Labor Notes Archive

October, 2004

Surrendering the Shop Floor Means Surrendering the Future

September, 2004

8000 ‘Guest Workers’ Join Farm Union in North Carolina
Support the Million Worker March
AFL-CIO Forms Special Committee To Ward Off Independent Unions
Strikes Loom at Major Hotel Chains on Both Coasts
Understanding the New Overtime Rules

August, 2004

Companies Dump Pension Obligations on Taxpayers
Deserting the Sick and Elderly, Some Unions Join Employers Seeking to Limit Lawsuits
Toyota Organizing and the United Auto Workers
Why Organizing Toyota Should Be Job 1 for the United Auto Workers
Volunteer Organizers Report Progress Slow, But Improving at Plant in Georgetown, Kentucky
Skilled Trades Have Different Problem
Choose Your Label ... Worker or Professional?
California AFL-CIO Rebukes Labor’s National Level Foreign Policy Leaders
Honduran Teachers Win Month-Long Strike In Defense of Public Education
AFL-CIO’s Timid Approach Makes It Irrelevant in Health Care Debate

July, 2004

Labor and Politics
Longshore Rank and Filers Sue To Annul Contract Vote
Labor Board to Non-Union Workers:‘You’re on Your Own When You Face the Boss’
Seattle Grocery Workers Locked in Contract Battle
Canadian Telecom Industry Rocked by Deregulation, Competition, Mergers, Technology
NLRB’s Weingarten Decision Also Hurts Workers in ‘Non-Majority’ Unions
What’s Wrong with our Political Action?

June, 2004

Auto Parts Workers Strike Over Pay Cuts, Job Cuts, New Hire Wages
Postal Service Plans To ‘Outplace’ Disabled Workers
Victor Reuther: 1912-2004
Longshore Contract Passes Narrowly; Opponents Claim Vote Was Unfair
From Democrat to Green in San Francisco Union Switches Mayoral Endorsement to Third-Party Candidate

May, 2004

Gas Prices Fuel Port Drivers’ Revolt
Telephone Workers Pressure SBC as Contract Expires

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