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16 May 2008
Empty
rhetoric from Obama on American Axle strike
15 May 2008
UAW
president's radio comments underscore union-management gang-up
against American Axle strikers
13 May 2008
US congressional probe charges
Utah mine officials lied to federal agency before Crandall Canyon
disaster
American Axle threatens additional plant closure
UAW president says union will accept massive concessions
10 May 2008
GM
offers $200 million in bid to end American Axle strike
8 May 2008
Wage-cutting
in the US auto parts industry: The background to the American
Axle strike
3 May 2008
UAW
preparing agreement to slash American Axle workers' wages, close
plants
2 May 2008
WSWS
interviews victimized North Carolina Freightliner workers
30 April 2008
US auto strike enters tenth week
A political balance sheet of the battle at American Axle
25 April 2008
Detroit:
American Axle workers hold protest amidst heavy police presence
15 April 2008
American
Axle, UAW continue negotiations over concessions contract
Service employees union organizes thug attack at Detroit
Labor Notes conference
14 April 2008
Letters
on the American Axle strike
12 April 2008
WSWS
writer Jerry White speaks on American Axle strike
9 April 2008
As
full negotiations resume American Axle workers denounce UAW concessions
offer
8 April 2008
As US auto strike enters seventh week
UAW president backs "real sacrifices" for American
Axle workers
7 April 2008
SEP/ISSE meeting: Which way forward? The American
Axle strike and the political issues facing the working class
5 April 2008
4 April 2008
Reject
UAW plans to sell out American Axle strike
American Axle workers in Detroit determined to resist
sellout
Goodyear worker in Kansas dies after tasering by police
3 April 2008
American
Axle strikers in Buffalo determined to resist wage cuts
Independent
truckers stage protests in US
2 April 2008
Elect rank-and-file committees to oppose UAW sell-out
American Axle strike at the crossroads
1 April 2008
31 March 200
American
Axle moves to hire strikebreakers
29 March 200
American
Axle CEO Richard Dauch and the "right" of private property
American Axle strikers in Detroit respond to plant
closing threats
28 March 2008
27 March 2008
$10 million for American Axle CEO
Richard Dauch and the aristocratic principle in America
26 March 2008
25 March 2008
Strike against wage cutting completes first month
Pay for American Axle CEO rises to $10.2 million
22 March 2008
21 March 2008
American
Axle strikers in Detroit determined to halt wage-cutting
20 March 2008
Mobilize
auto workers behind the American Axle strike
18 March 2008
17 March 2008
Letters
on the American Axle strike
15 March 2008
Police
arrest auto workers on American Axle picket line in Detroit
14 March 2008
American
Axle workers in Detroit discuss political issues in strike
12 March 2008
Bitter
strike by American Axle workers enters third week
11 March 2008
Reject
UAW plans to sabotage American Axle strike!
10 March 2008
Impact of American Axle strike spreads
Talks continue through weekend
5 March 2008
UAW
offered wage cuts on eve of American Axle strike
4 March 2008
American
Axle strike enters second week
29 February 2008
Detroit News warns of "labor unrest"
in auto industry
American Axle strikers defy UAW wage-cutting pattern
27 February 2008
American
Axle workers strike against massive wage cut
15 February 2008
WSWS
arts editor speaks in Los Angeles on implications of screen writers'
strike
14 February 2008
US
writers vote to end 100-day strike
12 February 2008
US:
2,600 strike Volvo Trucks in Dublin, Virginia
9 February 2008
Film
and television writers should reject the contract deal
Striking writer speaks to the WSWS
5 February 2008
Grave
dangers in the film and television writers strike
WSWS speaks to striking writers
2 February 2008
Why
the writers strike never came up in the Democrats' Los Angeles
debate
30 January 2008
Once
again, the fundamental questions in the writers' strike
25 January 2008
The
film and television writers' strike: the dead-end of the trade
union perspective
21 January 2008
Media,
employers use Directors Guild deal as a battering ram against
striking writers
US: General Motors to offer more job buyouts
16 January 2008
A
comment: What will be the impact of the writers' strike on the
writers themselves?
