Troublemakers Blog

February 15, 2013 / Mark Brenner
Affiliation between the American Federation of Teachers and the National Federation of Nurses provides much-needed stability for the NFN—and raises questions about its ambitions. »
February 12, 2013 /
At the world's wealthiest university, "modernization" and "shared services" are code for layoffs and speedup. »
February 07, 2013 /
At New York’s Fashion Week, United Students Against Sweatshops is launching a coordinated campaign targeting Adidas. »
February 06, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury
The Postmaster General startled workers today by announcing that letter delivery will drop to five days a week in August. Packages, but not letters, will still be delivered Saturdays. »
February 01, 2013 /
Shouldn’t TSA recruit skilled agents and pay them well—rather than hiring young high-school grads and submitting them to a battery of ambiguous tests? »
January 30, 2013 / Alexandra Bradbury
Cablevision fired 23 workers in Brooklyn after they tried to use management’s “open door” policy to talk to a vice president about how the company is stonewalling their first-contract bargaining. »
January 30, 2013 /
Food service workers at American University ratified a groundbreaking contract Monday, with “sustainability language”: training and more hours so they can cook from scratch with fresh, local ingredients. »
January 25, 2013 / Mark Brenner
Last week I was on Fox News to talk about the conflict between New York City and its school bus drivers and aides. »
January 17, 2013 /
Reporters at the Southern Weekend newspaper became an Internet sensation when they went out on strike over Communist Party censorship. »
January 11, 2013 /
Courageous teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle have voted unanimously to refuse to administer the district’s standardized tests this semester. »

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