New Path to Citizenship Looks More Like an Obstacle Course

May 17 / Teófilo Reyes
As deportations break records, an immigration bill is being debated in the Senate that would create a Frankenstein process. It will leave millions by the wayside. »

Discipline and Punish: The New Unemployment 'Reform'

May 14 / Gordon Lafer
The arguments used to end welfare have been turned on the unemployed. States are cutting back unemployment benefits and forcing recipients to take lower-paid jobs—and even the employed are affected. »

Paid Sick Leave, At Last?

May 13 / Jenny Brown
Momentum is building as four cities and one state have passed paid sick leave provisions, with New York City passing a bill May 8. Still, the benefits are skimpy by international standards. »

Keep Koch Brothers Out of the Newspaper Business

May 15 / Slobodan Dimitrov

The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor rallied yesterday against sale of the L.A. Times to Charles and David Koch, billionaire brothers who fund anti-union causes. »

Republic Windows Sit-Downers Become Worker-Owners

May 9 / Jane Slaughter

Republic Windows workers inspired the country when they sat down inside their Chicago factory in December 2008, and now they’ll have the chance to inspire us again—this time as worker-owners. »

Charley Richardson, 1953-2013

May 6 / Jane Slaughter

Charley Richardson passed away on Saturday. What made him stand out among labor educators was his devotion to the workplace, his belief that the seat of workers’ power was their ability to control their conditions of work and to act together where it counted. »

Detroit Fast Food Workers Join Strike Wave

May 10 / Jane Slaughter

“Want to know what all the fuss is? We are standing up for justice!” yelled enthusiastic fast-food strikers in Detroit this morning. »

Hong Kong Dockers Claim Victory

May 7 / Ellen David Friedman (Strike Settlement) & Stephen Philion (Interview with Strike Leader Wu Yong Loy)

A 40-day strike of more than 500 dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong ended with a settlement including a 9.8 percent wage increase—a much-needed sign that resistance to global capital is still relevant and possible. »

SEIU Wins Again at Kaiser, But Militant Minority Grows

May 3 / Steve Early

NUHW supporters must now pursue a “minority union” organizing approach. The upstart union lost its second bid to represent 45,000 service and technical workers at the giant California health care chain. »

TroubleMakers Blog

Scab Grain Ship Accosted by Watery Picket

May 16 / Mark Brenner

A flotilla of nine fishing boats—their passengers wielding picket signs instead of fishing poles—blocked the grain ship Mary H from docking in Kalama, Washington. »

U.S. Labor News Roundup

May 11 / Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 6 mayo, 2013, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 6, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »

Bakery Workers Speak Out after Immigration ‘Silent Raid’ in Oakland

May 10 / Katie Loncke and Carlos Estrada

It seems no coincidence that 125 undocumented workers at an Oakland industrial bakery were suddenly fired, shortly after they started asking for better wages and conditions. Some had worked there for decades. »