organizing – Page 40 – People's World

Navy hired company blocking union organizing rights

March 3, 2014 By PAI

An Australian ship building company in Mobile, Ala., hired by the Navy is forcing workers to follow bad construction plans and, at the same time, is blocking their effort to unionize.

Labor’s Southern strategy finds a focus in Texas

February 26, 2014 By Álvaro Rodriguez

Thiry-four percent of Houston's children live in poverty. Overall, 22 percent of the people live below the official poverty level, with racial minorities the hardest hit.

Unions double down on Southern organizing after loss in Tennessee

February 19, 2014 By John Wojcik

"You can always count on the brave workers it takes to ensure that all workers will, in the end, participate in how decisions are made at their workplaces."

Unemployment in Indian Country: A call to action

February 18, 2014 By Andrea Perkins

There are many issues that the Native American community faces each day. The one issue that affects not just the Native American community, but burdens all of America is unemployment.

UAW: Majority at Tennessee VW plant sign union cards

September 13, 2013 By Erik Schelzig And Tom Krisher

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A majority of workers at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Tennessee have signed cards favoring the union's representation in creating a German-style works council at the plant, a top United Auto Workers official...