Solidarity Network

  • Support Miners in Three Countries
    Labor Notes Staff
    Feb 26 2010 - 5:40am

    Copper miners occupying pits in northern Mexico are bracing for an invasion by federal troops after refusing to give up their two-and-a-half year strike. In Southern California, borate miners are locked out, insisting that the good union jobs don't become “junk jobs.” And in Ontario, nickel miners are in the same fight, holding strong after six months on pickets. Show your solidarity today.

  • Solidarity Success: The Sun Comes Up on South African Negotiations
    Labor Notes staff
    Jan 27 2010 - 8:22am

    The recent film “Invictus,” depicting Nelson Mandela’s first presidential term, might have you thinking about South Africa’s brutal recent history. While the present is undeniably better than apartheid, workers still have to hit the streets to win decent treatment—and they credit international solidarity for helping them weather a seven-week strike.

  • Haiti: Give Here
    by Enku Ide
    Jan 15 2010 - 1:28pm

    Haiti's earthquake has led to a humanitarian crisis, a tragedy compounded by longtime U.S. and European intervention. Some support now flows from corporations with interests in the status quo of poverty and pillage. Give instead to groups that meet direct needs and fight for justice.

  • Don't Let Georgia Tech Bust Teamster Bus Drivers
    By Evan Rohar
    Jan 8 2010 - 11:14am

    Forty bus drivers at Georgia Tech received an early gift for the holidays on December 18 when they learned they would no longer have jobs after the New Year. Ho-ho-ho.

  • Steelworkers Locked Out at Carquest
    Labor Notes Staff
    Dec 21 2009 - 10:05pm

    Nearly 70 Steelworkers at a Carquest parts warehouse in Bay City, Michigan, have been locked out since September 25. The company brought a stack of proposals as big as the contract itself this summer, but stormed out when the union refused to yield as much as management wanted.

  • Tell Detroit Restaurant Chain You're Fed Up With Wage Theft
    Labor Notes
    Dec 3 2009 - 10:53am

    The Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC), one of eight regional affiliates of the national workers center, is upping the pressure on a metro Detroit fine dining chain this week. Restaurant workers are fighting Andiamo Italia over a raft of claims, including wage theft and racial and ethnic discrimination—and are asking for support from Labor Notes readers.

  • Mexican Electrical Workers Hold Out Against Government Raid
    Labor Notes staff
    Nov 20 2009 - 12:01am

    “The Mexican Government has declared war on the union movement,” according to Margarita de la Cruz, a leader of the Mexican Electrical Workers. Last month, 500 federal police seized 100 power facilities around Mexico City in a move to fire workers, privatize the industry, and outlaw the union that represented 43,000 active and 22,000 retired workers.

  • Protest Union Leaders’ Arrests in Zimbabwe
    Labor Notes staff
    Nov 20 2009 - 6:01pm

    Zimbabwean police descended on a meeting of union leaders and activists on November 8 and arrested the president of the Zimbabwe Coalition of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and four staffers. The arrests interrupted coalition President Lovemore Matombo’s national tour of union affiliates designed to educate and gather feedback from members.