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Pro Football’s Scrambled Brains Throw Egg on the Superbowl »

February 5, 2010 | David Finkel

I can remember it like yesterday, one of the great thrills of my sports-watching life. Tragically, Larry Morris, now living in a nursing home with dementia, can’t remember it at all. Absent a union that puts health and safety first for active and retired players, the NFL has discarded its...

How Could Little NUHW Beat Giant SEIU? Stewards. »

February 4, 2010 | Paul Krehbiel

Here’s my 2 cents on the NUHW win among the Kaiser Permanente professionals. In my view, it was the result of several key ingredients—but especially the existence of stewards councils that continued on their own even under the SEIU trusteeship:


Restaurant Workers Launch Multi-City Campaign to Transform Low-Wage Industry »

February 4, 2010 | Paul Abowd

The Restaurant Opportunities Center has launched workplace justice campaigns in four cities aimed at flipping the low-wage, high-discrimination industry.

After Bankruptcy and Concessions at Telecom Firm, Communications Workers Push to Prevent a Repeat »

February 3, 2010 | by Mischa Gaus

What happens when a guppy swallows a whale? In telecom, it’s meant service problems, then bankruptcy—which spells concessions for workers.

Asbestos Rains Down on Chilly Delphi Workers, but UAW's in a Deep Freeze »

February 3, 2010 | Gregg Shotwell

The slumlord at the GM-owned Delphi plant in Lockport, New York, turns off the heat every day between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. "Little Hitler," as the general foreman is known, thinks his dial-down saves GM money. Hammering pipes and raining asbestos may ring a different tune on the company cash...

Hospitals Ravaged by Recession Pile More Work on Staff »

February 3, 2010 | Mischa Gaus

Hospital work is thought to be recession-proof. No matter what the economy, people get sick and need care. The work is there, but at a cost: hospital workers and researchers say some hospitals are churning through a round of reorganization, strapping on more work, skimping on training, and...

Coast to Coast Solidarity as Tough Verizon Talks Start »

February 1, 2010 | by Mischa Gaus

Verizon workers were out in force today, rallying on both coasts as California bargaining teams entered what promises to be difficult contract talks. They're battling layoffs and looking to halt givebacks started at AT&T.

Unable to Cut Hourly Wages to $8, Hugo Boss Tries to Flee Overseas »

February 1, 2010 | Debbie Kline
After unsuccessfully demanding workers take a 33 percent pay cut, Hugo Boss gave notice of their intent to shutter their plant and lay off 400 workers. Cleveland Jobs with Justice is standing with the workers and their union in a fight to save the last clothing manufacturer in the city.

Reform Caucus Jolts Chicago Teachers Union »

January 30, 2010 | Kenzo Shibata

Four hundred education activists joined the Caucus of Rank and File Educators in January to map strategy for battling the next round of school closures in Chicago. CORE's also vying for control of the Chicago Teachers Union this spring.

Labor Needs a New Survival Plan—Now »

January 29, 2010 | Steve Early
For trade unionists already frustrated and disappointed with Obama, the collateral damage of the Democrat's defeat in Massachusetts is far worse than giving up on the unworkable mess of his health plan. As one dismayed union official in Washington, D.C., told me: “It’s the end of labor law reform...

Auto Worker Activists Regroup, Prepare to Fight Anew »

January 29, 2010 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

“A job is a right, we’re going to fight, fight, fight!” The chant filled the cavernous hotel conference room with anger and enthusiasm as the largest rank-and-file auto worker meeting in many years came to a close. Nearly 100 retired and active workers from the Big 3 and a dozen parts suppliers...

Race to the Top: Unions Asked to Play Ball for Education Dollars »

January 28, 2010 | Paul Abowd

With all eyes on Obama’s fraught health care push, his plans to overhaul public education have sped along with relative ease. The first leg of the federal "Race to the Top" competition finished January 19 when 40 states sent applications for a piece of the $4.35 billion in stimulus funds.

Mexican Mine Company Attempts to Buy Workers it Could Not Beat »

January 27, 2010 | by Dan La Botz

Unable to break the Mexican miners union at Cananea, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world, the mine owner is now trying to buy the workers with a big severance package.

NUHW Takes Kaiser Elections »

January 26, 2010 | Mark Brenner

The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) chalked up an important win today in Southern California as hundreds of professional and technical workers at Kaiser Permanente voted to leave the Service Employees (SEIU) and join the upstart NUHW.

Cameras on Trains Have Big Blind Spots »

January 26, 2010 | Ron Kaminkow and Ed Michael

Besides raising basic constitutional issues with the regard to the right to privacy, it is highly debatable whether a safety board's ruling to put video cameras in locomotives will diminish the likelihood of railroad accidents. But what it will do is place blame for accidents squarely on...

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