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This July marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Auto Workers. The CAW was created out of a split from the U.S.-based United Auto Workers, at the beginning of a difficult era that is still with us . . . .

The Canadian House of Commons approved historic legislation recognizing the right of lesbian and gay couples to marry on June 28. Canada joins the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain in full granting full legal equality to lesbians and gay men by eliminating discriminatory restrictions on marriage...

Close to 4,400 mechanics, cleaners, and maintenance workers at Northwest Airlines (NWA) walked off the job August 20. The strike, called by the independent Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), is the first major airline strike since Northwest pilots struck in 1998.

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) convention in Phoenix, Arizona threw me back to a different year . . . .

The Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (FMPR), the 35,000-member union that represents public school teachers in Puerto Rico, is locked in battle with its international union, the American Federation of Teachers. At a disaffiliation assembly in September 2004, more than 60 percent of FMPR...

A sudden storm that had blown into the Bay Area the night before broke just as unexpectedly on April 28, less than an hour before a spirited rally against pension cuts and concessions at United Airlines took place at San Francisco International Airport . . . .

Reformers in Teamsters Local 728 in the Atlanta area reaped the benefits of a hard-fought, member-driven election campaign . . . .