Troublemakers Blog
June 12, 2014 /
Fifth-tier auto workers at the Big 3 are “independent contractors”—in other words, day labor.
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June 06, 2014 / Samantha Winslow
As an antidote to the “grow grow grow” mentality of the elected officials and business leaders pushing charter schools, a recent report by University of Oregon professor and political economist Gordon Lafer outlines what’s wrong with privatization of public schools. »
June 04, 2014 /
Berry pickers in Washington State went on multiple strikes last year, demanding justice for a fired co-worker, 70 cents per pound of berries picked, and an end to sexist and racist harassment by their supervisors. Management responded by trying to break their union and replace them »
June 02, 2014 /
If the Social Security Administration replaces its field offices with Internet services and an 800 phone number, it may hit you in the wallet. Jane Slaughter explains.
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May 30, 2014 / Jane Slaughter
Jane Slaughter retires today from the Labor Notes staff, although not from Labor Notes.
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May 29, 2014 /
A mail carrier found out through a manager’s slip of the tongue that the Postal Service was trying to force seniors in a local retirement community to walk to the corner for their mail.
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May 21, 2014 /
Retail sales and customer service reps voted 2 to 1 to join the Communications Workers at six Brooklyn Verizon stores. The wireless side of telecom has remained largely unorganized, but these new unionists hope to cause a ripple effect.
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May 19, 2014 /
Mother Jones once proclaimed Illinois to be “the best-organized labor state in America,” and the people of the Illinois coalfields—where Kevin Corley’s new novel Sixteen Tons takes place—were always at the center of the action.
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May 14, 2014 /
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is downplaying financial gains at the Postal Service, which has been reporting revenue increases for five straight quarters. Why is Donahoe minimizing the winning streak?
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