way race that culminates this fall.

Mine Agency: Disaster 'Could and Should' Have Been Prevented »

June 30, 2011 | Bil Musgrave

Profits over people: Call it the silent killer. The investigation into the death of 29 miners at the Massey Upper Big Branch coal mine in April 2010 has revealed that the company maintained two sets of safety records. The practice kept hazardous conditions secret so Massey could keep digging...

VIDEO: Taking on FOX News - Are Public Workers the Problem? »

June 30, 2011 | Mark Brenner

As state and city budget battles come to a head everywhere, FOX News is stepping up its steady stream of public sector union-bashing. This week I had a chance to counter with my two cents, laying out who’s responsible for the red ink and what we can do about it.

With Election Rule, Labor Board Takes Half Step Forward »

June 29, 2011 | Jenny Brown, Mischa Gaus

The typical union vote in the U.S. subjects workers to two months of interrogation, intimidation, and threats that the shop will close, along with a sprinkling of company smiley-faces. That harrowing period could be shortened this summer.

'Viva Las Vegas,' Says Hoffa, Teamsters' 'Street-Fightin' Man' »

June 28, 2011 | Steve Early

The union now headed by James P. Hoffa is spending millions of dues dollars this week on the care, feeding, housing, and entertainment of a small fraction of the Teamsters membership, consisting mainly of delegates fond of his leadership (to varying degrees), along with two groups of dissenters...

Real and Make-Believe Collide at Teamsters Convention »

June 28, 2011 | Steve Early

Most Teamster conventions in the last 25 years have been held in Las Vegas. But this year's official expense-paid vacation will see telling reminders of rank-and-file discontent, in the form of two opposition candidates.

Relearning Solidarity in the Air Canada Strike »

June 27, 2011 | Sean Smith

Air Canada's customer reps survived the airlines' decade of crisis by sacrificing hard-won gains. But when they were faced with a crush of concession demands this month, they struck, and built an activist corps in the process.

Troublemaking Explodes in Bay Area »

June 27, 2011 | Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

Coming together under the banner of “The Spirit of Wisconsin,” an army of troublemakers 325 strong descended on Oakland’s Laney Community College in mid-June.

E-Verify, Another Name for Profiling »

June 27, 2011 | Shelly Jacob

The need for comprehensive immigration reform has become even more pressing as immigrants face a hodgepodge of state and local legislative efforts and federal enforcement programs that vary from county to county. Yet instead of leadership, we are left with rhetoric divorced from reality as...

California Strike Highlights Hospitals' Skewed Priorities »

June 24, 2011 | Mark Brenner

Workers at a California hospital return to the job today, following the third short strike this year by the National Union of Healthcare Workers. NUHW exposed a deal handing the CEO $5 million while staff was cut.

Nurses Join International Push for Bank Trade Tax »

June 22, 2011 | Mischa Gaus

Hundreds of nurses and their allies rallied on Wall Street Wednesday to remind the bankers they owe the nation, and the union movement is determined to collect. National Nurses United led the protest.

Pickets Challenge Labor to Find Solidarity with Palestinians »

June 22, 2011 | Michael Letwin

Fifty activists picketed an awards dinner June 13, telling New York state AFL-CIO head Denis Hughes his support for investments in Israel betrays basic principles of labor solidarity.



Canadian Government Pulls a Wisconsin on Postal Workers »

June 21, 2011 | Howard Ryan

After 48,000 Canadian postal workers launched a rolling strike in response to unproductive contract negotiations, the country’s Conservative government is pushing back hard. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has introduced back-to-work legislation that bears the smell of Wisconsin and Ohio.

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