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Dangl: Firing The Boss: An Interview with Chicago Factory Occupation Organizer
Znet Article, January, 15 2009
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
On December 5, 2008 over 200 recently-fired workers at the Republic Window and Doors factory in Chicago occupied their plant, demanding that they be paid their vacation and severance checks. The occupation ended victoriously six days later when th...
Bacon: Unions Need Unity
Znet Article, January, 15 2009
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
Twelve unions met in Washington, DC, last week and announced they're considering rejoining the two labor federations, the American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Change to Win (CTW), which split apart five y...
Theodosis: Occupied Labor: A Brief History of Iraqi Unions under U.S. Rule
Znet Article, January, 08 2009
Nick Theodosis
A review of Iraqi labor unions under U.S. occupation.
Meister: Eighty-Hour Workweeks! Thirty-Hour Workdays!
Znet Article, December, 13 2008
Dick Meister
Meister's ZSpace page
It's way past time for Congress to come to the aid of the medical residents who are among our most important providers of hospital care. The young doctors-in-training are being forced to work 80 hours a week, often as long as 30 hours in a single ...
Dangl: Workers Occupy Chicago Factory
Znet Article, December, 08 2008
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
When the 250 workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago were told that the plant was shutting down, they decided to take matters into their own hands. On Friday, December 5, the workers occupied their factory in an act that echoe...
Early: Why It's Time to Bannish "Average Joeism"
Znet Article, October, 17 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Am I the only American voter who’s getting annoyed by all the faux-populist obeisance and condescending lip-service that’s being paid to “average Joes” this Fall?
Early: EFCA, The Economy, Obama and Labor?
Znet Article, October, 11 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Thirty years ago, unions came closer to strengthening the Wagner Act than at any other time since Congress enacted labor’s “Magna Carta” in 1935...
Albert: Gender In Venezuela
Znet Article, September, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In early September Michael Albert went to Venezuela and interviewed numerous people about the Bolivarian Revolution. Here is the first, about the role and situation of women, held with Nora Castañeda, head of the Women's Bank in Venezuela and prom...
Bacon: Original Workers Overcome Divisions After Mississippi Raid
Znet Article, September, 09 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
In the recent raid of the Howard Industries electrical plant in Laurel, Mississippi, 481 workers have been detained for almost two weeks in Jena, Louisiana. Neither they nor their attorneys know when they will be formally charged, deported or rele...
Early: Tyronegate & Trusteeship
Znet Article, September, 04 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Thousands of SEIU members are expected in San Jose this Saturday, Sept. 6, to protest spreading corruption—and Andy Stern’s latest grab for control over SEIU’s third largest local (which has helped blow the whistle on scandalous behavior elsewher...
Early: Will Call Center Servicing Solve Labor's "Customer Satisfaction" Problems?
Znet Article, August, 04 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
In early June, I found myself in San Juan, Puerto Rico, awaiting a vote by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) about whether to expand its current experiment with call center servicing....
Meister: It's Time For Workers Of The World To Unite
Znet Article, July, 15 2008
Dick Meister
Meister's ZSpace page
The globalization of capital that has undermined workers everywhere finally has brought about moves for the globalization of labor. Finally, unions worldwide are seriously heeding Karl Marx' plea for workers to unite across national boundaries.
Fletcher: ZNet Book Interview: Solidarity Divided
Znet Article, July, 05 2008
Bill Fletcher
Fletcher's ZSpace page
ZNet book interview...
Early: At San Juan Convention…
Znet Article, June, 04 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Operating with its usual purple panache, controversial political ties, and a huge advertising budget, America’s most "Latino-friendly" union is romancing all of Puerto Rico this week.
Early: Teamsters & Taxi Drivers
Znet Article, May, 11 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
In the late 1990s, it looked, for a while, like organized labor was making a comeback...
Meister: No Peace, No Work
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
Dick Meister
Meister's ZSpace page
Organized labor is set to mark May Day - International Workers' Day - with what could be the loudest and most forceful demand yet for rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
Lynd: Another World Is Possible
Znet Article, April, 19 2008
Staughton Lynd
Lynd's ZSpace page
The new worldwide movement against "globalization," meaning, U.S. imperialism, and for a better day, has come up with a defining slogan: Another World Is Possible...
Ehrenreich: Truckers Hit the Brakes
Znet Article, April, 11 2008
Barbara Ehrenreich
Ehrenreich's ZSpace page
Until the beginning of this month, Americans seemed to have nothing to say about their ongoing economic ruin except, "Hit me! Please, hit me again!" You can take my house, but let me mow the lawn for you one more time before you repossess. Take my...
Baker: Economy Loses 83,000 Jobs, Unemployment Jumps to 5.1 Percent
Znet Article, April, 10 2008
Dean Baker
Baker's ZSpace page
The private sector is shedding jobs at the rate of almost 100,000 per month...
Early: A Purple Uprising In Oakland
Znet Article, April, 03 2008
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
As an infrequent visitor to the west coast, I’ve never experienced the earthquake tremors that are so familiar to millions of Californians.
