Dan DiMaggio

Labor Goes to Summer School

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August 25, 2016

One hundred fifty labor activists from the Mountain States gathered in Reno in July for a week of courses on labor law, labor history, collective bargaining, grievances and arbitration, internal organizing, and more.

The yearly Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School, founded in 1957, is the last surviving of five regional schools established by the AFL-CIO in the ’50s. It draws from eight states: Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, and Colorado.

Wave of Walkouts at AT&T West

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July 07, 2016

Fifteen thousand AT&T workers in California and Nevada are settling grievances the old-fashioned way: by striking.

Verizon Strike Shows Corporate Giants Can Be Beat

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June 03, 2016

Strikers returned to work June 1 with their heads held high, after a victorious 45-day strike that beat back numerous management concessions.

Local Unions Take Lead in Verizon Strike Solidarity

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April 29, 2016

As the strike by 39,000 Verizon and Verizon Wireless workers continues into its third week, efforts are underway to broaden picketing at Verizon Wireless stores across the country. Workers at seven Wireless stores in Brooklyn, New York, and Everett, Massachusetts, are on strike, along with wireline workers from Massachusetts to Virginia.

On the Line with Verizon Strikers

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April 21, 2016

Thirty-nine thousand Verizon workers walked off their jobs April 13, beginning one of the largest strikes in years.

Flight Attendant Reformers Sweep Union Elections

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February 18, 2016

Reform candidates swept national elections in the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents 25,000 crew members at the merged American Airlines and US Airways.

Mass Layoff for Condos: Not Sweet, Really Low

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January 21, 2016

The workers who make Sweet’N Low started the new year with some bitter news. Their factory will shut down in the next few months, likely to make way for luxury condos.

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