Labor

Workers beat back Waste Managements challenge

August 10, 2007

OAKLAND, Calif. — Residents and businesses here and in neighboring cities heaved a collective sigh of relief this week as garbage workers returned to work July 30 at Waste Management of Alameda County, proud that with...

Working families challenge candidates: What will you do to change things?

August 10, 2007

CHICAGO — They came to Soldier Field, not to cheer for the hometown Bears, but to challenge presidential candidates to represent the rainbow of working people on Main Street, not Wall Street. At the unprecedented gathering...

Wide support for garbage workers

July 27, 2007

OAKLAND, Calif. — As Waste Management, Inc.’s lockout of garbage workers in Alameda County communities entered its fourth week, union pickets at the company’s headquarters here were more determined than ever. In a conversation sometimes overwhelmed...

Thank you, Senator McConnell

July 27, 2007

During the House and Senate debates on the Employee Free Choice Act, some of my friends got riled up by all the right-wing nuts attacking the EFCA because the Communists support it. I got a lot...

Auto CEOs drool over Delphis takeaways

July 27, 2007

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union battled to get a new contract with Delphi and is now beginning tough negotiations with the Big Three automakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler. The Delphi contract includes the closure...