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Workers at Miami University Win Small Wage Gain But Moral Victory in First-Ever Strike »

November 1, 2003 | Dan La Botz

AFSCME Local 209 -- the union for nearly 900 grounds, maintenance, and food service workers at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio -- carried out the first strike in the school’s 194-year history this fall...

Letter to the Editor: Fed Up with the SEIU, Brown University Workers Form Independent Union »

November 1, 2003 | Deb Petersen

Fed up with SEIU’s refusal to listen to the needs of its members, Brown University’s library and facilities units voted on August 25-26 to leave the International and form an independent union, the United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island (USAW-RI). Providence Public Library members...

GE Workers Fight Back in India, Reach out to GE Workers in the US »

November 1, 2003 | Anannya Bhattacharjee and Robin Alexander

At the end of a two-hour ride from Bangalore, just where the southern state of Karnataka meets the adjoining state of Tamil Nadu, I was met by C. Parthiban, a slightly graying handsome man with an ironic smile...

Workers Centers Introduction »

October 1, 2003 | Labor Notes staff

In preparation for a one-day conference for Worker Centers immediately preceeding the September 12-14 Labor Notes Conference in Detroit, Labor Notes asked various worker centers to submit articles outlining their work. Labor Notes encourages written response to these articles in this series....

First National Meeting of Worker Centers Discusses Strategies, Vision »

October 1, 2003 | N. Renuka Uthappa

Labor Notes hosted a first-of-its kind Worker Center Conference on September 11, a day before the beginning of our Troublemaking in Troubled Times conference. Representatives from 25 worker centers-community-based groups organizing for labor rights-gathered to discuss their organizing vision,...

In Koreatown, Los Angeles Workers Center Fights for Immigrant Worker Rights »

October 1, 2003 | Cindy Cho

Over its eleven-year history, Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates has grown from a service and advocacy organization to being a key component of a union organizing campaign at a major Los Angeles market. KIWA’s story illustrates the difficulties and potential for cross-cultural immigrant...

New Unity Partnership: Five Union Presidents Launch Bid to 'Revolutionize' AFL-CIO »

September 30, 2003 | William Johnson and Chris Kutalik

Seeking to reverse the declining fortunes of American unions, the presidents of five unions have initiated a plan for sweeping changes in the labor movement. This initiative, dubbed the New Unity Partnership (NUP), focuses on organizing strategies and centralizing the governing bodies inside...

Auto Union Embraces Two-Tier Wages »

September 30, 2003 | Jane Slaughter

The United Auto Workers’ new contracts with the Big Three automakers and two top suppliers signal the union’s unabashed acceptance of a two-tier system, both within the auto industry itself and between new-hires and current workers...

Organizing and the Internet »

September 30, 2003 | David Yao

Every internet-savvy labor activist I've talked to believes that there's no substitute for personal, one-on-one contact for effectively mobilizing and organizing union members and potential recruits...

Chicago Immigrant Workers ‘Get on the Bus’ For Freedom Rides »

September 30, 2003 | Teo Reyes

Activists and workers in Chicago will be doing their part to mobilize for the nationally-organized Immigrant Workers Freedom Rides set for the end of September...

Striking Chicago Hotel Workers Celebrate Labor Day in the Rain, Sitting on Michigan Avenue »

September 30, 2003 | Ricky Baldwin

Striking bartenders, maids, and other employees at the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago are in it for the long haul. The workers-members of the rejuvenated Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 1-celebrated Labor Day with civil disobedience, sitting down in the middle of...

North Carolina Center Creates Alternatives for Black Workers in Union-Hostile South »

September 1, 2003 | Saladin Muhammad

Black Workers For Justice (BWFJ) views trade unions as necessary organizations for empowering and uniting the Black liberation and workers’ movements in the U.S. South. However, it sees trade unions, especially those in the South, as being narrow politically, lacking a strong presence and...

Verizon Workers Stay on the Job as Contract Expires, Pressure Company From Within »

August 31, 2003 | Pam Galpern

On Saturday, August 2, Verizon workers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions cleared out their desks, emptied their lockers, and turned in their tools. They removed the batteries from their equipment and got rid of anything that might make it easier for managers and scabs to do their work...

UAW Will Trade Concessions for Health Care, Organizing Rights »

August 31, 2003 | Jane Slaughter

On September 15 United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger will announce victory in contract talks with automakers. The UAW will hold the line on health care cost-shifting, Gettelfinger’s only clearly announced goal. And the Big Three will agree to pressure non-union parts supplier...

Detroit Cintas Workers Prepare To Strike As Union Revs Up National Organizing Campaign »

August 31, 2003 | Sheila McClear

It’s a hot day in Detroit, and Cintas laundry worker Susan Amos is mad. Not about the heat, though. Amos shouts into a bullhorn, addressing her fellow workers at a rally in front of their plant. “I’ve been here 15 years and I still won’t be making ten,” she spits out. “They live off us...”

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