Labor

Boston-area school bus drivers: Anatomy of a union victory

Boston — The bus drivers of Eastern Bus Co. have won the right to join militant Local 8751 of the…

September 6, 2012

On the picket line

Steelworkers on strike in West Virginia When bosses at Constellium Aluminum refused to budge from a lousy five-year contract, the…

September 6, 2012

Still no justice for injured GM workers in Colombia

The struggle continues for a just resolution of the ongoing crisis facing a group of General Motors workers in Colombia…

September 6, 2012

Chicago teachers seek good contract

Since the third week of August, the Chicago Teachers Union has been practicing how to conduct a strike. About a…

September 2, 2012

Unrest continues in South Africa mines after Marikana massacre

Mineworkers and their supporters have continued to express outrage at the police killing of 34 strikers and wounding of 78…

September 2, 2012

Tijuana meeting on fight for education, public jobs

Tijuana, Mexico — The intense five days of the 9th U.S./Cuba/Mexico/Latin America Labor Conference and Seminar in Tijuana, Mexico, from…

September 2, 2012

Labor, racism & organizing the South

Following are edited excerpts from an Aug. 25 article by Saladin Muhammad, of the Southern International Worker Justice Campaign, entitled…

August 29, 2012

School workers fight denial of unemployment benefits

Atlanta — With each blow of the gavel, the words “Guilty, guilty, guilty!” brought the crowd to their feet, cheering…

August 27, 2012

On the picket line

Demanding workers’ rights at African American Museum Members of labor, human rights and faith communities protested at the main offices…

August 27, 2012

Caterpillar vs. Machinists: Giveback contract whets Wall St.’s appetite

With anger and tears, a narrow majority of union machinists at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Ill., voted on Aug.…

August 27, 2012