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US unions agree to impose cuts run benefits program at auto-supplier Dana Monday, July 9, 2007 :The United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers unions announced on Friday that they had reached a national framework agreement with bankrupt auto parts supplier Dana Corporation. The deal includes a plan for the unions to take responsibility for managing long-term disability coverage and retiree healthcare....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 6:40am PDT
National Alliance of Domestic Workers Formed at Social Forum Monday, July 9, 2007 : Raizah is among dozens of domestic workers at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta who formed the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Marcy Rein, a communications specialist with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Organizing Department, took part in the recent U.S....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 6:33am PDT
France: Sarkozy prepares strikebreaking law for public transport Saturday, July 7, 2007 :The newly elected government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy is preparing to introduce a law to establish a guaranteed “minimum service” in the public transportation sector. The measure, which ruling circles have clearly been planning for some time, is now being shown to employers’ organizations and the trade unions for consultation....
Posted: Sat, Jul 7, 2007 7:49am PDT
Australian Labor leaders shift closer to Howard's IR laws Saturday, July 7, 2007 :Labor leader Kevin Rudd and his shadow industrial relations minister Julia Gillard are moving with breakneck speed to fashion an industrial relations (IR) policy that will satisfy the demands of the corporate and media establishment. Hardly a week goes by without the pair announcing yet another major shift towards an IR regime virtually identical to that imposed under the Howard government’s draconian WorkChoices legislation....
Posted: Sat, Jul 7, 2007 7:49am PDT
Yesterday, Pinkerton Thugs. Today, PR Sleazebags Friday, July 6, 2007 : Today's labor history note from the Collective Bargaining Digest brings to mind that although anti-worker corporate attacks may change forms over the years, at base, they're all the same. At the turn of the 20th century, workers faced head-busting Pinkertons. Now, we battle expensive ad attacks by the multimillion dollar union-busting industry....
Posted: Fri, Jul 6, 2007 7:54pm PDT
Report Says Murdoch Buys Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal Friday, July 6, 2007 : The Business Online UK is reporting that Rupert Murdoch has succeeded in his $5 billion bid to buy Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal. The website says negotiations are now complete and a formal announcement is expected next week. Last week, Wall Street Journal reporters staged a half-day "stay out" to protest the expected sale to Murdoch's News Corp....
Posted: Fri, Jul 6, 2007 7:53pm PDT
The German rail strike and the lessons of the Telekom betrayal: Build a mass movement against the grand coalition government! Thursday, July 5, 2007 :The number of working days lost through strike action in Germany for the first six months of 2007 is one-and-a-half times higher than the annual average over the last ten years, and if protest actions continue at the same rate, this figure will be much higher by the end of the year. The increasing readiness to strike shows that broad layers of the working population are no longer prepared to accept an endless stream of attacks on their living standards and social right...
Posted: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 10:13pm PDT
"Is Barack Obama An Alternative for US Workers?" For many, that alternative is Barack Obama, a Democratic Senator from Illinois. Obama, who is very careful with his words and actions, has done a good job so far of portraying himself as a “sensible progressive”....
Posted: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 7:39pm PDT
NYC IWW Looks To Organize "9 In 90" Thursday, July 5, 2007 : The Industrial Workers of the World recently marched on HWH Trading Corp to demand fair pay and better working conditions for the company’s 15 warehouse employees. The July 1st march was the first public action of an ambitious organizing drive that the NYC IWW is undertaking this summer. Dubbed “9 in 90,” the IWW is hoping to organize nine new shops in the next 90 days....
Posted: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 8:22am PDT
‘Oprah & Friends’ XM Radio Show Goes Union Thursday, July 5, 2007 : If you listen to the "Oprah & Friends" XM Satellite Radio program this week, you'll hear Maya Angelou discuss country music with some of her favorite artists or learn from Bob Greene how to get your kids to eat healthy. Maybe some XM Radio execs need to listen to the program to learn how to deal with unions....
Posted: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 8:17am PDT
Toxic Workplaces: Bush’s Labor Dept. Ordered to Release Info Tuesday, July 3, 2007 : The Bush Administration's Department of Labor has been ordered by a federal court in New Jersey to release the results of years of workplace sampling for toxic substances, including the cancer-causing metal beryllium. The order came from U.S. District Judge Mary Cooper in a ruling last week on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Adam Finkel, who served as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) chief regulator and as a regional administrato...
Posted: Tue, Jul 3, 2007 11:42pm PDT
Colombia: One of world's most dangerous places for trade unionists 
3 July 2007 05:00 GMT Colombia: One of world's most dangerous places for trade unionists A sham paramilitary demobilization process, combined with thousands of cases of threats and killings and a chronic lack of investigations and prosecutions, makes Colombia one of the most dangerous places in the world for trade unionists, according to a new report released today....
Posted: Tue, Jul 3, 2007 8:15am PDT
Western Australian mine workers protest unsafe conditions Monday, July 2, 2007 :The increasingly unsafe conditions confronting mining workers in Australia were highlighted last month when more than 200 workers employed at BHP Billiton’s iron ore operations near Mount Newman in Western Australia took the unprecedented step of signing a protest petition and speaking out on national television....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 10:36pm PDT
Northwest Flight Attendants Get Some Relief Monday, July 2, 2007 : Flight attendants working at Northwest Airlines today received about $14,500 each, giving them some financial relief after they gave up nearly $200 million in annual concessions as part of Northwest Airlines’ reorganization and exit from bankruptcy....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 6:56pm PDT
Delaware Latest State to Grant State Employees Bargaining Rights Monday, July 2, 2007 : More than 12,000 Delaware state workers will have collective bargaining rights when Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) signs legislation that won State Senate approval Friday. In March, Minner was the keynote speaker at AFSCME District Council 81's annual convention, where she told union members she was waiting for a chance to sign the legislation....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 6:55pm PDT
Worker Center Alliances: The Austin Example Monday, July 2, 2007 : Last week, we reported that Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland, Calif., was the first local worker center in the Golden State to affiliate with a local AFL-CIO central body....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 6:55pm PDT
Maine Passes Nation's First Big-Box Law Monday, July 2, 2007 : Maine is the first state to take a stand against big-box stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Home Depot that often swagger into a town, pushing out small businesses while harming the environment and sucking up municipal services. Gov. John Baldacci (D) last month signed into law the Informed Growth Act, which holds big-box corporations accountable and gives citizens a real voice in development decisions....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 6:53pm PDT
Letter Carriers Protest Job Outsourcing Monday, July 2, 2007 : Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night can keep letter carriers from their appointed routes. But now their bosses are trying to do just that....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2007 7:12am PDT
Turn Off the Laugh Track-Comedy Writers Win Contract Stop me if you've heard the one about the comedy writers, the union, the network and the contract....
Posted: Sun, Jul 1, 2007 5:39pm PDT
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