Troublemakers Blog
May 02, 2013 /
After the largest collegiate boycott of a top-three sportswear company in history, the big brands are forced to acknowledge they cannot walk away when their contractors deprive workers of legally earned money.
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April 30, 2013 /
Chinese visitors say American unionists always want to know how Chinese workers organize so many strikes without unions and without legal protection. In return, they are amazed by the thick contracts that U.S. unions have won.
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April 27, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 22 abril, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of April 22, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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April 25, 2013 /
To avoid a repeat of 2009’s concessions, Communications Workers delegates agreed that all districts would stick together. So what happened?
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April 23, 2013 / Jenny Brown
Walmart has cut store staffing so severely that in some cases workers have no time to stock shelves, and the few remaining checkers face customers who’ve been waiting in line for 30 minutes. »
April 20, 2013 /
We are pleased to announce weekly postings in Spanish of labor news and analysis from the U.S. We’ll summarize several stories from the past week’s Labor Notes website. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. Click to see the English version, too.
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April 18, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury
Hong Kong dockworkers walk off the job and describe nitty-gritty working conditions at the world’s third-busiest port.
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April 11, 2013 /
NUHW scored a win for patients when it forced Kaiser Permanente to address inadequate staffing at psychiatric facilities throughout the state.
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April 08, 2013 /
Immigrant workers from four countries struck the big parcel delivery companies in Italy, and forced them to honor contract terms.
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April 06, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 1 abril, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of April 1, in Spanish and English.
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