14 January 2008
Film
and television writers plan "Strike TV" Internet programming
10 January 2008
Film
and television writers' strike: picketing resumes and so does
the political discussion
8 January 2008
US
judge imposes gag order against retired auto workers in UAW-GM
case
5 January 2008
A
socialist perspective for the film and television writers strike
17 December 2007
Impasse
in writers' strike poses need for new political struggle
14 December 2007
Writers'
strike reveals profound cultural and social divide
10 December 2007
Talks
break down in Hollywood writers' strike
6 December 2007
One
month of the US film and television writers' strike
5 December 2007
Writers'
strike in fifth week: the political discussion continues
4 December 2007
Interview
with a striking writer: a candid conversation about US television
Former SEP gubernatorial candidate speaks on California
radio: "Writers strike is part of growing international
resistance by workers"
3 December 2007
The politicization of the writers' struggle: the New
York Times and an interview with striker David Wyatt
30 November 2007
Broadway
stagehands return to work after union accepts concessions
Report shows US coal mines not properly inspected
due to cutbacks, mismanagement at safety agency
28 November 2007
Striking
writers are determined, wary as contract negotiations restart
22 November 2007
Striking
writers protest in Hollywood
21 November 2007
Broadway
remains dark another week after strike talks break down
19 November 2007
Political
lessons of the UAW contract betrayal
Studios and striking writers to resume negotiations
November 26
As Broadway stagehand talks resume
IATSE president blasts writers' strike
17 November 2007
Writers' strike ends its second week
Mr. Edwards goes to the picket line
16 November 2007
Multi-millionaire "populist" to appear on
writers' picket line
Who is John Edwards?
Pickets at CBS discuss perspectives for writers' strike
15 November 2007
Striking
television writers discuss political issues with the WSWS
14 November 2007
Film
and television celebrities express support for striking writers
13 November 2007
Increasing
bitterness in film and television writers strike
12 November 2007
Sixty-nine percent of those polled in Los Angeles
support walkout
Writers strike enters second week
Stagehands shut down Broadway over producers' takeaways
Ford Rouge workers denounce UAW sellout
10 November 2007
At mass rally, Writers Guild leaders attempt to lull
strikers to sleep
More writers and their supporters in Los Angeles and
New York speak to the WSWS
9 November 2007
Support
for writers' strike outrages Hollywood elite
US auto workers vote on contract betrayal at Ford
8 November 2007
The
Democratic Party candidates and the writers' strike
Writers and supporters speak out in Los Angeles and
New York City
7 November 2007
Writers'
strike in its second day More strikers speak with the WSWS
6 November 2007
US
film and television writers launch their struggle
Interviews with striking writers and supporters
US auto workers denounce UAW betrayal at Ford
"The union is so intertwined with the company they are
giving away the whole store"
6 November 2007
Vote
"no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
5 November 2007
Vote
"no" on UAW betrayal at Ford! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
Determined, angry mood among US film and television
writers
3 November 2007
"The UAW knew what was coming, but they got a
good deal out of it for themselves." Chrysler
workers react to job cuts, denounce union betrayal
US film and television writers will walk out Monday
2 November 2007
Bitter
outcome of UAW contract betrayal: Chrysler to cut 12,000 more
jobs
Broader issues facing US film and television writers
31 October 2007
Ford
and UAW press for deeper concessions from US auto workers
29 October 2007
UAW
pushes through Chrysler betrayal in face of strong rank-and-file
opposition
27 October 2007
Strong
opposition at final Chrysler plant voting on UAW contract
26 October 2007
How
the UAW pushed through its sellout at Chrysler
US:
Maine nurses union agrees to demands of hospital administrators
25 October 2007
UAW
moves to prevent defeat of Chrysler contract
24 October 2007
UAW
defends 50 percent wage cut for Chrysler workers
Ninety
percent of voting Writers' Guild of America members authorize
strike
23 October 2007
As contract faces rejection
UAW conspires with Chrysler to impose agreement
Letters on US auto workers' struggle
22 October 2007
More
Chrysler locals reject UAW contract betrayal
"We are sick of being lied to by the union"
Detroit autoworkers speak out against
UAW-Chrysler contract
20 October 2007
Large UAW local votes 80 percent to reject Chrysler sellout faces strong rank-and-file opposition
19 October 2007
Vote
'no' on UAW sellout at Chrysler! Elect rank-and-file committees
for contract fight!
