New York Bakery Workers Fight Closure, Occupy Store
Workers at the New York City bakery Hot and Crusty got a jump start on Labor Day this year,…
The Indypendent
Mark Brenner
The last four years have been enough to turn even the most true-blue union activist just plain blue. We…
New York Nurses Take Back Their Union, Push for Safe Staffing
New York nurses upended the 100-year power imbalance between bedside nurses and nurse managers yesterday, voting to bar supervisors…
Nurses Say Private Equity Firm Starving Massachusetts Hospitals
Nurses sang sour carols today to the private equity firm they say is starving Massachusetts hospitals and pitting workers…
At Sotheby’s and Beyond, ‘Occupy’ Movement Boosts Unions
What started as mostly young people hunkering down in New York’s financial district has mushroomed into an inspiring protest…
Is There An Answer to the Deficit Dilemma?
While today’s report of nonexistent job growth has the media in a tizzy, working people didn’t need the latest…
How Can States Raise Revenue? Hint: Not from Us
The traditional union approach to budget politics is to accept the limits of what’s possible—typically defined by politicians and…
Bubbling up from the grassroots, the month of organizing and resistance in Wisconsin has shown us the labor movement’s…
Dumping on public sector workers is so “common sense” these days that even a few fellow unionists are piling…
What Will Labor Learn From the Election Disaster?
Who would have thought that the party of Big Business could do so well just two years after the…