Labor

What the UAW should do now

December 7, 2007

Now that the 2007 auto talks are over, Ron Gettelfinger, the union negotiator, should heed the words of Ron Gettelfinger, the union president. Before the United Auto Workers ever sat down with GM, Ford and Chrysler...

Labor pushes for universal health care

December 7, 2007

‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...

Anti-immigrant equals anti-union at Yale

December 7, 2007

CommentaryService and maintenance workers at Yale University, members of Local 35 Unite Here, have become the target of an anti-immigrant hate group seeking to create racial divisions and undermine the union leadership. A flurry of petitions...

Road to White House runs through Ohio

December 7, 2007

Labor rallies for high-stakes election CLEVELAND — The Ohio AFL-CIO is mobilizing an army of political activists to make sure Democrats win the state in next year’s elections. Under the slogan, “The road to the White...

Columbus janitors win union

December 4, 2007

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Coming on the heels of organizing victories in Cincinnati and Houston, some 1,200 janitors here, organizing with SEIU, won contracts with nine of the city’s largest employers last month. “This is a historic victory,” said...