Troublemakers Blog
June 27, 2011 /
The need for comprehensive immigration reform has become even more pressing as immigrants face a hodgepodge of state and local legislative efforts and federal enforcement programs that vary from county to county. Yet instead of leadership, we are left with rhetoric divorced from reality as conservatives pursue a mandatory “E-Verify” system to check work »
June 22, 2011 /
Fifty activists picketed an awards dinner June 13, telling New York state AFL-CIO head Denis Hughes his support for investments in Israel betrays basic principles of labor solidarity.
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June 20, 2011 /
The Los Angeles Labor Notes Troublemakers School on June 11 drew 110 union leaders and rank and filers together to learn from each other.
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June 17, 2011 /
In an eye-opening interview with Labor Notes about assaults on workers in Iran and their efforts to organize free trade unions, an organizer based in Tehran delves into the volatile situation for advocates of union democracy in a closed society.
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June 07, 2011 /
More than a thousand rallied in Madison yesterday to relight and escalate protests against Governor Scott Walker and the state’s continued attacks on Wisconsin workers.
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June 03, 2011 /
Retail cleaning workers and community allies ended a 12-day hunger strike against the Supervalu grocery chain Thursday. The workers, members of a Minneapolis worker center, called off the action when religious leaders and elected officials said they'd press management for a solution.
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June 02, 2011 /
A CWA business agent visiting family in Peru was surprised to find well-educated and well-paid doctors and teachers waking up early to rally on behalf of striking bus drivers. Why aren't Americans in the habit? Well, it starts with us. Bring a little Lima (or Wisconsin) to your hometown.
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May 27, 2011 /
Two hundred activists found some answers in the tactics, strategies, tools, and sources of inspiration shared at the Labor Notes Troublemakers School last week in Chicago.
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May 27, 2011 /
Three days after statewide protests and lobbying by California teachers, Governor Jerry Brown earmarked an additional $3 billion for education--a result of many months of massive protests and lobbying across the state.
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May 26, 2011 / Jane Slaughter
A Wisconsin judge ruled today that the infamous “budget repair” bill that would undermine public employee unions in the state was passed illegally. State senate Republicans pushed the bill through March 9 without advance public notice, she »