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Transit Workers Look to Bust the Austerity Box
Like public sector workers everywhere, New York City’s transit workers face a withering attack on our compensation and our collective organization. The conditions for austerity began long ago, but resistance to these political decisions is possible, though not easy.
Against the Tide, Michigan Graduate Employees Fight for a Union
Research assistants at the University of Michigan are finding their battle to unionize caught up in the larger fight over public sector workers’ right to bargain.
Stealing the Nest Egg
When millions lost their jobs and homes when the credit bubble burst in 2008, one slower-motion rip-off gained speed as well. In 2009, 50 million workers lost over $1 trillion invested in their 401(k) retirement accounts.
The dream of a dignified retirement didn’t just evaporate, however. It has been systematically stolen over decades.
Will Apple's Exposés Produce Reform or Just Hand-Wringing?
The media watchdog group FAIR followed up Jeff Ballinger's piece for Labor Notes with a segment on their weekly round-up show "Counterspin." Ballinger questioned the motivations behind Apple's response to reports on appalling factory conditions.
Caterpillar Cracks the Whipsaw, Closing Ontario Plant
Caterpillar announced Friday it would close its London, Ontario, locomotive plant after 465 workers there refused to grant concessions that would cut their wages in half. Cat will ship the jobs to a non-union plant in Indiana.
California Warehouse Workers Defeat Walmart Contractor’s Retaliation
More than 100 warehouse workers in California threatened with retaliatory firing won in court Wednesday the right to keep their jobs.
Indiana’s ‘Right to Work’ Foes Could Bring the Fight to Super Bowl
As Indiana becomes the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state, unionists and Occupiers are considering what actions to take as the nation’s attention focuses on the NFL championship in Indianapolis.
Three Kaiser Unions Walk Out Again in California, while SEIU Stays Put
As three unions at the Kaiser health care chain in California pulled a one-day statewide walkout yesterday, their solidarity went unmatched by the company’s largest union, the Service Employees.
Gonna Take Us All
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SEIU 1199 Protests Connecticut Nursing Home Lockout
Connecticut nursing home workers are making it personal for a scofflaw employer who’s locked them out of their jobs, seeking big takeaways. Members of Service Employees 1199 protested at the "institute for justice" their boss founded.
Transit Workers Look to Bust the Austerity Box
Like public sector workers everywhere, New York City’s transit workers face a withering attack on our compensation and our collective organization. The conditions for austerity began long ago, but resistance to these political decisions is possible, though not easy.
Against the Tide, Michigan Graduate Employees Fight for a Union
Research assistants at the University of Michigan are finding their battle to unionize caught up in the larger fight over public sector workers’ right to bargain.
Stealing the Nest Egg
When millions lost their jobs and homes when the credit bubble burst in 2008, one slower-motion rip-off gained speed as well. In 2009, 50 million workers lost over $1 trillion invested in their 401(k) retirement accounts.
The dream of a dignified retirement didn’t just evaporate, however. It has been systematically stolen over decades.
Will Apple's Exposés Produce Reform or Just Hand-Wringing?
The media watchdog group FAIR followed up Jeff Ballinger's piece for Labor Notes with a segment on their weekly round-up show "Counterspin." Ballinger questioned the motivations behind Apple's response to reports on appalling factory conditions.
Caterpillar Cracks the Whipsaw, Closing Ontario Plant
Caterpillar announced Friday it would close its London, Ontario, locomotive plant after 465 workers there refused to grant concessions that would cut their wages in half. Cat will ship the jobs to a non-union plant in Indiana.
California Warehouse Workers Defeat Walmart Contractor’s Retaliation
More than 100 warehouse workers in California threatened with retaliatory firing won in court Wednesday the right to keep their jobs.
Indiana’s ‘Right to Work’ Foes Could Bring the Fight to Super Bowl
As Indiana becomes the nation’s 23rd right-to-work state, unionists and Occupiers are considering what actions to take as the nation’s attention focuses on the NFL championship in Indianapolis.
Three Kaiser Unions Walk Out Again in California, while SEIU Stays Put
As three unions at the Kaiser health care chain in California pulled a one-day statewide walkout yesterday, their solidarity went unmatched by the company’s largest union, the Service Employees.
Gonna Take Us All
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SEIU 1199 Protests Connecticut Nursing Home Lockout
Connecticut nursing home workers are making it personal for a scofflaw employer who’s locked them out of their jobs, seeking big takeaways. Members of Service Employees 1199 protested at the "institute for justice" their boss founded.