Labor Notes Archive

August, 2010

Social Security: Bipartisan Fervor to Whack the Old Folks
Behind Closed Doors, An Attack on Social Security
‘Social Security Is Going Broke’...and Other Lies
What Brown Does for Turkish Workers
Chamber of Commerce to Women: Don't Worry, Be Happy about Pay Gap
Guestworker Group Exposes Forced Labor in Tennessee
Taxi Driver Groups Taking Multiple Routes to Organize
Hotel Workers Wildcat in Southern California
Indianapolis GM Workers Toss Out Reps Selling Concessions
Construction Workers Quenching a Thirst for Justice in Austin, Texas
Make Technology Work For—Not Against—Us
Bangladeshi Women Garment Workers Strike for $72 per month
As Layoffs Hit, NY Transit Workers Push for $5 Worth of Solidarity
Buoyed by Local Solidarity, Apple Factory Strikers Seek National Support
Half Wages? Bring Out the Rat, Say NY Movers
Readying for Tough Bargaining, Members Stoke the Fires at Verizon
In Florida, Slavery Still Haunts the Fields
Women at Houston Port Win a Round in Potty Wars
On the Bus for Solidarity, Los Angeles to Phoenix

July, 2010

California Nurses a Royal Pain for Billionaire Candidate
Telecom Setbacks Debated at CWA Convention
Settlement Reached in Two-Year Feud between SEIU and UNITE HERE
GM Seeks to Cut Wages in Half at Indianapolis Factory
Wal-Mart Outmaneuvers Unions To Win Approval for Chicago Store
Civil Disobedience Raises Stakes in Nationwide Protests against Hyatt
Yawning Deficits Put Public Sector Workers in the Crosshairs
New York Musters to Fight as Layoffs Sweep Mass Transit
“Undocumented and Unafraid” Students Sit-in for Their Dream at the Capitol
A Second Disaster Coming to the Gulf? Hazards Abound for Cleanup Workers
Longshore Workers, Bidding to Protect New Hires, Are Locked Out in Montreal

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