Labor Notes Archive

October, 2006

How Employers are Cooking the Books To Underreport Workplace Injuries
Communications Workers: Reshaping the Union for an Offensive against Corporate America
Farm Workers from United States, Mexico Meet To Plan the Future of Their Union
California Nurses Threaten To Strike If Members Are Reclassified as Supervisors
German Volkswagen Workers Lose Four-Day Work Week
Using Legal and In-Plant Tactics, North Carolina Non-Majority Union Wins $1 Million in Unpaid Bonuses
Steelworkers Strike Goodyear Tire To Stop Plant Closings and Givebacks
Understanding Union Consciousness: Knowing Where Your Co-Workers Are At Can Help Build the Union
Using Maps to Identify Health & Safety Problems
After Quiet Summer, Immigrants Form National Alliance for Immigrant Rights
Which Way for Labor on California's "Clean Money" Elections Initiative?
Fed Up with Concessions, Detroit Teachers Kick Off School Year with a Strike
After Two Years on the Line, San Francisco Hotel Workers Win Big Gains
From Democracy Is Power. . .Using the 'New Officer's Checklist' To Help Reform Your Local
After a Year, Hurricane Katrina Still Pummels Workers
Movement for Higher Pay Expanding Nationally: Chicago Living Wage Activists Take on ‘Big Box’ Retailers
Rail Reform Group Wins Victories in Quest for Cross-Union Unity, Democracy

September, 2006

Blood, Cold, Heat, Gore...Organizing Meatpacking Hell
Canadians Campaign to Stop Postal Closure and Service Cuts
Review: Film Highlights Mexican Teachers’ Fight for Education, Democratic Union
Mexican Teachers Beat Back Police, But End 44-Day Sit-In without Wage Increase
Build a Stewards Council from the Bottom Up
As Auto Workers Meet, Concessions Continue and Union Remains Silent
Large Carhauler Uses Bankruptcy to Toss Out National Contract
Local President Jailed: New York Transit Workers Approve Previously-Rejected Contract
As Immigrants Strike, Truckers Shut Down Nation’s Largest Port
Nine Hundred Activists Discuss 'Building Solidarity From Below'
Facing Financial Crisis, Puerto Rican Government Lays Off 100,000: Union Response Is Divided
Viewpoint: Immigration “Compromises” Fall Short
Failed Solidarity: The ICFTU, AFL-CIO, ILO, and ORIT in Haiti

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