18 October 2007
UAW
deal opens door for Chrysler carve-up
15 October 2007
Letters
from US auto workers
12 October 2007
The
middle-class "left" and the UAW-GM contract
11 October 2007
UAW
stages six-hour strike to push through contract betrayal at Chrysler
Chrysler strikers speak: "It's time workers unite
on a global basis, the same way the companies do"
10 October 2007
As
General Motors contract vote proceeds, UAW prepares deeper concessions
at Chrysler
WSWS replies to UAW local president on GM contract
9 October 2007
Jim Lawrence, GM worker and 2004 SEP vice presidential
candidate, speaks on UAW-GM contract
"Workers can no longer afford this system"
6 October 2007
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Early
GM contract vote shows widespread opposition to UAW sellout
5 October 2007
Two-tier
wage in UAW-GM contract means drastic pay cuts for US workers
4 October 2007
Opposition
to UAW-GM deal as workers vote on contract
UAW officials threaten Socialist Equality Party members6
3 October 2007
Letters
on the General Motors contract
2 October 2007
UAW-GM
deal means more plant closings
1 October 2007
Vote 'no' on UAW sellout at GM!
Elect rank-and-file committees for contract fight!
Strong rank-and-file opposition to UAW sellout evident
at local meetings
29 September 2007
UAW
local presidents ratify historic betrayal of US auto workers
28 September 2007
Details
of General Motors contract underscore UAW betrayal
General Motors worker: "The UAW doesn't lose,
but the workers do"
27 September 2007
Total
surrender by US auto union
26 September 2007
As impact of walkout spreads
GM strikers confront intransigence of US auto giant
General Motors workers oppose threats to retiree health
care, jobs
25 September 2007
US
auto workers shut down General Motors
GM workers in Detroit voice frustration at UAW leadership
24 September 2007
US
autoworkers angered as negotiations drag on
17 September 2007
US
auto union extends contracts as deadline passes
14 September 2007
As contract deadline approaches
US auto union poised to accept sweeping concessions
12 September 2007
US
auto union prepares to hand over historic concessions
11 September 2007
Workers
strike for cost of living at University of Minnesota
24 August 2007
Utah
mine to be sealed, entombing missing miners
21 August 2007
Relatives
of trapped Utah miners denounce mine owner, safety officials
18 August 2007
Three
rescuers killed at site of Utah mine disaster
17 August 2007
US
federal officials cover up deadly conditions in Utah mine
15 August 2007
Workers
at Utah mine disaster said owner put "profits before safety"
9 August 2007
Hope
dwindling for trapped Utah miners
8 August 2007
The
Utah mine disaster: A tragic consequence of government-industry
collusion
31 July 2007
Healthcare and two-tier system at issue
Southern California grocery workers ratify new contract
23 July 2007
United
Auto Workers opens talks with US car companies
19 July 2007
US:
Testimony in Drummond Coal lawsuit on murders of Colombian union
leaders
11 July 2007
Pennsylvania
state workers return to work after one-day furlough
9 July 2007
US
unions agree to impose cuts, run benefits program at auto-supplier
Dana
30 June 2007
US
Senate Republicans block union-sponsored bill
27 June 2007
"The sit-downers did everything they did for
nothing" --Flint Delphi worker
UAW moves to ram through massive Delphi concessions
25 June 2007
US
auto union accepts massive wage cuts and layoffs in tentative
pact with Delphi
24 May 2007
Contract
talks break down at Southern California supermarkets
17 May 2007
The
Cerberus takeover of Chrysler--what it means for auto workers
16 May 2007
A new business model emerges
Why the United Auto Workers supports Cerberus' take-over of Chrysler
15 May 2007
A historic betrayal of auto workers
United Auto Workers capitulates to carve-up of Chrysler
12 May 2007
A response to "Two New York City transit workers
killed in less than a week"
Artist Marvin Franklin dead in accident
3 May 2007
Two
New York City transit workers killed in less than a week
14 April 2007
Detroit Chrysler worker speaks out on impact of mass
layoffs
"This is a major change in our lives and we have no control
over it"
22 January 2007
US
auto union tells members to "expect sacrifices" in
