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A Financial Meltdown 30 Years in the Making »

October 23, 2008 | Mark Brenner

They break it, and we’re stuck with the bill. In less than two weeks Congress lined up $700 billion to bail out the nation’s bankers, leaving millions of homeowners on the sidelines. . . .

Financial Crisis Socks California »

October 23, 2008 | Paul Abowd

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved $7 billion in cuts in October to help fill a $15.2 billion crater in California’s budget, leveling a broad attack on unions and working people as the world’s tenth-largest economy teeters. Unemployment in California rose to 7.7 percent in August. . . ....

From $2 an Hour, Nashville Carwash Workers Plot a Future »

October 23, 2008 | Garrett Stark

Before the Nashville Homeless Power Project began investigating work conditions for homeless people, Shur Brite Car Wash workers in downtown Nashville made as little as $2 an hour. The carwashers now stand poised to sign an agreement with their employer. . . .

Muslim Workers Demand Time for Prayer at Meatpacking Plants »

October 19, 2008 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Muslim workers at meatpacking plants owned by JBS Swift in Colorado and Nebraska walked out in September to demand time for prayer and dinner during their holy month of Ramadan. When the company agreed, other workers, largely Latino immigrants, led counter-protests, complaining that the...

Nurses Should Be in Their Own Union »

September 26, 2008 | Marilyn Albert and Ed Bruno

Bronx Nursing Home Workers Win Back Health Care Benefits »

September 26, 2008 | Mark Brenner

Winnipeg Transit Workers Ratify Contract on Third Vote, but Many are Less Than Thrilled »

September 26, 2008 | Chris Rigaux

Port Truckers Step Closer to Shedding Dirty Past »

September 26, 2008 | Paul Abowd

Labor leaders who want desperately to chase the Republicans from the White House are confronting a hurdle in their outreach to members: the question of race. Obama’s record on economic issues, they say, should put him way ahead of John McCain with working-class voters. But will the facts be...

Unions Talk Race as Election Nears »

September 26, 2008 | Jane Slaughter

Labor leaders who want desperately to chase the Republicans from the White House are confronting a hurdle in their outreach to members: the question of race. Obama’s record on economic issues, they say, should put him way ahead of John McCain with working-class voters. But will the facts be...

'Why Privatize? We Can Run It Better!' »

September 26, 2008 |

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Dave Cohen


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That’s the question United Electrical Workers Local 274 and the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU) asked when their wastewater treatment plant was threatened with privatization....


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“Why privatize? We can run it better!”...

As Profits Soar, Boeing Demands Concessions, Driving Machinists On Strike »

September 26, 2008 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Aircraft maker Boeing has been groaning under a $275 million backlog of orders for new airplanes that waste less fuel. The company booked a $4.1 billion profit last year, and its principal union, the Machinists (IAM), says Boeing’s profits have soared by 828 percent in recent years.But all that...

Hospital Organizing Has Slowed, Two Years After Labor Board's Controversial Supervisor Decision »

September 26, 2008 | Mischa Gaus

Joanne Thompson found out the hard way how management is exploiting a loose definition of a supervisor to strip workers of the ability to form unions. She had spent five years as a “charge nurse” at West Houston Medical Center, checking up on medication schedules and juggling workloads for the...

Labor Board Limits Political Strikes »

September 26, 2008 | Robert Schwartz

On May Day 2006, hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers walked off their jobs to protest restrictive immigration legislation. Some were fired, and brought complaints to the board. Ronald Meisburg, the National Labor Relations Board general counsel, responded by posting a directive on “...

Under Shadow of Corruption Scandals, SEIU Launches Hearings Against Dissidents »

September 26, 2008 | Mark Brenner

It’s crunch time for the November election, but top officials in SEIU are struggling to focus as corruption scandals and internal divisions over a threatened trusteeship spread across the union....

D.C. Teachers Divided on Merit Pay Plan »

August 25, 2008 | Paul Abowd

The Washington Teachers Union is on a collision course with D.C. schools chief Michelle Rhee over her plan to kill job security for teachers in exchange for merit pay—up to $20,000 a year in bonuses—and higher salaries. . . .

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