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Who Speaks for China’s Workers? »

May 29, 2013 | Jenny Chan

A famous TED Talk claims that foreign-owned factories in China have helped workers there improve their lives. Can we pin our hopes for workers’ well-being on the benevolence of Apple?

Frozen, Furloughed and Sequestered: Federal Workers Fed Up »

May 28, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Update August 6, 2013: The Department of Defense reduced the number of furlough days for 650,000 civilian employees from 11 to six.

Noticias Laborales »

May 25, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 20 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 20, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.

Food Chain Workers Double-Team Wendy’s »

May 24, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Wendy’s felt a double dose of worker power at the company’s shareholder meeting in Manhattan yesterday as farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and workers from Wendy’s restaurants gathered outside in successive waves to present their demands.

Fannie and Freddie Duck the Waterless Hurricane »

May 23, 2013 | Dianne Feeley

The Metro Detroit foreclosed-upon called on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday to stop giving away their homes to the banks. 43 percent of Detroit homeowners are underwater.

School's in Session for New York Troublemakers »

May 22, 2013 | Nate Franco

Around 200 activists came out to the New York Troublemakers School last weekend for a solid dose of skills and inspiration.

Hospital Workers Strike Today, Demand Safer Staffing, Pensions »

May 21, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

At 6 a.m. today 13,000 hospital workers struck the University of California to protect their pensions and demand more jobs. Higher staff-to-patient ratios save lives, they say.

UPS: Largest Private-Sector Contract, Profitable Employer, Flat Beer »

May 20, 2013 | Tim Hill

The UPS agreement will raise health care costs, let the company continue with harassment, and maintain a permanent underclass of part-timers, at a company that is hauling in nearly $5 billion a year.

Noticias Laborales »

May 18, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 13 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 13, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends.

New Path to Citizenship Looks More Like an Obstacle Course »

May 17, 2013 | 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.

SEIU Wins Again at Kaiser, But Militant Minority Grows »

May 16, 2013 | 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.

Scab Grain Ship Accosted by Watery Picket »

May 16, 2013 | 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.

Keep Koch Brothers Out of the Newspaper Business »

May 15, 2013 | 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.

Discipline and Punish: The New Unemployment 'Reform' »

May 14, 2013 | 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, 2013 | 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.

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