new contracts
9 January 2007
As takeaway contract is imposed on workers
New York City's new transit boss gets $40,000 raise
3 January 2007
Union agrees to plant closure, concessions
US Goodyear strike ends
2 December 2006
Nearly
half of US Ford workers accept buyouts: A vote of no confidence
in the United Auto Workers union
21 November 2006
Goodyear
strike in North America enters seventh week
23 October 2006
Strike
by US and Canadian Goodyear workers in third week
17 October 2006
NLRB
ruling could deprive millions of US workers of bargaining rights
10 October 2006
Workers
strike Goodyear tire plants in US and Canada
19 September 2006
SEP public meeting
Political lessons of the Detroit teachers strike
18 September 2006
Wall Street demands more plant closures, deeper cuts
at Ford
DaimlerChrysler prepares new round of layoffs
16 September 2006
Statement from Michigan SEP candidate
Ford's job massacre: A corporate crime
14 September 2006
Detroit
teachers vote narrowly to end strike
13 September 2006
Reject
the concessions sellout! Mobilize Detroit workers behind the
teachers!
12 September 2006
Defend
the teachers!
Mobilize Detroit workers against strike-breaking!
Billions for public education!
11 September 2006
Detroit
teachers defy injunction, but Democrats prepare new trap for
strike
9 September 2006
Answer
strike-breaking injunction: Mobilize Detroit workers in defense
of the teachers
Detroit
teachers hold strike rally
5 September 2006
The
great unmentionable at Detroit's Labor Day parade: Labor
28 August 2006
Detroit
teachers strike against concessions
Bush
administration intervenes to block Northwest flight attendants'
strike
18 August 2006
Northwest
Airlines to laid-off workers: rummage through the trash
12 July 2006
Michigan auto union officials convicted in extortion
scheme
The UAW in microcosm
29 June 2006
47,600 GM and Delphi workers accept buyouts and early
retirement
A vote of no confidence in the United Auto Workers union
15 June 2006
US
auto union signals its capitulation on wages, benefits and jobs
5 June 2006
US
Supreme Court rules against government employees who report misconduct
3 June 2006
Families
of coal miners killed in Kentucky disaster protest exclusion
from hearing
26 May 2006
Two
more US coal miners killed in Kentucky and West Virginia
25 May 2006
Machinists
union reaches tentative agreement with Northwest Airlines
24 May 2006
Lack
of oxygen supplies killed three in Kentucky mine disaster
22 May 2006
Slaughter in US coal industry continues Five miners killed in Kentucky explosion
10 May 2006
West
Virginia hearing continues cover-up of Sago Mine disaster
Relative of Sago miner, rescuer denounce whitewash
1 April 2006
US
auto supplier Delphi moves to cancel union contracts
23 March 2006
GM,
Delphi, US autoworkers' union agree to massive job-cutting program
21 March 2006
Bush
administration refuses to collect penalties for mine safety violations
15 March 2006
Kentucky
mine operators gear up for a coal revival
9 March 2006
US:
AK Steel lockout enters second week
Deregulation of coal industry behind fatal accidents
in US mines
7 March 2006
AT&T
acquisition of BellSouth to eliminate 10,000 jobs
4 March 2006
Unions
for flight attendants, pilots agree to huge concessions at Northwest
Airlines
Letter from worker locked out by AK Steel in Ohio
3 March 2006
AK
Steel locks out 2,700 Ohio workers and hires replacements
17 February 2006
US
auto union pressures Delphi workers to accept concessions deal
13 February 2006
Billionaire
investor demands General Motors slash jobs, health care, pensions
8 February 2006
Ford
job cuts will devastate working class communities
3 February 2006
Two
more West Virginia coal miners killed
21 January 2006
Two
missing in fire at West Virginia coal mine
20 January 2006
A report from the scene of the Sago Mine disaster
Lack of decent-paying jobs drives workers into West Virginia
mines
17 January 2006
Memorial
service for Sago miners preaches reconciliation
US coal miners denounce deadly conditions
"The government is giving a green light to the coal operators
to violate safety"
13 January 2006
Letters
on the West Virginia mine disaster
12 January 2006
Death toll continues to rise in US coal mines
