unions

Insurgent O’Brien slate wins Teamsters vote

November 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

An insurgent Teamsters United slate led by Boston Local 25 member Sean O’Brien swept to victory in the union’s one-member-one-vote presidential election.

Nurses, mental health therapists and other Kaiser Permanente health workers strike to support stationary engineers

November 22, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Over 60,000 members of other unions representing Kaiser Permanente workers throughout northern California held solidarity strikes Nov. 17 and 18.

University of California lecturers win major gains in contract

November 19, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

Lecturers who teach a third of U of C undergrads win without even having to picket.

AFT hits right-wing bounty offer targeting NH teachers

November 19, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Right wing extremists offer $500 for turning in teachers who instruct students about racism and sexism.

UAW’s John Deere members OK six-year contract

November 18, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

The historic strike “captured the mood of a nation in search of fairness in wages and benefits for workers.”