Troublemakers Blog
July 11, 2013 /
At Moral Monday in North Carolina, we understood how our brothers and sisters in the Civil Rights Movement felt when they fought the “Goliath” of their day.
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July 06, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 1 julio, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of July 1, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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July 03, 2013 / Jenny Brown
We talk with retired Communications Worker Mark Klein, who noticed something odd at his AT&T job back in 2002.
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June 29, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 24 junio, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of June 24, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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June 26, 2013 / Samantha Winslow
In a sign of growing teacher discontent at their continual scapegoating for all the ills of public education, a recently formed reform slate of teacher union activists in Newark, New Jersey, won a majority on their local union’s executive board yesterday, losing the presidential spot by only nine votes. »
June 22, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 17 junio, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of June 17, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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June 21, 2013 /
Attorneys who defend tenants, domestic violence survivors, and people with disabilities in New York are on strike. Drastic benefits cuts would turn their job into a revolving door, they say, eroding the quality of legal advocacy available to low-income people.
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June 21, 2013 /
Two Philadelphia parents and two school lunchroom staff have committed to consume nothing but water till the city and the state reverse drastic cuts. The district intends to lay off 1,200 student safety staff.
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June 19, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury, / Jane Slaughter
Florida just prohibited cities from mandating sick leave, and a survey shows Congressional staffers trust CEOs more than unionists. But it's not all bad news: Adjuncts at religious colleges get the green light to unionize, and interns are finally getting some respect.
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June 15, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 10 junio, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of June 10, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.
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