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Landmark Ruling Guarantees Canadian Workers Collective Bargaining Rights »

August 24, 2007 | Glen Chochla

A coalition of health care unions in British Columbia scored a groundbreaking victory on June 8 when the Supreme Court of Canada struck down key provisions of the province’s Health and Social Services Delivery Improvement Act. Overturning two lower court decisions and a number of its own...

The Labor Party Should Join the Greens »

August 16, 2007 | Brian King

It's easy to see from Dan McCarthy's article in the September 2002 issue that the Labor Party is smaller than it was. I was present at both the Cleveland and Pittsburgh conventions in 1996 and 1998, and the 1,400 and 1,200 delegates present at those meetings was pretty impressive. I was a...

German Railroad Workers Stage ‘Warning Strike’ in Fight for Pay Hikes »

July 30, 2007 | Ben Weinthal

German rail workers staged “warning strikes”—limited work stoppages—July 2-4, bringing Germany’s massive rail network virtually to a halt. . . .

New Jersey Health Care Workers Beat Back Anti-Union NLRB Rulings »

July 30, 2007 | Mike Slott

It’s not often that a union successfully blocks the impact of an anti-union National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling. But our union, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT (HPAE), recently did just that through a combination of legal research, membership education and involvement...

On the Russian Waterfront: Kaliningrad Dockworkers Leader Beaten, Stabbed »

July 30, 2007 | Liz Vladeck

Union members from all over Russia flocked to a picket line outside the entrance to the city of Kaliningrad’s port on June 20. They gathered to support independent union leader Mikhail Chesalin, who was brutally attacked and stabbed outside his office a few weeks earlier. . . .

Using the Web to Get Out Labor’s Message »

July 30, 2007 |

Author(s):
Eric Lee and Derek Blackadder


Excerpt:


Most unions still do not fully exploit the Internet. The vast majority of U.S. union members have never received an email from their union. Chances are though that most union members are online in a big way—and they expect...

General Electric: Local Members’ Actions Key to National Contract Settlement »

July 30, 2007 | Al Hart

At the end of June, workers at General Electric (GE) ratified a new four-year contract. Despite a determined push by the company for deep concessions on retirement benefits of future hires, a rollback of early retirement opportunities, and drastically increased medical cost shifting, the unions...

Korean Unionists Protest Free Trade Agreement with U.S. »

July 30, 2007 | Sunny Lim

Korean metal workers are on the front lines in the fight against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the South Korean and U.S. governments. Protesting the agreement, which was signed on June 30, about 110,000 Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) members in 157 locals across the county...

Steward's Corner »

July 20, 2007 | Ken Riley

For a long time our local union was a sleeping giant in the community. Other groups solicited us only for our funds and not for our involvement. We were also losing ground in contract negotiations: Charleston is a major port, and we weren't taking advantage of that fact to address issues that...

Filipino Workers Forced to Choose Between Families and Jobs »

July 10, 2007 | Teófilo Reyes

The Service Employees International Union, the American Civil Liberties Union, and community organizations have announced a discrimination lawsuit on behalf of immigrant airport screeners. They are charging the federal government with violating the immigrant screeners’ rights to due process...

La Huelga de los Carpinteros Pone un Alto a la Explosión de Construcción en Pórtland »

July 5, 2007 | Margaret Gorman


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Bargaining Tactics for Pensions »

June 25, 2007 |

Author(s):
David Cohen


Excerpt:


The retirement system in our country is under attack. Everyday we hear of large corporations terminating their defined benefit pension plans and replacing them with 401k or other defined contribution plans that will provide employees with a lower...

Carpenters Strike Halts Construction Boom in Portland »

June 25, 2007 | Margaret Gorman

These days, it’s impossible to make your way through Portland, Oregon without noticing the commercial construction boom. That steady boom was brought to a standstill June 1, however, by raucous picket lines. . . .

Service Employees End California Nursing Home Partnership »

June 25, 2007 | Mark Brenner

Following months of criticism and sharp internal debate, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ended its controversial partnership agreement with a group of California nursing homes on May 31. The four-and-a-half-year-old deal was a quid pro quo arrangement that brought over 3,000...

Public Sector Strikes Sweep through South Africa »

June 25, 2007 | William Johnson

One million workers across South Africa went on strike June 1, shutting down public services throughout the country. The strike is the country’s largest since apartheid rule ended in 1994. . . .

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