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Unionbusters target crews that run Washington’s ferry boats

April 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

The ferry system in Washington is a beloved mode of travel, a throwback to simpler times, renowned for safe, reliable service, yet lawmakers are trying to strip ferry workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Labor law enforcer: “I’m not dead yet!”

April 7, 2011 By Barb Kucera

Collective bargaining remains one of the few effective ways to preserve the American middle class, the chair of the National Labor Relations Board says.

Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker

March 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.

“States’ rights” Republicans killing democracy, state by state

March 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Major assaults on democracy are underway on the local level in dozens of states.

Defeat Ohio’s SB5

March 3, 2011 By Wally Kaufman

Today 36% of public workers are union members which corresponds very closely to 37% of the total U.S. workforce unionized from the 1960s to 1980s.