Labor

Postal unions, postal service collide over layoff scheme, health care cuts

September 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The nation's postal unions and the U.S. Postal Service's management have collided over management's latest plan to close what it says is a yawning deficit: mass layoffs, violating union contracts, and cuts in health care.

Hyatt workers end weeklong strike with protest at ‘heat lamp hotel’

September 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds of striking workers concluded their strike yesterday with a picket and protest at the Park Hyatt, which won notoriety when management there turned heat lamps on striking workers in July.

Twitter chat puts spotlight on #unionwomen, Hyatt strikers

September 14, 2011 By Teresa Albano

Unite Here and blogger Fem2pt0 hosted a lively and informative discussion on advantages for women in joining a union.

Locked out sugar plant workers blame company for fires

September 12, 2011 By John Wojcik

Locked out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Dayton, N.D., and in East Grand Forks, Minn., on untrained scabs hired to replace them.

Thousands fill New York’s Fifth Ave. to celebrate labor

September 12, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

On September 10, Labor Day, New York City's main thoroughfare, Fifth Avenue, was filled for 30 blocks with thousands of union families celebrating the labor movement.