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Why is Burger King Spying on Student Labor Organizers?

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2008.
The fast-food company tries to hide its anti-labor practices.

Workers Sticking Together to Challenge Corporate Power

Dave Johnson, Huffington Post. May 12, 2008.
Security guards at Kaiser are supposed to be provided with health care after working for 90 days, but it turns out that many are not.

Is Burger King Spying on Labor Activists?

Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. May 7, 2008.
"If you're a student in Virginia, how do you get access to a Burger King internal document?"

Labor: Negotiate Green to Protect Working People and Their Environment

Gerry Hudson, AlterNet. May 1, 2008.
The crisis facing our planet is one of historic proportions and will require an historically broad coalition to solve.

Is There Any Way to Stop Wal-Mart & Co. from Sweatshop Profiteering?

T. A. Frank, Washington Monthly. April 29, 2008.
Presidential candidates are calling for tougher labor standards in trade agreements. But it's doubtful they could be enforced.

Redefining Labor

J. Goodrich, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. April 24, 2008.
Just because you call someone an independent contractor doesn't make it so.

Labor's First Strike Against the War Gains Momentum

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. April 24, 2008.
Vermont Union offers strong endorsement of West Coast long-shoremen's action.

State of the Union: SEIU Faces Dissent In the Ranks

David Moberg, In These Times. April 24, 2008.
The political fight developing within SEIU has broad implications for the labor movement and progressive politics.

Government Employees Could Be Fired For A Hobby

Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise AlterNet: PEEK. April 22, 2008.
If you blog on your own time, what business is it to your job?

The Ludlow Massacre

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. April 18, 2008.
The government's policy toward unions is marked by the same political cowardice and worker repression that brought on the Ludlow Massacre.

This is What a Union Victory Looks Like

Raquel Mack, AlterNet. April 18, 2008.
"I know first hand that the road to justice is long."

Making History: Fast-Track for Corporate Legislation is Dead

Todd Tucker, Eyes on Trade. April 15, 2008.
End of an era?

'This is a Class War' -- Auto Workers Fight 50 Percent Pay Cut Demand

Wendy Thompson, Labor Notes. April 15, 2008.
Workers are fighting two-tier wage system; offshoring at profitable Detroit firm.

Union Members Decry Loyalty Oaths, Cozy Deals; Reform Movement Forms

Paul Krehbiel, Labor Notes. April 12, 2008.
Members' grievances against SEIU officials have been mounting after President Andy Stern merged many locals into mega-locals.

The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 9, 2008.
Long after the Democratic Party abandoned labor interests, Tony Mazzocchi continued to fight for the working class.

Legacy of MLK: Unions Can Help Us Get to the Promised Land

Gerry Hudson, AlterNet. April 4, 2008.
True equality is still the goal.

Teacher's Strike Shuts Down Classes in Puerto Rico

José A. Laguarta Ramírez, Labor Notes. April 1, 2008.
The strike was the first held in defiance of a 1998 territorial law that prohibits public-sector workers from striking.

Corporate America Trying to Make Union Activities Illegal

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. March 26, 2008.
"This is a terrible menace to rights of free speech and protest, and constitutional rights and freedom of expression."

Lessons of the Writers' Strike

David Moberg, In These Times. March 24, 2008.
The Writers Guild strike that ended in February proved the power of organizing by creative workers. Now, actors in Hollywood may use the same script.

Labor's New New Deal

Andy Stern, The Nation. March 24, 2008.
We are as far today from the New Deal as the New Deal was from the Civil War.

Bush Hands Out New Jobs...Overseas

Tula Connell, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. March 20, 2008.
This action is perverse on so many levels, it's hard to know where to begin.

Remembering What Nixon Learned

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. March 14, 2008.
Conservatives are ignoring history's teachings and resurrecting Nixon's failed strategy of going after working people.

Labor's Changing Tune on Global Warming

Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, Brendan Smith, The Nation. March 13, 2008.
The concept of "green collar jobs" is starting bring organized labor on board for environmental change.

Obama's Right on Crucial Issue of Replacement Workers

Daily KosMarch 6, 2008.
Teamsters activist says every union member has reason to support the candidate.

The Wal-Mart Connection: Hillary's Years on the Board [VIDEO]

Jessehaf, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. March 4, 2008.
Hillary is currently the top recipient of campaign contributions from Wal-Mart executives, taking in more than Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee.

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