Tag: strike
Pattern Bargaining in Reverse: UAW Pushes for More Concessions at Delphi
Delphi workers are fighting demands for further concessions pushed by the United Auto Workers, which is trying to split apart the master agreement at the company. The International didn’t anticipate rank-and-file anger, which has halted its concessions locomotive.Government-owned GM can’t live without parts supplier Delphi but can’t live with union wages. So the United Auto … Continue reading Pattern Bargaining in Reverse: UAW Pushes for More Concessions at Delphi
France on Strike (1995)
Video of the December 1995 strike in France by Public Workers and Students: http://a.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A//blip.tv/rss/flash/3145653%3Freferrer%3Dblip.tv%26source%3D1%26use_direct%3D1%26use_documents%3D1&enablejs=true&showplayerpath=http%3A//a.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&autostart=true&feedurl=http%3A//laborvideo.blip.tv/rss&playerUrl=http%3A//a.blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf&staggeredLoad=truehttp://blip.tv/file/3126048
Union Busters Close Stella D’Oro Bakery
by Marty GoodmanWhat began in August 2008 as a strike at the Stella D’Oro bakery in the Bronx became an 11-month protracted war and one of the great labor battles in recent New York history. The Stella D’Oro workers became a national symbol of resistance to a heartless economic system.Stella bosses had demanded slashing wages … Continue reading Union Busters Close Stella D’Oro Bakery
Stella D’Oro Workers Face October Shutdown
NEW YORK — After an heroic strike that lasted 11 months, bakery workers at the Stella D’Oro company in the Bronx face imminent plant closure and the loss of 135 jobs. The shut-down has been ordered by the new Stella D’Oro owners, the non-union Lance, Inc. of North Carolina, makers of snack-sized junk food. Lance, … Continue reading Stella D’Oro Workers Face October Shutdown
SK Hand Tool Workers Strike
CHICAGO — As Congress debates health-care reform in Washington, members of Teamsters Local 743 here are taking the fight for health care to the picket line. On Aug. 25, some 75 members walked off the job at SK Hand Tools, which supplies for Sears’ Craftsman brand, in response to the companies’ suspension of health-care coverage … Continue reading SK Hand Tool Workers Strike
The War on Workers at Home & Abroad
UC Students Walk Out!
BERKELEY, Calif. — On Sept. 24, the first day of classes, University of California students and faculty across the state walked out against fee hikes, cutbacks in services and classes, increased class sizes, and faculty and staff layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts.Out of the 10 UC campuses statewide, Berkeley had the largest walkout by far; … Continue reading UC Students Walk Out!
75th Anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster Strike
by Bill OnaschLabor’s Turning PointToo often we mark anniversaries of wars, coups, or assassinations–necessary reminders of past set backs and affirmation of continuing the struggle. I was fortunate to be able to attend celebrations in Minneapolis July 25-26 that marked the 75th anniversary of the 1934 Teamsters strikes in that city--events that were full of … Continue reading 75th Anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamster Strike
Bringing Home the Bacon
Boycott Stella D’oro
[by Marty Goodman]“No contract, no cookies!,” say strikers at the Stella D’oro bakery in the Bronx. This great labor battle has been raging in a working-class neighborhood called Kingsbridge since August. About 135 workers, mostly women immigrants from Latin America and Africa with a mixture of Italians and others, have taken on a union-busting outfit … Continue reading Boycott Stella D’oro
Duluth Central Labor Body Resolution on the RNC 8
Resolution in Support of the RNC 8 and Stating that the Anti-Terrorism Act Should be RepealedWhereas, a free society is one in which people can organize collectively to improve their lives without fear of persecution by their government; andWhereas, the labor movement has historically suffered state intimidation and repression in our efforts to organize working … Continue reading Duluth Central Labor Body Resolution on the RNC 8
Chicago Factory Occupation Leads To Inspiring Victory
[by Andrew Pollack]The stunning victory at the Republic Windows factory shows that even in the midst of an ever-worsening depression, success is possible when workers are willing to do whatever it takes. During their six-day occupation of the plant, sitdowners repeatedly told the media that they were doing it for workers facing the same problems … Continue reading Chicago Factory Occupation Leads To Inspiring Victory
Support UE Occupation Against Republic Windows
Support UE Occupation Against Republic Windows,Bank of America!Picket Bank of America Offices Around the World!Two hundred fifty workers occupied the plant of Republic Windows in Chicago on Friday, December 5th. The mostly Latin@ and African-American workers, members of United Electrical Workers Local 1110, are protesting their layoffs by the company without the 90 day notice … Continue reading Support UE Occupation Against Republic Windows
Support Striking Namibian Workers at Lev Leviev Diamonds!
The Congress of South African Trade Unions pledges its support for the 153 diamond polishers employed by the Lev Leviev Diamond (LLD) Polishing Company in Windhoek, Namibia, who have been on strike since June 19th to protest abusive managers as well as job appraisals and promotions, wages and outstanding overtime.Adalah-NY, the Coalition for Justice in … Continue reading Support Striking Namibian Workers at Lev Leviev Diamonds!
Video of the 1989 Pittston Miners’ Strike
Below is a youtube video of the 1989 Pittston coal miners' strike.The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) succeeded in making their 12-month walkout against Pittston into a national labor cause, even though it involved only several thousand strikers in geographically isolated coal field communities. The union mobilized other UMWA members for sympathy strikes at … Continue reading Video of the 1989 Pittston Miners’ Strike
Railroad Union Activists Build Solidarity Caucus
by Ron KaminkowRail Labor activists from across North America are coming together to form a new cross-craft inter-union caucus that includes all rail workers in North America. Membership is open to union members from all the various unions (once known as the "brotherhoods") in this new organization. In addition, special efforts will be made to … Continue reading Railroad Union Activists Build Solidarity Caucus
Farmworker Protest Hits Burger King’s Greed
by Marty GoodmanMIAMI - A November 30th demonstration of more than 1500 farmworkers and supporters marched in Miami to the national headquarters of the giant Burger King corporation to demand that it pay farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida one more penny a pound to pick tomatoes and improve working conditions. Observers have called conditions in this … Continue reading Farmworker Protest Hits Burger King’s Greed