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Pattern Bargaining in Reverse: UAW Pushes for More Concessions at Delphi

Gregg Shotwell

February 8

GM can’t live without parts supplier Delphi but can’t live with union wages. The United Auto Workers is trying break Delphi's master agreement, but didn’t anticipate rank-and-file anger, which has halted its concessions locomotive.
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Restaurant Workers Launch Multi-City Campaign to Transform Low-Wage Industry

Paul Abowd

February 4

The Restaurant Opportunities Center has launched workplace justice campaigns in four cities aimed at flipping the low-wage, high-discrimination industry.

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After Bankruptcy and Concessions at Telecom Firm, Communications Workers Push to Prevent a Repeat

by Mischa Gaus

February 3

What happens when a guppy swallows a whale? In telecom, it’s meant service problems, then bankruptcy—which spells concessions for workers.

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Coast to Coast Solidarity as Tough Verizon Talks Start

by Mischa Gaus

February 1

Verizon workers were out in force today, rallying on both coasts as California bargaining teams entered what promises to be difficult contract talks. They're battling layoffs and looking to halt givebacks started at AT&T.
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Reform Caucus Jolts Chicago Teachers Union

Kenzo Shibata

January 29

Four hundred education activists joined the Caucus of Rank and File Educators in January to map strategy for battling the next round of school closures in Chicago. CORE's also vying for control of the Chicago Teachers Union this spring.

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Labor Board Puts NY Call Center Workers on Hold

Kate Doehring

February 8
Pro Football’s Scrambled Brains Throw Egg on the Superbowl

David Finkel

February 5

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How Could Little NUHW Beat Giant SEIU? Stewards.

Paul Krehbiel

February 4

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Mexican Mine Company Attempts to Buy Workers it Could Not Beat

by Dan La Botz

January 27

Unable to break the Mexican miners union at Cananea, one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the world, the mine owner is now trying to buy the workers with a big severance package.

Endless War

Julius Margolin

February 1

Song of the Month

Julius Margolin walked and sailed the planet for 93 years before his death in 2009. He was a CIO organizer and member of the Merchant Marine and National Maritime Union until the FBI blacklisted him in 1949. A veteran himself, Julius laments in this poem the effects of America's imperial adventure on the country's youth.

Hospitals Ravaged by Recession Pile More Work on Staff

Mischa Gaus

February 3

Economic Meltdown

Hospital work is thought to be recession-proof. No matter what the economy, people get sick and need care. The work is there, but at a cost: hospital workers and researchers say some hospitals are churning through a round of reorganization, strapping on more work, skimping on training, and trying to stuff contract concessions through.

NUHW Takes Kaiser Elections

Mark Brenner

January 26

The National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) chalked up an important win today in Southern California as hundreds of professional and technical workers at Kaiser Permanente voted to leave the Service Employees (SEIU) and join the upstart NUHW.

Growing Labor Support for Palestine Faces Stiff Opposition in the U.S.

Paul Abowd

January 22

International Solidarity

Seizing on outrage over the Gaza bombardment and siege, a small but growing band of U.S. unionists are mobilizing behind a global call to pressure Israel with a boycott, divestment, and sanctions.

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