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Auto Crisis Threatens Entire Economy; Union Ready to Do Its Part—Again Thursday, December 4, 2008 : If Congress does not soon approve emergency loan legislation to keep Detroit's Big Three automakers operating as they ride out the nation's financial crisis, job losses will ripple not just through the auto industry but through the entire economy, warned UAW President Ron Gettelfinger....
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2008 7:13am PST
Blame the Takers, Not the Makers (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Isn't it ironic that media reflects such an anti-union bent when many corporate (at least newspaper employees) reporters are members of the Newspaper Guild?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 3, 2008 2:34am PST
Colombian Flower Workers Fired for Seeking Union. You Can Help Sunday, November 30, 2008 : Six workers at the Mongibello flower plantation just outside of Bogotá, Colombia, were illegally fired earlier this month for trying to form a union. The actions, which are illegal under Colombian law, are just another example of the lax enforcement of labor laws in that country that must be addressed before a free trade agreement with Colombia can be considered....
Posted: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 7:13am PST
PEMEX: PRESION A TÉCNICOS Y PROFESIONISTAS PETROLEROS PARA QUE RENUNCIEN A LA UNTyPP No conforme con desalojar violentamente a los técnicos y profesionistas petroleros de sus centros de trabajo, violando los derechos laborales y humanos más elementales, la Dirección de PEMEX ha llegado a extremos inauditos al presionar a los mismos que agredió, a que presenten su renuncia a la UNTyPP....
Posted: Thu, Nov 27, 2008 1:48pm PST
Measuring the UFCW: Parts 1 - 5 The Convention:
In August 2008 the UFCW Convention re-elected its officers and pronounced the existence of a “new” UFCW.
"This convention is not just about who we are, but who we can be."
"I ask you: stand with me, stand for a new UFCW. Stand for a 21st century workers movement."...
Posted: Wed, Nov 26, 2008 1:54am PST
Auto workers need an international strategy Monday, November 24, 2008 :Auto workers around the world confront layoffs, plant closures and new demands for wage and benefit cuts and speedup as transnational automakers attempt to make them pay for the global capitalist crisis....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 8:05am PST
US auto union offering major contract concessions The Detroit Free Press reported Friday that the United Auto Workers union (UAW) is secretly negotiating with the Big Three US automakers to revise current contracts in accordance with demands from both Democratic and Republican leaders that major concessions be imposed on auto workers in return for any government loan to avert bankruptcy by one or more of the companies....
Posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 8:06am PST
Auto bailout provides pretext for assault on US workers The events of the past few days have made clear that a proposed $25 billion bailout of the US Big Three auto companies is being used to intensify the ruling class offensive against auto workers and the American working class as a whole....
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 8:01am PST
Finally, Some Justice for California Car Wash Workers Friday, November 21, 2008 : Carwasheros, as the car wash workers in Southern California are known, scored a big victory yesterday when California Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet announced that 60 employees of the Hollywood Riviera Car Wash in Redondo Beach will receive $450,000 in unpaid wages. The payout comes in settlement of a lawsuit against the car wash filed by the state on the workers’ behalf....
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2008 7:54am PST
Wal-Mart Part of $1 Billion Skim-Scam Flimflam Wednesday, November 19, 2008 : Big-box retail chains like Wal-Mart are skimming some $1 billion a year in local and state tax revenues and pocketing the cash, according to a new report by the non-profit research center Good Jobs First....
Posted: Wed, Nov 19, 2008 9:45am PST
What's Going on at UGSOA? James D. Carney UGSOA President LOSES 710 members in one day. 
Their is an uprising going on at UGSOA as 710 Security Police Professionals working for the State Department in Washington D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Colorado, Kentucky, New Orleans, Connecticut, California, South Carolina, Arizona and New York voted to DUMP UGSOA as their collective bargaining agent on 9/10/08. This was UGSOA's Largest Local Union....
Posted: Mon, Nov 17, 2008 12:52pm PST
Filipino Workers to heads of G20: Creating a better world order is no more your business 
Relegating the world’s future to the hands of same leaders who created the current global economic crisis is a recipe to further disaster, according to Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party), a militant labor party in the country which joined hundreds of other protesters in a march to the US embassy this morning in time for the G20 Summit in Washington DC....
Posted: Sun, Nov 16, 2008 2:15am PST
California educators, writers, and advocates call on SEIU President to stop retaliation More than 50 prominent educators, writers, and worker advocates have sent a letter to SEIU President Andy Stern denouncing his ongoing campaign of retaliation against union members in SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW). Members of UHW and their elected leaders have been leading a reform movement within SEIU for greater democracy and more involvement of rank-and-file members in decision-making....
Posted: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:46pm PST
Social workers at Detroit “poverty summit” describe impact of layoffs, foreclosures, utility shutoffs A "poverty summit" was held at Detroit's Cobo Center on November 13. The "Voices for Action 2008 Poverty Summit" attracted thousands of social workers and representatives of charities from throughout the state of Michigan. It was hosted by the Michigan Department of Human Services, the non-profit Michigan Community Action Agency Association and the Governor's Commission on Community Action and Economic Opportunity....
Posted: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 8:33am PST
Bailing Out the Big Three: Let the Auto Workers Run Detroit! The Bush administration's Wall Street bailout may be a prelude to a sweeping government intervention in the auto industry--even before Barack Obama takes office January 20....
Posted: Fri, Nov 14, 2008 7:42am PST
Obama and the Crisis of Expectation Obama's carefully constructed image compared with reality....
Posted: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 7:45pm PST
Starbucks at Franklin and Nicollet becomes first City of Minneapolis location to go union! Wednesday, November 12, 2008 : Minneapolis, MN- Baristas from the Starbucks Coffee located at the intersection of Nicollet and Franklin Avenues in Minneapolis walked off the floor Wednesday morning to present a petition to management, signed by more than 500 concerned customers and community members, demanding Starbucks hire a security guard to ensure the safety of its patrons and partners....
Posted: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 7:01am PST
Auto workers to pay for Big Three bailout What will the government bailout of the US auto industry being pushed by President-Elect Obama and the Democratic Party mean for auto workers? The answer to this question is indicated by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in an op-ed piece published on Wednesday....
Posted: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 6:49am PST
Milwaukee Voters Approve Paid Sick Leave Law Tuesday, November 11, 2008 : Milwaukee voters approved a ballot referendum last week that will require paid sick leave for workers. The referendum, which passed with 68 percent voter approval, will require employers to provide workers with nine paid sick days. Businesses with less than 10 employees will be required to provide......
Posted: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 6:54pm PST
Layoffs mount, economic crisis deepens in the US Monday brought a number of fresh indications—including mass layoffs, bankruptcies and negative labor market data—that the US is entering a deep economic crisis....
Posted: Mon, Nov 10, 2008 10:17pm PST
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