Nissan Workers Seek Fair Shake in Mississippi Plant
United Auto Workers President Bob King says organizing foreign-owned auto plants is make-or-break for the shrinking union, but it’s…
The Indypendent
Jane Slaughter
The Vision Thing: Keeping Union Reform on Track
Reformers can make remarkable changes, but some stumble.
Supply Chain Workers Test Strength of Links
Workers in the nation’s sprawling distribution network hold enormous potential power. They bring $622 billion of goods each year…
Victory: ILWU Takes Risks, Breaks Rules, Gets Deal with Grain Company
Ending the most heated conflict labor has seen in years, the Longshore Union (ILWU) and transnational grain exporter EGT…
Ontario Caterpillar Workers Locked Out for Refusing Half Pay
“They issued an ultimatum, I wouldn’t call it bargaining,” said Canadian Auto Workers negotiator Bob Orr. Caterpillar, the global…
Campaign Accelerates To Recall Wisconsin Governor
Wisconsin unionists are saying that a copycat attack on 191 Machinists at a crane-building company is one more reason…
Strike Wave in China Puts Heat On Official Union
China faced its second wave of strikes in two years, as thousands of workers in industrial southern provinces—manufacturers for…
Campaign Accelerates To Recall Union-Busting Wisconsin Governor
Wisconsin unionists are saying that a copycat attack on 191 Machinists at a crane-building company is one more reason…
Bubbling up from the grassroots, the month of organizing and resistance in Wisconsin has shown us the labor movement’s…
Egypt: ‘Our Ability to Resist Is Our Guarantee’
Shortly after the news came that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had resigned, Labor Notes talked with teacher unionist Abdel…