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Bacon: Who's Responsible for the Fire that Killed 112 Garment Workers?
Znet Article, December, 02 2012
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
The day after Black Friday demonstrations, a fire killed 112 workers making clothes for Walmart at the Tazreen Fashions factory in Bangladesh
Bradbury: New York Fast Food Workers Walk Off the Job
Znet Article, December, 01 2012
Alexandra Bradbury
Bradbury's ZSpace page
“Good morning! I’m on strike!”
McAlevey: Response to Steve Early's Review of Raising Expectations
Znet Article, December, 01 2012
Jane McAlevey
McAlevey's ZSpace page
The author responds to a review of Raising Expectations
Bradbury: When Postmasters Attack
Commentary, November, 28 2012
Alexandra Bradbury
Bradbury's ZSpace page
Two years ago, there were 574,000 postal workers, not counting temps. This year only 533,000 are braving snow, rain, and gloom of night
Early: Bidding Adieu to SEIU: Lessons for Its Next Generation of Organizers?
Znet Article, November, 27 2012
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
A review of Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell): My Decade Fighting For the Labor Movement, by Jane McAlevey with Bob Ostertag
Justice: 10 Facts Retailers Don’t Want You to Know About Online Shopping
Znet Article, November, 26 2012
American Rights at Work, Jobs with Justice
Justice's ZSpace page
Workers in U.S. shipping centers that fulfill online orders for major retailers like Amazon.com and Walmart are subject to dangerous, sweatshop-like working conditions
Cooke: Labor's Call to Action: The Grand Bargain Betrayal
Commentary, November, 24 2012
Shamus Cooke
Cooke's ZSpace page
The “grand bargain” threat is a call to action for organized labor. But will unions respond?
Brown: Enough With the Just In Time Schedules, Say Retail Workers
Znet Article, November, 23 2012
Jenny Brown
Brown's ZSpace page
Part-time workers are demanding an end to erratic scheduling and a chance to work enough hours to survive
Slaughter: ‘Grand Bargain’ Would Be a Social Security Swindle
Commentary, November, 18 2012
Jane Slaughter
Slaughter's ZSpace page
If Congress and the President reach a “grand bargain” in the lame-duck session, seniors, the poor, and the disabled will pay for it—and it won’t be a good buy
Meister: Labor's Big Day
Znet Article, November, 17 2012
Dick Meister
Meister's ZSpace page
Unions played a major role in helping groups fighting voter suppression in Ohio and elsewhere
Norman: Wal-Mart's Catastrophic Health Plan
Znet Article, November, 14 2012
Al Norman
Norman's ZSpace page
Almost half of Wal-Mart’s workers have no peace of mind at all when it comes to health care. They simply aren’t paid enough to buy health care where they work
Gutekanst: How Chicago Teachers Got Organized to Strike
Znet Article, November, 13 2012
Norine Gutekanst
Gutekanst's ZSpace page
The win was possible because of several years of patient organizing, focused on getting members to step up
Cooke: Will the Democrats Tax the Rich to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff?
Commentary, November, 11 2012
Shamus Cooke
Cooke's ZSpace page
Literally the day after the election a sudden "urgency" gripped the nation: the imminent danger of the so-called "fiscal cliff"
Early: Getting Into Bed With Big Soda: How Labor Helped Win A Vote For More Obesity
Znet Article, November, 10 2012
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Unions will continue to face pressure from major employers—including Pepsi Cola and leading California health care chains—to make medical plan changes that penalize their own members
Paul: For Sandy’s Responders, Saying Thanks Isn’t Enough
Znet Article, November, 06 2012
Ari Paul
Paul's ZSpace page
If there is any silver lining to this disaster, it should be that we--as a city, state and country--have to reassess what we think of as the state and the role of workers
Fletcher: The Significance Of Jerry Tucker
Znet Article, November, 03 2012
Bill Fletcher
Fletcher's ZSpace page
At the end of the day, Jerry Tucker was one hell of a great friend and colleague. We count ourselves lucky that we had the honor of knowing him
Early: A Voice From The Shop Floor
Znet Article, November, 03 2012
Steve Early
Early's ZSpace page
Review of Greg Shotwell's Autoworkers Under The Gun: A Shop-Floor View of the End of the American Dream
Brown: Workers in the Northeast Come Face to Face with Climate Change
Znet Article, November, 02 2012
Jenny Brown
Brown's ZSpace page
The concept of “rising oceans” suddenly became real this week on the New Jersey coastline and in lower Manhattan
Bacon: North Carolina's Tobacco Workers Stand to Benefit From State's Strong Farmworker Union
Znet Article, November, 01 2012
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
The occupational hazards of North Carolina's tobacco workers can be meliorated by unionization and the freedom for laborers to shop their skills around
Meister: Labor's Major Election Challenge
Znet Article, October, 30 2012
Dick Meister
Meister's ZSpace page
Passage of the major anti-union measures on California's ballot would most certainly trigger moves to enact similar measures nationwide


