unions

Thousands of California nurses strike to fight takeaways

September 23, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The nurses were among 23,000 of their co-workers holding a one-day strike at three-dozen Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California, as well as Oakland Children's Hospital.

Labor journalists see themselves as a voice for workers

September 23, 2011 By John Wojcik

Sometimes the mainstream media just doesn't get it.

Dock, maritime workers making significant unity moves

September 23, 2011 By Juan Lopez

In the latest effort to strengthen labor's hand in the global economy, West Coast dockworkers this month welcomed pilots at the Panama Canal into their union. And longshore unions on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are...

Destroying the Postal Service in order to save it?

September 15, 2011 By Chuck Zlatkin

The big lie seems to be working. Most Americans now believe that the U.S. Postal Service is on the verge of a financial collapse.

Hyatt workers end weeklong strike with protest at ‘heat lamp hotel’

September 15, 2011 By John Wojcik

Hundreds of striking workers concluded their strike yesterday with a picket and protest at the Park Hyatt, which won notoriety when management there turned heat lamps on striking workers in July.