Troublemakers Blog
January 30, 2013 /
Food service workers at American University ratified a groundbreaking contract Monday, with “sustainability language”: training and more hours so they can cook from scratch with fresh, local ingredients.
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January 25, 2013 / Mark Brenner
Last week I was on Fox News to talk about the conflict between New York City and its school bus drivers and aides.
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January 17, 2013 /
Reporters at the Southern Weekend newspaper became an Internet sensation when they went out on strike over Communist Party censorship.
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January 11, 2013 /
Courageous teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle have voted unanimously to refuse to administer the district’s standardized tests this semester.
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January 10, 2013 / Samantha Winslow
Do workers see unions differently when they work at not-for-profit and faith-based hospitals? Campaigns must reflect the workplace culture, Adam Reich argues.
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January 07, 2013 / Jane Slaughter
A group of auto workers and supporters will demonstrate at the International Auto Show in Detroit next Sunday and Monday, to call attention to the “maquiladora model” they say the auto companies are applying in their U.S. plants. »
January 04, 2013 /
Unions in El Salvador are fighting a bill that would auction off everything from highways, ports, and airports to municipal services and higher education to private companies—mainly foreign multinationals.
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December 31, 2012 /
Collusion between the United Auto Workers and a Ford contractor to cut wages and oust Teamsters members was flagrant, says the NLRB—so flagrant that the board is seeking an injunction to get displaced Teamsters their jobs back more quickly.
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December 28, 2012 /
Picket lines can be lonely places, but not when the New York City Labor Chorus shows up to serenade you with solidarity.
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December 26, 2012 / Dan La Botz
Mexico is poised to pass a national “education reform” bill that will assert government control over the education system, wresting it from the hands of a corrupt teachers union leadership.
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