Labor Notes Archive

June, 2004

Postal Service Plans To ‘Outplace’ Disabled Workers
Victor Reuther: 1912-2004
Longshore Contract Passes Narrowly; Opponents Claim Vote Was Unfair
From Democrat to Green in San Francisco Union Switches Mayoral Endorsement to Third-Party Candidate

May, 2004

Gas Prices Fuel Port Drivers’ Revolt
Telephone Workers Pressure SBC as Contract Expires
After the Grocery Strike: Forum Looks at Next Steps
“Vote No” Campaign Heats Up Over East Coast Longshore Union Contract
Para-Transit Bus Drivers Overcome Local’s Inertia, Win Two-Week Strike
Reform Groups Build Pressure on Carpenter Leadership
The Loyal Opposition in New York's Teachers Union Collapses After Making Deal with Unity Caucus
Yikes! A Politician On The Shop Floor

April, 2004

Tyson Decert Try Foiled By Teamster Reformers
What’s Behind the Jobless Recovery?
Globalization and Labor Stir It Up on the Plantations of Bengal
Bay Area Grocery Locals Must Overcome Hurdles To Avoid Southern California’s Concessions
Lessons from the recent failure of Weirton Steel's ESOP
Two-Tiered Grocery Contract Leaves Anger, Questions
The UNITE-HERE Merger: Is It a Step Forward … or Business as Usual?
What We Can Learn from the Grocery Strike
A Response to Steve Early More Thoughts on the Worker-Student Alliance
Reply to Lance Compa's Response
AFL-CIO in Venezuela: Déjà Vu All Over Again

March, 2004

Québec Aluminum Workers Occupy Plant To Stop Closing
Rank-and-File Teamsters Campaign Against Pension Cuts
New York Teachers Fear for Working Conditions as Union Leader Offers Preemptive Concessions
Mad Cow Fights Privatization

February, 2004

Hardship, Dissent, and Questions about Union Strategy- Supermarket War of Attrition Drags Into Fourth Month
AFL-CIO Refuses to “Clear the Air” on Foreign Policy, Operations
International-Appointed Trustee Appeals Election Defeat- Philadelphia Service Employees’ Local Elections Become Battleground f

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