Kentucky miner crushed to death in roof collapse
11 January 2006
After
the West Virginia mine disaster, the official whitewash begins
10 January 2006
US
media sheds crocodile tears for West Virginia miners
9 January 2006
Mine
safety cuts hindered West Virginia rescue
7 January 2006
Letters
on the West Virginia mine disaster
US:
IBM to freeze pension plan in 2008
6 January 2006
West
Virginia towns mourn deaths of 12 coal miners
5 January 2006
West
Virginia mine tragedy: Families denounce company, state officials
4 January 2006
Twelve
of 13 miners found dead after false rescue report
Virginia mine explosion
US:
low-fare Independence Air to shut down
3 January 2006
West
Virginia explosion traps 13 coal miners
Large vote against union-backed concessions at Ford
29 December 2005
Tentative
contract a setback for New York City transit workers
22 December 2005
New York City transit workers defiant "Bloomberg
and his friends are the thugs, not us"
21 December 2005
New
York transit workers set up picket lines: "Today's strike
is for all working people"
19 December 2005
New
York City transit workers on brink of class confrontation
17 December 2005
After rejecting MTA's "final offer"
New York City transit union calls selective strikes
16 December 2005
The
political issues confronting New York City transit workers
10 December 2005
Strikebreaking threats as contract deadline nears
Transit dispute exposes New York City's class divide
Auto union's complaint: Delphi exec bonuses make it
tough to sell wage cuts
9 December 2005
Letter
on the UAW from a former US auto worker
8 December 2005
US:
Verizon to end defined-benefit pensions for 50,000 managers
23 November 2005
GM
job cuts will devastate North American cities
22 November 2005
General
Motors to close 9 plants, slash 30,000 North American jobs
19 November 2005
Delphi
plans to cut 24,000 US auto jobs
15 November 2005
New
York University graduate student-workers on strike
GM retiree denounces UAW "sham" vote to
cut medical benefits
10 November 2005
US
auto workers union launches sham "war" against Delphi
8 November 2005
New
York City's Radio City Music Hall locks out musicians for holiday
show
7 November 2005
More
than 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers continue walkout
5 November 2005
Politics,
socialism and the struggle of Delphi workers
An
inside job--US Labor Department and Wal-Mart's secret agreement
on child labor
2 November 2005
The California Union Paycheck Initiative and the political
tasks facing the working class
Vote "no" on Proposition 75! Break with the Democrats!
For the political independence of the working class!
1 November 2005
Delphi
demands US auto workers accept poverty wages
5,000 Philadelphia transit workers walk out
24 October 2005
UAW-GM
deal: a new stage in the corporate assault on American workers
22 October 2005
US
auto union goes to court against its own members
Security guards attack striking San Francisco hospital
workers
18 October 2005
US
auto union in deal with GM to slash health benefits
Northwest Airlines union submits plan to cut 89 percent
of members' jobs for rank-and-file vote
15 October 2005
Ohio
Delphi workers denounce company plan to halve wages and slash
jobs
11 October 2005
Delphi
outlines plant closings, wage-cutting in US bankruptcy filing
8 October 2005
Parts supplier threatens bankruptcy, plant closings
Delphi demands unprecedented wage cuts from US auto workers
19 July 2005
Detroit
area nursing home workers locked out
20 June 2005
Northwest
Airlines workers protest attack on pensions and jobs
16 June 2005
24 years after PATCO strike
US: dispute over air traffic control staffing
13 May 2005
Court
approves termination of United Airlines pension plans
30 April 2005
New
York bus workers end strike
28 April 2005
Letter
from a US airline worker and a reply
21 April 2005
University
of California service workers strike for a day
31 March 2005
Crisis
of labor bureaucracy dominates US union summit
11 March 2005
Lockheed
workers in Georgia walk out over health benefits
8 February 2005
Judge imposes pay cut on United Airlines mechanics
Assault on airline workers intensifies
14 January 2005
Detroit
mayor demands mass layoffs and cuts in city services
12 January 2005
US
