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Which is better—craft unions or industrial unions? The debate is as old as the labor movement itself, and one that resists simple answers. Craft unions organize workers along occupational lines. Industrial unions join everyone who works for one employer, or one industry, into one union...

The springtime news from the United Steelworkers and the Dofasco steel bosses rocked Hamilton, Ontario. Within days, the Steelworkers would be allowed into the company’s plants. They would chat with workers informally, one-on-one and in small groups, listen to their concerns, and gauge their...

If Barack Obama wins the fall election, he will be under more pressure to establish universal health insurance than any president in U.S. history. This will be due not only to public disgust with the current health care system, but to the hard work of organizations dedicated to universal health...

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Chris Kutalik

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During his time in Detroit, Labor Notes’ recently departed editor was a coordinator of strike support committees for the American Axle and Northwest mechanics strikes. Here he shares a few hard-earned tips on how (and how not) to build support...

Portland’s new day labor center opened in June to a hectic scene. Laborers and members of the media crowded around the site, a modest trailer in a city-owned parking lot. . . .

California may become the latest of several states to put restrictions on an online system that attempts to verify whether a job applicant can work in the U.S. Unions and immigrants’ rights groups—including the Service Employees and the California Immigrant Policy Center—are sponsoring a bill...