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Debate is raging inside the Postal Workers over a tentative contract that brings back thousands of contracted-out jobs, but creates a lower wage scale for new employees and an additional second-class workforce.

Deep into a six-month strike, the Detroit Symphony had cancelled the fall and spring seasons. Music fans were afraid management unwillingness to seriously negotiate with the musicians would cost Detroit its magnificent orchestra. But musicians ratified a contract last week in a rush of...

Demonstrators dogged Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker this morning as he testified on Capitol Hill about his plan to attack public employees' rights. Police threatened arrests and dispersed the “unpermitted demonstration” organized by National Nurses United.

Responding to near-universal threats of budget cuts and privatization, transit workers and transit riders are learning to work together, like these Toronto activists did. A transit union's “boot camps” are their proving grounds.

During the '80s recession, Ronald Reagan looked into the camera and told us prosperity was around the corner. These days, his political heirs are falling over themselves to lower our expectations.

Faced with a Republican onslaught whose impact could be deeper than that seen in Wisconsin and Ohio, Michigan teachers are voting whether to authorize job actions. Their union seeks strike power to challenge the state's king-like "emergency managers."