Labor Organizing

The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia

The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia

Low-paid adjunct faculty, who are mostly female, have started unionizing for better pay—and winning.

Jul 11, 2013 / Kay Steiger

Chicago Cabbies Fight for a Fairer Fare

Chicago Cabbies Fight for a Fairer Fare Chicago Cabbies Fight for a Fairer Fare

If cab drivers in Chicago win their lawsuit to become employees of the city, their jobs will become a lot less terrible.

Jul 8, 2013 / Moshe Z. Marvit and Vincent Mersich

BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy

BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy BART Strike: Another Instance of Media Portraying Workers as Greedy

The media is back to villainize another strike—this time of BART workers.

Jul 2, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Non-Union Federally Contracted Workers Will Stage Second Strike Today Non-Union Federally Contracted Workers Will Stage Second Strike Today

Today's strike is designed to pressure the president to use his executive authority to raise labor standards for federal contracting.

Jul 2, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan

Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan Newark Union Head Barely Wins Re-Election After Zuckerberg-Donation-Funded Reform Plan

Following a Facebook fortune-funded teacher bonus plan, Newark teachers elected an incumbent president who supports a recent “performance bonus’ for ‘peer re...

Jun 28, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate

Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate Grayson Announces Bill to Let Workers Personally Sue Bosses Who Retaliate

In an exclusive interview, Alan Grayson says retaliation is ‘pervasive,’ and ‘the law against it has become utterly impotent.’

Jun 25, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Fired Walmart Workers Arrested in Protest at Yahoo Headquarters

Fired Walmart Workers Arrested in Protest at Yahoo Headquarters Fired Walmart Workers Arrested in Protest at Yahoo Headquarters

Workers and supporters urged Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, a Walmart board member, to address the firing of eleven Walmart worker-activists.

Jun 24, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal

Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal Old Labor Asks New Labor for Help as Strike Looms at Patriot Coal

AFL-CIO President Trumka asks new labor activists for help as a strike looms.

Jun 22, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Walmart Fires Eleven Strikers in Alleged Retaliation

Walmart Fires Eleven Strikers in Alleged Retaliation Walmart Fires Eleven Strikers in Alleged Retaliation

The OUR Walmart campaign alleges that multiple strikers are being retaliated against.

Jun 22, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Union Activists Bring ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Message to Google Headquarters

Union Activists Bring ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Message to Google Headquarters Union Activists Bring ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Message to Google Headquarters

SEIU charges that the treatment of subcontracted security guards contradicts Google's motto.

Jun 21, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

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