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James Hoffa has been overwhelmingly reelected president of the Teamsters. With well over half the votes counted as Labor Notes went to press, Hoffa was taking nearly two-thirds.

"How do we make our union stronger?" was the challenge, as 40 to 50 UAW activists convened in Flint, Michigan October 20-21. On Saturday a meeting organized by the UAW Solidarity Coalition brainstormed resolutions for the UAW Constitutional and Bargaining Conventions, to be held back to back in...

In my workplace, discussions about the war in Afghanistan vary from comments that acknowledge the complexities and causes of this war to "bomb the shit out of them" to no opinion at all. Our members for the most part are reluctant to talk about sensitive issues at work because they want to...

There's an old saying among economists that in time of war, governments pursue egalitarian policies in order to retain popular support. For example, during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, the federal government imposed an excess profits tax on businesses-in part because it needed...

"How do we make our union stronger?" was the challenge, as 40 to 50 UAW activists convened in Flint, Michigan October 20-21. On Saturday a meeting organized by the UAW Solidarity Coalition brainstormed resolutions for the UAW Constitutional and Bargaining Conventions, to be held back to back in...

In my workplace, discussions about the war in Afghanistan vary from comments that acknowledge the complexities and causes of this war to "bomb the shit out of them" to no opinion at all. Our members for the most part are reluctant to talk about sensitive issues at work because they want to...

In what has become known as the UAW's modern-day David and Goliath story, the courageous members of UAW Local 2036 in Henderson, Kentucky voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest contract offer by their employer, Accuride. The Accuride plant is the nation's largest producer of steel wheels...