Troublemakers Blog

August 30, 2013 /
Ah, fall—when young (and old) unionists’ minds turn to thoughts of strategy. Required reading as you fly, ride, or hitchhike your way to L.A. »
August 24, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 19 agosto, en español e inglés. Cuántos saben que la Marcha de 1963 fue organizada por activistas laborales negros? Summaries of Labor Notes stories for the week of August 19, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
August 20, 2013 /
Grassroots to grassroots, rank and file to rank and file: that’s the idea behind the coast-to-coast Summer of Solidarity Tour that touched down in Detroit, its third city, yesterday. »
August 17, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 12 agosto, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of August 12, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
August 16, 2013 /
Lenny Moss, in his sixth outing as a hospital steward/detective, shows how a smart and empathetic steward, who is also fallible, tired, and overloaded, can not only solve a crime but fight decertification. »
August 14, 2013 /
As state funding dwindles to zero, some public universities are turning to corporate sponsors like GE and MillerCoors. »
August 12, 2013 / Samantha Winslow
Teachers from across the U.S. gathered to share strategies. “The tide is turning,” declared CTU President Karen Lewis. »
August 10, 2013 /
Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 5 agosto, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of August 5, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »
August 09, 2013 / Jenny Brown
The Senate’s immigration bill rewrites the Statue of Liberty’s welcoming words. »
August 07, 2013 /
Rail workers on the Union Pacific are on strike in Chicago. The 30 contract workers organized with the IWW when larger unions weren't interested, and struck when management fired three of their members. »

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