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Raising Our Voices in Taksim Square »

June 3, 2013 | Kıvanç Eliaçık

What began in Turkey seven days ago as the takeover of Gezi Park turned into a national uprising from Istanbul to other major cities.

Movies We Love about Workers, Work, and the Workplace »

June 3, 2013 | Chris Garlock

Dozens of Labor Notes readers responded to our call for your favorite feature films about workers, work, and the workplace.

Noticias Laborales »

June 1, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 27 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 27, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.

Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’ »

May 31, 2013 | Mark Haller

Locomotive builders in Erie, Pennsylvania, are rallying today to demand that GE stop the transfer of a third of the plant’s jobs to a non-union factory in Texas.

Adjunct Faculty, Now in The Majority, Organize Citywide »

May 30, 2013 | Alexandra Bradbury

Faculty members who work on short-term contracts have launched citywide, cross-college organizing drives in Boston and Pittsburgh. Most teachers and students in higher ed today are working-class.

Who Speaks for China’s Workers? »

May 29, 2013 | Jenny Chan

A famous TED Talk claims that foreign-owned factories in China have helped workers there improve their lives. Can we pin our hopes for workers’ well-being on the benevolence of Apple?

Frozen, Furloughed and Sequestered: Federal Workers Fed Up »

May 28, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Update August 6, 2013: The Department of Defense reduced the number of furlough days for 650,000 civilian employees from 11 to six.

Noticias Laborales »

May 25, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 20 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 20, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.

Food Chain Workers Double-Team Wendy’s »

May 24, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Wendy’s felt a double dose of worker power at the company’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan yesterday as farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and workers from Wendy’s restaurants gathered outside in successive waves to present their demands.

Fannie and Freddie Duck the Waterless Hurricane »

May 23, 2013 | Dianne Feeley

The Metro Detroit foreclosed-upon called on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday to stop giving away their homes to the banks. 43 percent of Detroit homeowners are underwater.

School's in Session for New York Troublemakers »

May 22, 2013 | Nate Franco

Around 200 activists came out to the New York Troublemakers School last weekend for a solid dose of skills and inspiration.

Hospital Workers Strike Today, Demand Safer Staffing, Pensions »

May 21, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

At 6 a.m. today 13,000 hospital workers struck the University of California to protect their pensions and demand more jobs. Higher staff-to-patient ratios save lives, they say.

UPS: Largest Private-Sector Contract, Profitable Employer, Flat Beer »

May 20, 2013 | Tim Hill

The UPS agreement will raise health care costs, let the company continue with harassment, and maintain a permanent underclass of part-timers, at a company that is hauling in nearly $5 billion a year.

Noticias Laborales »

May 18, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 13 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 13, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.

New Path to Citizenship Looks More Like an Obstacle Course »

May 17, 2013 | Teófilo Reyes

As deportations break records, an immigration bill is being debated in the Senate that would create a Frankenstein process. It will leave millions by the wayside.

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