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Model Organizing Campaign Doubles Union Membership in Nine Months »

April 30, 2002 | David Johnson

A nine-month Laborers Union organizing campaign in the asbestos removal industry has increased the unionized sector of the industry in New Jersey from 15 to 65 percent while organizing over 300 asbestos removal workers. In the process, the membership of Laborers’ Local 1030 doubled. The local...

Labor’s Enron »

April 30, 2002 | Jane Slaughter

It’s “no comment” all over Washington these days, as union presidents wonder if enriching themselves as company board members may not have been such a hot idea after all...

Your Local Could Be Next »

April 30, 2002 | Doug Hanscom

On a Monday morning in March my boss asked me if I would like to attend a class. He didn't say, and I didn't ask, what it was about. Thinking the class was for that day only, I told him I would attend.

UAW Decertifies Local 2036 »

April 30, 2002 | Jan Austin

On March 30, the United Auto Workers told Accuride Corporation that it would no longer represent the workers at Accuride's Henderson, Kentucky plant. The union took this unusual step after the members of UAW Local 2036 voted, yet again, to reject a management contract proposal they had...

Could BC be Canada's right-to-work beachhead? »

April 30, 2002 | Carole Pearson

When workers at a Nexfor lumber and i-joist plant in Juniper, New Brunswick went on strike last October, it was anything but run-of-the-mill. Negotiations for a first collective agreement broke down over the employer's refusal to accept the inclusion of a union security clause and dues check-...

To Build International Solidarity, AFL-CIO Needs To Dump Old Baggage »

April 30, 2002 | Judy Ancel

Many activists from both the United States and Mexico are rethinking their attitudes about one another. Many union attitudes in the US have been products of the Cold War and our history of economic nationalism--and many times we have been reminded by Mexicans of the mistrust they have of...

Your Local Could Be Next »

April 30, 2002 | Doug Hanscom

On a Monday morning in March my boss asked me if I would like to attend a class. He didn't say, and I didn't ask, what it was about. Thinking the class was for that day only, I told him I would attend...

UAW Decertifies Local 2036 »

April 30, 2002 | Jan Austin

On March 30, the United Auto Workers told Accuride Corporation that it would no longer represent the workers at Accuride's Henderson, Kentucky plant. The union took this unusual step after the members of UAW Local 2036 voted, yet again, to reject a management contract proposal they had...

Could BC be Canada's right-to-work beachhead? »

April 30, 2002 | Carole Pearson

When workers at a Nexfor lumber and i-joist plant in Juniper, New Brunswick went on strike last October, it was anything but run-of-the-mill. Negotiations for a first collective agreement broke down over the employer's refusal to accept the inclusion of a union security clause and dues check-...

To Build International Solidarity, AFL-CIO Needs To Dump Old Baggage »

April 30, 2002 | Judy Ancel

Many activists from both the United States and Mexico are rethinking their attitudes about one another. Many union attitudes in the US have been products of the Cold War and our history of economic nationalism--and many times we have been reminded by Mexicans of the mistrust they have of...

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

April 30, 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 participation in everything from cultural presentations to COPE to the stewards program. The bad news is that it has decided that it does not have to respect...

Plan Puebla-Panama: The Next Step in Corporate Globalization »

April 1, 2002 | Tom Hansen and Jason Wallach

Plan Puebla-Panama represents the next giant step in corporate-centered globalization: the fruits of NAFTA. Mexican President Vicente Fox, the principal salesman, touts it as his development vision for southern Mexico and Central America...

Le Plan Puebla-Panama, prochaine étape de la mondialisation des sociétés »

April 1, 2002 | Par Tom Hansen et Jason Wallach

Le Plan Puebla-Panama (PPP) constitue le prochain pas de géant en direction d'une mondialisation axée sur les sociétés: les fruits de NAFTA. Le Président mexicain Vicente Fox, le principal vendeur, se vante que le PPP représente sa vision du développement du sud du Mexique et de l'Amérique...

UFCW Forced To Publish Constitution on the Web »

April 1, 2002 | Kevin LaPalme

On March 1, a Canadian court ordered the United Food and Commercial Workers to place a copy of the union’s constitution on the UFCW Canada web site...

Trusteeship Ends in AFSCME DC 37 »

April 1, 2002 | Kim Moody

After three years, AFSCME has ended its trusteeship over its District Council 37, which represents 125,000 New York City public employees in 56 local unions...

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