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Walmart Workers Plan Raucous Black Friday »

November 25, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Walmart workers are gearing up for Black Friday with a series of short strikes around the country this week. Many more actions are expected on Black Friday itself.

An iPad on Every Desk: A Trojan Horse, Teachers Say »

November 22, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

Teachers and students say the Los Angeles school district’s plan to distribute iPads to every student is a way to increase standardized testing.

Workers or 'Leaseholders'? D.C. Cabbies Ally with Teamsters »

November 21, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Taxi drivers in Washington, D.C., angry about rushed and expensive new regulations, have allied with the Teamsters union, despite their exclusion from labor law.

University of California Workers Strike Against Harassment »

November 20, 2013 | Samantha Winslow

More than 22,000 campus workers and service and technical workers in the system’s medical centers struck for a day, claiming harassment and intimidation by management.

Crazy Dreamers? Port Truckers Battle ‘Sweatshops on Trucks’ »

November 19, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Drivers who move goods from southern California docks pulled a 36-hour strike ending today, with “ambulatory picketing” to surround scab trucks.

Will Grocery Workers Hold the Line For Part-Timer Health Care? »

November 18, 2013 | Alexandra Bradbury

As employers seize upon the Obamacare excuse, grocery unions are struggling to keep part-timers in their health care plans.

Minimum Wage Momentum—at the Airport »

November 15, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Several airports now have $15 minimum wages, including Seattle-Tacoma where workers recently won not only $15 an hour, but paid sick days and the right to sue over tip theft.

Machinists Defeat Boeing Proposal, Boo Union Brass Who Pushed It »

November 14, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Machinists at Boeing resoundingly voted down mid-contract concessions yesterday and then booed the union leaders who had pushed the proposal on a shocked membership.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Neutrality Agreements »

November 13, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether "neutrality agreements" are really just a bribe from the employer, and therefore illegal.

Fight for 15 Confidential »

November 12, 2013 | Arun Gupta

Fast food workers ask whether the national Fight for 15 campaign is worker organizing or a “march on the media.”

Boeing Blackmails Washington Workforce on 777X Production »

November 11, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Thirty-one thousand Machinists in Washington state were stunned to learn last week that their union is pushing mid-contract concessions under threat from Boeing to move work out of state.

Rank-and-File Reformers Oust 'In Bed' Rhode Island Teamsters »

November 7, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

A rank-and-file slate has taken over the Teamsters local representing all of Rhode Island. New officers will cut their salaries to free up money for member education and training.

Zero Tolerance Policies: Fortress or Paper Tiger? »

November 6, 2013 | Robert M. Schwartz

Bosses love zero tolerance policies, but if the union questions the policy, the employer is likely to cite contractual language giving it the right to issue rules and regulations. But often that claim doesn't hold up.

Video and Review: Down the Up Escalator »

November 5, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Meet the people who caused the Great Recession and those who continue to suffer from it, all of them infinitely human in the hands of Barbara Garson.

Lean In or Stand Up? »

November 4, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Sheryl Sandberg urges women to lean in at work, but Newark teachers felt more "leaned on" when Facebook officers came to town with $100 million to push merit pay.

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