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UAW Forces Indy Members to Vote on Cutting Pay in Half »

September 15, 2010 | Wendy Thompson

The UAW International is forcing a mail-in vote on a concessionary contract reopener at a GM local—after the membership there voted overwhelmingly not to reopen.

Video: NUHW-SEIU Contest Puts Big Questions on Table for Labor »

September 14, 2010 | Mischa Gaus

Labor Notes' Mark Brenner was on Democracy Now! this morning to analyze the decisive showdown between the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and the Service Employees (SEIU) coming to a head this week in California.

Should Nonmajority Unions Have Right to Bargain? »

September 14, 2010 | Judy Atkins, David Cohen

With any luck, unions that haven't shown a majority in an election could soon gain bargaining rights. Unions began as “members-only” in the '30s, and a return to that bottom-up organizing could be a boost.

Delta Flight Attendants to Vote on Union Next Month »

September 13, 2010 | Jenny Brown

The fight is on at Delta Airlines, where, under new election rules that no longer count abstentions as "no's," 20,000 flight attendants have their best chance yet to win union representation.


‘One Nation’ to March on Washington Oct. 2 »

September 10, 2010 | Mariya Strauss

Under the slogan “win the change we voted for," unions and allied organizations have begun work organizing a big rally in Washington for October 2 to show their numbers and demand fair, decent jobs.

1.3 Million Public Workers Strike to Confront South Africa's Inequalities »

September 8, 2010 | Kate Griffiths

A three-week confrontation in South Africa closed schools and reduced hospital services to bare bones. The strike's demands highlighted disparities between public and private, Black and white.

Detroit Musicians: We'll Strike to Save Our Orchestra »

September 7, 2010 | Doug Cornelson

A strike is likely for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, after musicians voted to reject a management offer that would tumble the DSO out of its top-ten status.

‘I had to come to California to help’ »

September 3, 2010 | Ed Sadlowski

Ed Sadlowski came very close to winning the presidency of the Steelworkers in 1977, running a campaign that galvanized rank-and-filers. Now "Oil Can Eddie" is in California, volunteering on the campaign of the National Union of Healthcare Workers to unseat the Service Employees at Kaiser...

Indianapolis GM Workers Resist Company, Union Pressure to Cut Pay »

September 3, 2010 | Dianne Feeley

What part of “NO” doesn’t Justin Norman understand? The CEO of JD Norman Industries is pleading with GM workers to accept his offer of a 50 percent pay cut—though they'd just booed his buddies off the stage two days before.


Rat Company Routed by New York Movers »

September 2, 2010 | Jane Slaughter

It’s 12 feet long, with a tail, claws, and sharp teeth. It’s only a gray balloon, but the rat strikes fear in the hearts of New York City building managers.


On MLK's Day, Unions, Conservatives Rally for Jobs, Justice—Honor? »

September 1, 2010 | Tiffany Ten Eyck

Forty-seven years after Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the words “I have a dream” to an overflow crowd on the Washington Mall, August 28 still has resonance for civil rights activists, the union movement, and, now, the Tea Party.

Decisive Showdown: Which Union Will California Health Care Workers Choose? »

August 31, 2010 | Mark Brenner

After 18 months of legal delays and workplace skirmishes, the stage is set for a decisive confrontation between the National Union of Healthcare Workers and the Service Employees.

Domestic Workers Make History In New York »

August 31, 2010 | Mark Brenner

Domestic workers gathered at the foot of the Harriet Tubman memorial in Harlem today to celebrate New York’s groundbreaking domestic workers legislation, which the governor signed into law at a nearby community center. Deloris Wright told the crowd of fellow domestic workers, supporters, and...

Is U.S. Pulling Plug on Iraqi Workers? »

August 31, 2010 | David Bacon

Early July 21 police stormed the offices of the Iraqi Electrical Utility Workers Union in Basra. A shamefaced officer told President Hashmeya Muhsin that they'd come to shut the union down.


NY Taxi Union Battles Anti-Muslim Hatred after Cab Driver Stabbed »

August 27, 2010 | Mark Brenner

Taxi Workers Alliance member Ahmed Sharif was attacked August 24, a tragic sign of anti-Muslim hysteria swelling from the controversial plans to build an Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero.

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