Labor
Plan to save labor unity
August 26, 2005AFL-CIO proposes solidarity charters for disaffiliated locals in CLCs and state federations WASHINGTON (PAI) — The AFL-CIO created a procedure to let locals from unions that left the federation — the Service Employees, Teamsters, United Food...
Read moreNorthwest mechanics strike for jobs
August 26, 2005Northwest Airlines mechanics, cleaners and custodians walked off the job Aug. 20, refusing to accept layoffs that would leave half of them without jobs, and pay cuts that would reduce the wages of those left by...
Read moreVictory for Wash U students in living wage
April 29, 2005ST. LOUIS — Washington University here will commit at least $1 million over the next two years toward higher salaries and better benefits for low-paid contract employees as a result of a 19-day sit-in by students...
Read moreMichigan grad students win gains
April 22, 2005Despite threats of retribution and tense negotiations that included a one-day walkout, graduate student instructors (GSI) at the University of Michigan claimed a major victory when their membership ratified a three-year contract with the university on...
Read moreService workers tell UC: Living wage now!
April 22, 2005BERKELEY, Calif. — Hundreds of striking service workers, other campus workers, students and faculty gathered on the steps of International House on the University of California–Berkeley campus April 14 to greet incoming UC Chancellor Robert Birgeneau...
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