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750,000 walk off jobs in Britain

July 1, 2011 By Will Stone And Richard Bagley

Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.

Judge backs labor board over Boeing

July 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

A federal judge threw out a motion by Boeing to dismiss an NLRB lawsuit that charged the company with illegally punishing union workers in Washington state by moving a new production line to South Carolina.

IKEA stacks deck against union backers

June 30, 2011 By John Wojcik

IKEA agreed to a union election date, but only after adding "team captains" to the pool in a move the Machinists union says is aimed at influencing the vote.

Collective bargaining is a right, not a privilege!

June 29, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Note to Governors Kasich and Walker: The right of workers to bargain collectively over their basic conditions of work is a 76-year American tradition.

Workers charge Target uses threats, illegal actions

June 28, 2011 By John Wojcik

Workers lost a unionization vote at a Target store on New York's Long Island June 17. But UFCW is continuing the fight.