Labor

UNITE! lives up to its name

July 25, 2003

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – “This union speaks many languages. We are many different colors. We’re marching shoulder-to-shoulder because our weapon is solidarity. Take one of us on and you’ve taken on all of us,” declared President...

Lawmakers tell Cintas: Respect workers

July 18, 2003

WASHINGTON – Cintas workers held up a banner that read, “Uniform Justice,” at a July 9 Capitol Hill news conference as lawmakers flayed the $2 billion uniform laundry firm for harassment of their workers to keep...

Landslide victory for Head Start workers

July 18, 2003

Union density for Head Start workers in San Diego County reached 100 percent when 186 workers at Episcopal Community Services (ECS) Head Start recently voted 168-7 for Service Employees International Union Local 2028. Now employees will...

Organizing at America West

July 18, 2003

Chara, from Tucson, Ariz., sends the following report about the organizing campaign of customer service representatives (CSRs) at America West Airlines. I am a CSR of 19 years, and I am an organizer. This is the...

County votes to join Tyson boycott

July 18, 2003

MADISON, Wis. – Backed by a display of public support, arguments for solidarity won the day as the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted here July 10 to suspend its purchases of all products made by...