Labor

                
  • Joining the middle class in 2007

    Joining the middle class in 2007

    October 5, 2007

    The United Food and Commercial Workers union, negotiating for thousands of grocery workers in Southern California, won a stunning victory in July, approving a new union contract that reversed the unfair two-tiered system they had been...

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  • Mad Moneys anti-union tantrum makes me mad

    Mad Moneys anti-union tantrum makes me mad

    October 5, 2007

    The end of the historic strike against General Motors by the nation’s autoworkers may well signal the beginning of a fight by all workers against a new level of the corporate offensive against our jobs, our...

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  • EDITORIAL: Sexual harassment hurts all

    EDITORIAL: Sexual harassment hurts all

    October 5, 2007

    Every day women go to work and have to face various kinds of gender discrimination — an unfair wage differential, discrimination in health and other benefits, lack of advancement opportunities, and sexual harassment. Title VII of...

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  • Talks continue after first-ever security workers strike

    Talks continue after first-ever security workers strike

    October 5, 2007

    SAN FRANCISCO — Talks for a new contract continued this week after workers who provide security in prime downtown office buildings returned to their jobs Sept. 27 following a first-ever three-day strike. Workers, members of SEIU...

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  • EDITORIAL: The auto strike

    EDITORIAL: The auto strike

    September 28, 2007

    As we go to press, the United Auto Workers has called a time out in its strike against General Motors pending membership ratification of a new contract. It’s expected that the contract will be ratified quickly....

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