bankruptcy judge terminates contract of US Airways workers
28 December 2004
US
Airways workers stage Christmas job action
20 November 2004
Union
isolates locked-out San Francisco hotel workers
9 November 2004
New
Jersey casino strike ends
26 August 2004
Layoffs
plague Detroit city services
20 August 2004
Hundreds
of nurses strike Michigan hospital over staffing cuts
4 August 2004
An
exchange of letters on United Airlines and "employee ownership"
27 July 2004
New
York: Sotheby's workers locked out for more than a week
20 July 2004
US: United Airlines announces deferment on pension
payments
Major airlines continue assault on US workers
14 July 2004
Actors'
Equity and Broadway producers reach tentative agreement
7 July 2004
US:
Actors Equity leadership votes not to strike
29 June 2004
Union
orders Broadway actors to stay on job contract expiration
23 June 2004
US
actors vote overwhelmingly for strike authorization
14 June 2004
New
York City workers' protest demands new contracts, wage hikes
Home health and day care workers strike in New York
29 April 2004
New
York City: Columbia graduate students go on strike
22 April 2004
Concessions
imposed on Minnesota transit workers
10 April 2004
UFCW
forces through concessions contract at Gelson's markets in California
University of Michigan lecturers stage one-day walkout
9 March 2004
Minnesota
transit workers strike against assault on benefits
2 March 2004
Union
surrenders benefits, wages in sellout of California grocery strike
US auto union calls off parts strike, accepts multi-tier
contract
10 February 2004
New
York: Oyster Bar workers in third month of strike
31 January 2004
A
warning to California grocery workers: Trumka, AFL-CIO preparing
final act in betrayal
8 January 2004
Union
moves to strangle grocery workers' struggle in Southern California
10 December 2003
Talks
break down in Southern California supermarket strike
22 November 2003
Striking
Los Angeles transit workers return to work without a contract
8 November 2003
Los
Angeles transit strikers vote down management's "final offer"
Union pushes for binding arbitration
5 November 2003
Atlantic
City, New Jersey: 4 workers killed, 21 injured in construction
collapse
Union moves to weaken California grocery workers'
struggle
28 October 2003
New
York City teachers rally against attacks on education
15 October 2003
Mechanics'
strike shuts down mass transit in Los Angeles
13 October 2003
California
supermarket chains mount strikebreaking drive against grocery
workers
18 July 2003
How
the labor bureaucracy scabbed on the Portland school janitors
13 March 2003
Union bows to producers' job-cutting
Broadway musicians end strike on 'minimums'
28 January 2003
New
York City transit workers narrowly approve pact
25 January 2003
Coal
mine explosion kills three in West Virginia
15 January 2003
Striker
killed on GE picket line in Kentucky
6 January 2003
Unions
accept massive cutbacks at US Airways
8 December 2002
New
York transit union leaders accept take-away contract
14 December 2002
The
New York City transit dispute--the class issues
7 December 2002
Bush administration drives United Airlines into bankruptcy
Government panel demands all-out attack on airline workers
5 December 2002
Bush
slashes federal workers' pay raise
3 December 2002
New
York City mayor threatens transit workers
2 December 2002
US
docks union accepts job cuts, concessions in tentative contract
27 November 2002
Two
New York City transit workers killed in 72 hours
15 October 2002
New
York City firefighters protest low salaries
4 October 2002
Big
business presses for Bush to intervene against California dockworkers
30 September 2002
US
shippers lock out dockworkers
on West Coast
10 September 2002
US
dock talks reach agreement on health care benefits
5 September 2002
US
dockworkers rally in Los Angeles
30 August 2002
Bush
threatens to use troops against West Coast dockworkers
26 July 2002
Nine
trapped in Pennsylvania coal mine
14 June 2002
Career bureaucrat named president of US auto union
Gettelfinger defended Ford in 1999 blast that killed six workers
25 May 2002
Hershey
Chocolate workers strike in Pennsylvania
5 April 2002
Los
Angeles school bus drivers strike
13 March 2002
Graduate
student instructors walk out at University of Michigan
