Labor Notes Archive

May, 2004

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
Viewpoint- Bush’s Guest Worker Proposal: Good for Business, Bad for Workers
Steward's Corner- Member-Organizers Shape Bottom-up Campaign
Freedom Rides Create Local Rallying Point for New York City Immigrant Rights Activists

January, 2004

Month Three- California Grocery Strikers Hold Firm
Health Care Workers in British Columbia Face Privatization, Sweetheart Contract
Higher Premiums Mean Higher Profits: Why Your Health Care Insurance Is More Expensive
Service Employees Local 660- Los Angeles County Workers Beat Back Hikes in Health Insurance Premiums

December, 2003

Grocery Workers Fight Health Cuts and Job Loss to Vendors
Homeland Security Targets Immigrants Working With Hazardous Chemicals
Steward's Corner: Info Requests Can Cool an Overzealous Boss
Borders Workers Strike Over Poor Pay & Benefits

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