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AFL-CIO: No Solidarity Charters for ILWU »

September 5, 2013 | Paul Bigman

Even as the AFL-CIO pledges unprecedented solidarity with organizations outside the labor movement, the federation is turning its back on some inside the house of labor.

What Can We Learn from 25 Years of Jobs with Justice? »

September 4, 2013 | Mark Vorpahl

AFL-CIO convention delegates would do well to take a page from the book of the far feistier Jobs with Justice.

Could a New Union Leadership Stop Sell-Off of Post Office? »

September 3, 2013 | Alexandra Bradbury

A diverse slate of local leaders is making a bid to unseat the national officers of the American Postal Workers Union—and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Longshore Union Quits the AFL-CIO »

August 31, 2013 | Mark Brenner

In a surprise move, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced its disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO. The news comes just a week before the federation is set to hold its national convention in L.A.

Thousands Strike Fast Food, Picketing and Occupying »

August 30, 2013 | Jenny Brown

Thousands of fast food workers walked off their jobs in 58 U.S. cities yesterday, an indictment of an economy that’s producing little more than McJobs. Some picket lines turned into temporary occupations, and several stores closed..

10 Things Every Labor Leader Should Read before the AFL-CIO Convention »

August 30, 2013 | Labor Notes

Ah, fall—when young (and old) unionists’ minds turn to thoughts of strategy. Required reading as you fly, ride, or hitchhike your way to L.A.

Berry Pickers Walk Out, Boycott »

August 28, 2013 | Tomás Madrigal

Non-union fast food workers’ strikes rightly caught the public eye this summer. But in an under-reported story, at the other end of the food chain, Washington farmworkers who supply Haägen-Dazs have been doing the same.

Singing Deemed Illegal in the People’s Rotunda »

August 27, 2013 | Greg Gordon and Jonathan Rosenblum

Wisconsin's daily sing-along, now two-and-a-half years old and still going strong, has grown into a kind of "sing-out strike."

Jobs, Voting Rights, and Trayvon on Marchers' Minds »

August 26, 2013 | Samantha Winslow | Alexandra Bradbury

In 1963 the AFL-CIO chose the wrong side of history and sat out the original march. This time, a sea of union T-shirts blanketed the National Mall.

Noticias Laborales »

August 24, 2013 | Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 19 agosto, en español e inglés. Cuántos saben que la Marcha de 1963 por el Trabajo y la Libertad fue lo que dio origen a los principales activistas del trabajo negro Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of August...

How Black Unionists Organized the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom »

August 22, 2013 | William P. Jones

This summer marks 50 years since 1963’s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom drew more than 200,000 people.

San Francisco Students Sit In to Save Beloved Community College »

August 21, 2013 | Joe Berry and Helena Worthen

A low-tuition community college is the target of an unusually frank attack.

Grassroots Summer of Solidarity Tour Hits Midwest »

August 20, 2013 | Jane Slaughter

Grassroots to grassroots, rank and file to rank and file: that’s the idea behind the coast-to-coast Summer of Solidarity Tour that touched down in Detroit, its third city, yesterday.

Retaliation Is Illegal, But Walmart Doesn't Care »

August 20, 2013 | Jenny Brown

In a coordinated purge, Walmart has lashed out against retail workers who walked out in early June.

VIDEO: Liven Up Your Picket Line With a Parody Song »

August 19, 2013 | Charlie King

The writer behind "Send in the Drones" and "Imagine (You Have Healthcare)" teaches how to turn people's safe assumptions upside down in a familiar melody—and get them singing along.

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