Troublemakers Blog
December 19, 2013 /
The Labor Heritage Foundation, now under new leadership, is looking forward to an exciting future of “art in activism.”
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December 18, 2013 /
Save our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress is like sitting in on a seminar on what ails our unions—and what can cure them.
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December 17, 2013 /
Imagine if a union meeting was held in front of your workplace right before work. Let’s say 70 percent participated and you all decided to go in five minutes late. This is how it goes in Brazil.
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December 13, 2013 / Samantha Winslow
From Silicon Valley, the Rocketship chain of charter schools is hoping to expand across the country. It’s backed by some of the biggest names in the tech world and claims high test scores. »
December 11, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury
Are you hunting for the perfect gift for the labor bookworms on your list? Or maybe you’re hungry for reading material to tide you over till Labor Notes’ next book? Here are some gems.
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December 11, 2013 /
In 1937, Woolworth’s was the Walmart of its day. So the story of a successful women's sit-down strike there gives useful parallels for low-wage workers today.
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December 09, 2013 /
UAW leaders want a dues increase, but that could push dissatisfaction with concessions to the breaking point.
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December 06, 2013 /
Memphis fast food strikers spent the day going from one fast food restaurant to another, rallying outside and occasionally taking over the lobbies. Yells of “turn it up!” punctuated the chants of “we can’t survive on $7.25.”
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December 03, 2013 /
With all the right-wing trash talk about working men and women, it’s refreshing to pick up a book that documents the dangerous work of an overlooked group─sanitation workers.
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December 02, 2013 /
It took nine years of fierce struggle to form a local that would work for folk musicians and grant us the benefits the American Federation of Musicians can offer—such as a pension.
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