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Workers Centers Increasingly Are Forging Alliances with Unions »

December 22, 2006 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

This August, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), a network of over 140 worker centers that organize mostly immigrant day laborers, entered into an agreement that would allow worker centers to apply for membership with local and state federations of the AFL-CIO. The agreement...

Review: From Monsignor Sweeney to Reverend Andy: Labor’s “New” Agenda For America Hasn’t Improved With Age »

December 22, 2006 | Steve Early

As politicians pursued voters and media coverage around the country this Fall, labor’s most voluble and highly visible national spokesperson was out on the hustings as well. A non-candidate himself — at least for now — Service Employees President Andy Stern had a new book to promote...

Boston Janitors Say Strike Settlement Is No Victory »

December 1, 2006 | Amy Offner

Boston janitors ratified a five-year contract on November 9, two weeks after ending a 23-day strike that attracted national attention. The trustees of the janitors’ union, Service Employees Local 254, called the settlement a victory because it extended health benefits to 1,000 part-time workers...

Hoffa Re-Elected Teamsters President »

November 27, 2006 | Teamsters for a Democratic Union

Tom Leedham’s campaign for Teamster General President did more than win 35 percent of the vote. It strengthened our union for the future. . .

Rank-and-File Auto Workers Reflect on Past, Plan for Future »

November 27, 2006 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

When auto parts maker Delphi first announced that it planned to toss out its union contracts through bankruptcy in October 2005, the unions representing the tens of thousands of workers at Delphi didn’t have much to say. Then reports of a group of angry auto workers began to surface. . .

Viewpoint: Looking Back on the Northwest Strike »

November 20, 2006 | Malik Miah and Terry O'Rourke

Striking mechanics and cleaners at Northwest Airlines voted November 6 to end their 15-month strike. This marks a new stage in airline employees’ fight to turn back an orchestrated assault on wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Returning to Work with an Inside Campaign »

November 20, 2006 | Robert M. Schwartz

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When an employer begins to hire permanent replacements, the union must carefully evaluate its position. If the numbers of replacements are small, the union may be able to shrug off the hiring as a scare tactic. But if the employer appears...

Suffocating Right to Strike: Federal Judges Block Work Actions at Bankrupt Airlines »

November 20, 2006 | Chris Kutalik

From auto parts to carhauling to airlines, employers have used bankruptcy to gut union contracts. Now companies are using the courts to throw out unions’ right to strike. . .

As Violence Escalates Labor and Community Forces Challenge Mexican Government »

November 20, 2006 | Dan La Botz

After five months of struggle and violent repression, Local 22 of the Mexican Teachers Union and the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca continue their fight to remove Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz. . .


Goodyear Strikers Settling in for Long Haul »

November 20, 2006 | Dee Rucker-Ash

After being out on strike for 41 days we have settled in for the long haul. The road has been long and brutal. Some friendships have been broken by people crossing the line and becoming scabs, and some new friendships have been formed. We have stood together in solidarity and will continue to...

Immigrant Workers Organize Mass Strikes »

October 30, 2006 | Chris Kutalik

While media coverage of this spring’s nationwide immigrant upsurge focused on dramatic marches and demonstrations, the upsurge was fueled by mass work stoppages in industries that employ a high percentage of immigrant workers.

Viewpoint: Beyond the Living Wage: Taking on CEO Excess »

October 30, 2006 | Sam Pizzigati

Over the past dozen years, possibly no grassroots movement has excited progressives more than the living wage movement. Photo: Jim West/jimwestphoto.com .

Union-Owned Bank in Austria Hit With Corruption Scandal; Workers Lose Strike & Education »

October 30, 2006 | Ben Weinthal

The illegal business practices of a union-controlled bank, Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (Bawag), have led to one of the most devastating corruption scandals in Austrian history.

How Employers are Cooking the Books To Underreport Workplace Injuries »

October 30, 2006 | Jordan Barab

Underreporting of worker injuries by employers is a growing national problem. Companies apply different types of pressure to discourage workers from reporting their injuries and punish those who do. The KFM story provides a dramatic example of this trend.

Communications Workers: Reshaping the Union for an Offensive against Corporate America »

October 30, 2006 | Jeff Crosby,

This July’s Communications Workers of America (CWA) convention marked the first step towards reshaping the union for an offensive against corporate America.

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