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Politics Done Differently »

July 17, 2012 | Mike Parker

The focus of political organizing has to be identifying, reducing, and then eliminating corporate control and power. But if national unions can’t be counted on to be the solid center of an anti-corporate movement, how do we get there?

SEIU 1199 Nursing Home Workers Strike against Givebacks »

July 16, 2012 | Olivia Rosane

Service Employees 1199 New England is striking five Connecticut nursing homes to defend contracts against sweeping concessions.

Hotel Employers Conspire to Deny Permanent Jobs »

July 13, 2012 | Jenny Brown

In Indianapolis, hotel workers hired through a temp agency are denouncing a blacklist that prevents them from getting jobs directly with city hotels. Organizing with UNITE HERE, they've filed suit.

Boycott Palermo’s, Say Milwaukee Pizza Factory Strikers »

July 12, 2012 | Dawn Tefft

Wisconsin unions were denied a lengthy mourning of last month's recall results when immigrant workers at Palermo’s Pizza factory walked out to demand recognition. Their strike is galvanizing the Milwaukee labor community.

The Labor Law Reform We Need »

July 11, 2012 | Rand Wilson

When the next opportunity for labor law reform arrives, union membership will be smaller and our political clout even more diminished. If we are to succeed, future reform proposals must be wrapped in a broader mantle that will appeal to all workers.

NUHW-Machinists Alliance: What’s the Game Plan? »

July 10, 2012 | Carl Finamore

It surprised many when the National Union of Healthcare Workers—a quintessential service sector union—announced in February its intent to affiliate with the Machinists, which has an extensive industrial union history. An interview with three principal players delves into the thinking behind the...

New York’s Locked-Out Utility Workers Try to Beat the Heat »

July 9, 2012 | Samantha Winslow

New York City's utility company locked out 8,500 workers in a summer heat wave, attacking pensions and health care. Members chanted and cheered on pickets as the union questioned replacements' safety training.

A Union Grows in Brooklyn »

July 6, 2012 | Brian Pickett

Community supporters are turning out once again at a small grocery store in the Kensington neighborhood in Brooklyn to aid workers fighting for their union.



Immigration Audits: Building A Strong Defense »

July 5, 2012 | Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

President Obama's policies have cost thousands of immigrant workers their jobs. But SEIU Local 26 fought alongside immigrant members and communities, used the contract to win protections, and extended the gains to non-members.

Organizing: Aim the Slingshot Well »

July 3, 2012 | Hetty Rosenstein

Organizing has fallen off the map in most conversations about labor’s future. Every day we shrink further and further. Every organizing drive is more difficult to win. What—if anything—is refreshing about our organizing?

Walmart Workers March in L.A., Saying ‘No Thanks’ to New Stores »

July 2, 2012 | Paul Krehbiel

More than 4,000 union members and community supporters, including many Walmart workers, marched in Los Angeles Saturday. They opposed the chain's bid to bring its tornado of destruction into urban centers.


As Unions Cheer Health Care Decision, Some Push for More »

June 29, 2012 | Peter Knowlton

After the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, much of labor issued a glowing reaction. But some unions said unhealthy provisions are hiding in the bill—and the court's decision.

In Alabama Poultry Workers Victory, A Vote to Stick Together »

June 28, 2012 | Eduardo Soriano-Castillo

A racially mixed workforce in an Alabama poultry plant defeated management’s attempts to exploit their diversity, turning aside the divide-and-conquer tactics and voting in the union.

Are We at a Tipping Point? »

June 27, 2012 | Mark Brenner

The last four years have created some uncomfortable arithmetic for unions. Are we at a tipping point, where labor is no longer able to influence conditions and create a shared working-class common sense? If we are, where should we focus?

Teamster Sympathy Strikes Defeat Lockout »

June 26, 2012 | Jane Slaughter

A series of one-day sympathy strikes by Teamsters in five cities helped convince the waste-hauler Republic Services to back off a six-week lockout of its workers in Evansville, Indiana. Workers in California, Michigan, and Illinois honored picket lines.

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