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Immigrant Meatpackers Join Forces With the Union and the Church »

June 30, 2002 | by David Bacon

St. Agnes Church and its sister parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe, are the heart of south Omaha, Nebraska. Every Sunday, hundreds of packinghouse workers-Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans-dress up in their best clothes and stream through St. Agnes’ doors for Spanish Mass...

Your Money or Your Job »

June 30, 2002 | by Rodney Ward

US Airways wants big concessions. The company, heavily concentrated in the eastern U.S., was hit hard by the aftermath of September 11, a tough competitive market, and the onset of recession in 2001. But it was made particularly vulnerable by years of spectacular mismanagement...

"Happy Days Are Here Again" at Auto Workers Convention »

June 30, 2002 | by Gregg Shotwell

Nothing in Vegas is real. Even the facades are fake. The only thing you can count on is that hucksters will take your money...

Disability Rights Activists Get Unions’ Attention »

June 30, 2002 |

ADAPT, the national disability rights group, blocked access to the headquarters of the AFL-CIO, AFSCME (right), and SEIU May 14 to demand meetings with union leaders. ADAPT is seeking union support for a Senate bill (S. 1298) that would reform Medicaid to give people a choice of long-term care...

Organizing: Union Takes the Long, Bottom-Up Route at GE »

June 30, 2002 | by Paul Bouchard

General Electric has an entire department dedicated to keeping unions out of its plants. The efforts of the “Union Avoidance” department have been successful. The last union win at a GE plant was in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the mid-1980’s. By going back to an old union organizing strategy,...

NAFTA Labor Black Hole Lessons for the Fast Track Debate »

June 30, 2002 | by Sarah Anderson

Five years ago, Mexican workers at two factories in Tamaulipas state owned by U.S.-based Breed Technologies initiated a work stoppage to protest unsafe working conditions. Workers in these two plants, called Customtrim and Autotrim, glue and sew leather around automobile steering wheels and...

The Corporatization of Unions »

June 30, 2002 | Jim Smith

Every day across the industrialized world there are countless class battles taking place on the shop floor, in the office and public enterprise. Workers - unionized or not - stand up for their rights in both subtle and forceful ways, often employing creative tactics to resist management...

El Hueco Negro del Alcan Lecciones Para El Debate Del Carril Rapido »

June 30, 2002 | Sarah Anderson

Hace cinco años, trabajadores mexicanos de dos fábricas en el estado de Tamaulipas propiedad de Breed Technologies, una compañía con sede en EE.UU., iniciaron una huelga para protestar por condiciones inseguras de trabajo. Los obreros de esas dos plantas, llamadas Customtrim y Autotrim, pegan...

Quand le syndicalisme est mise sur le long terme en s'appuyant sur la base »

June 30, 2002 | Paul Bouchard.

General Electric (GE) possède un département entier dont le but est de maintenir les syndicats hors de ses usines. Les efforts de ce département " Entretien du vide syndical " ont porté leurs fruits. La dernière victoire syndicale au sein d'une usine GE à Murfreesboro, dans le Tennessee, date...

Empacadores de Carne unen fuerzas con el Sindicato y con la Iglesia »

June 30, 2002 | David Bacon (translated by Hector Urrutia)

Omaha, Nebraska es el hogar de las iglesias San Anges y Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe...

Federal employee Union Fights Contracting out »

May 31, 2002 | David Schlein

On March 12, the news was dominated by President Bush’s statement of outrage that the US
Immigration and Naturalization Service had issued visas to two of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

New Transit Union Leaders Encourage Member Participation -- But Falter on Democratic Rights »

May 31, 2002 | Steve Downs

The good news in Transport Workers Union Local 100 is that the new leadership has cleaned up the local’s finances and encouraged member
Editor’s Note: After reformers take power in a union, it’s not uncommon that differences among them-which were submerged during the campaign to win election-...

Federal employee Union Fights Contracting out »

May 31, 2002 | David Schlein

On March 12, the news was dominated by President Bush’s statement of outrage that the US Immigration and Naturalization Service had issued visas to two of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon...

An Exchange of Views: Will Endorsing Republicans Teach Turncoat Dems the Right Lesson? »

May 31, 2002 | Steve Early, Bob Master, Hetty Rosenstein, Ellen David Friedman, and Chuck Idelson

"Independent political action” is a phrase long used in labor circles. It describes union efforts to reduce their dependence on the employer-dominated political parties and experiment instead with worker-based alternatives...

Teamsters Approve 25% Dues Hike »

May 31, 2002 | Barry Eidlin

Teamster convention delegates approved a 25 percent dues increase-from two hours’ pay per month to 2.5 hours-at a one-day Special Convention April 30 in Las Vegas. Teamster President James Hoffa had argued for the dues hike in order to increase strike benefits, boost organizing, and help local...

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