22 February 2002
Detroit
school employees march against layoffs
20 February 2002
Labor officials stave off strike
United Airlines, machinists union reach accord
26 January 2002
Workers
strike sausage plant in Dearborn, Michigan
21 December 2001
Bush
blocks strike by United Airlines mechanics
15 December 2001
Letters
from US workers
14 December 2001
Strikebreaking
judges, defiant teachers: the real face of class relations in
the US
7 December 2001
Two
hundred arrests in New Jersey teachers strike
6 December 2001
A
red-baiting attack at the US Transport Workers Union convention
30 November 2001
Felony
charges dropped against "Charleston 5" dockworkers
in South Carolina
16 October 2001
Union
officials accept deal to end Minnesota state workers strike
9 October 2001
The
Minnesota workers strike and the class divide in America
4 October 2001
Minnesota
state workers defend strike
2 October 2001
Governor uses National Guard as strikebreakers
30,000 state workers walk out in Minnesota
27 September 2001
Alabama
mine blast kills thirteen
3 September 2001
Labor
Day 2001: US workers without a voice
2 August 2001
US
Teamsters union campaigns against Mexican truckers
2 July 2001
US
union leaders seek closer ties to Bush, Republicans
21 June 2001
US auto union rallies behind Ford bosses
UAW lackeys on parade
19 June 2001
Striking
Minneapolis nurses describe chronic staffing shortages
12 June 2001
Rally
held in South Carolina for the "Charleston Five" longshoremen
30 May 2001
New
report details corruption of New York's municipal workers union
6 March 2001
New
York transit union calls off strike on commuter bus line
3 March 2001
Domino
Sugar strike in Brooklyn ends in defeat
2 March 2001
$45
million fine against pilots union upheld by US Supreme Court
26 February 2001
Union
membership in US at lowest level in 60 years
13 February 2001
Bush
bans strike by Northwest Airlines mechanics
9 February 2001
New
Directions faction takes control of New York City transit union
31 January 2001
Detroit Chrysler workers react to company plans to
slash 26,000 jobs
"It's going to mean longer lines at the employment center"
30 January 2001
DaimlerChrysler to wipe out 26,000 jobs in its US
division
Six plants to be closed over the next two years
16 January 2001
Longshoremen
involved in protest face felony charges in South Carolina
4 January 2001
Unions settle with Detroit News and Free
Press: lessons of another AFL-CIO debacle
A fresh lesson: The end of the Detroit newspaper strike
and the crisis of the labor movement
Reprinted from the International Workers Bulletin of
February 24, 1997
8 December 2000
Domino
Sugar strike in Brooklyn enters eighteenth month
21 November 2000
Thousands
of New York City teachers rally to demand contract
31 October 2000
Philadelphia
teachers union calls off strike
30 October 2000
Philadelphia
teachers strike
24 October 2000
Tentative
agreement reached in US commercial actors strike
19 October 2000
Democrats,
AFL-CIO pressure Los Angeles transit strikers to accept contract
concessions
14 October 2000
AFL-CIO
moves to isolate Los Angeles transit strike
12 October 2000
42,000
Los Angeles county workers strike as transit walkout continues
9 October 2000
Los
Angeles transit strike enters fourth week
5 October 2000
Striking
Los Angeles transit workers defy union officials and continue
walkout
3 October 2000
County
workers on strike in Los Angeles
Talks collapse in US actors strike
29 September 2000
Further
revelations of corruption in New York City unions
25 September 2000
Michigan
GM workers sue United Auto Workers local for embezzling funds
23 September 2000
Striking transit workers rally in Los Angeles
"Take from the bottom? Why not take from the top?"
22 September 2000
Ohio
auto workers denounce union for deal on temporary employees
21 September 2000
Los
Angeles transit strike continues
18 September 2000
Los
Angeles transit workers strike
13 September 2000
Buffalo,
New York teacher discusses issues in contract struggle
12 September 2000
New
York Museum of Modern Art strike ends
9 September 2000
Buffalo,
New York teachers defy anti-strike law
7 September 2000
Philadelphia
teachers authorize strike action
29 August 2000
United
Airlines, pilots union reach deal
26 August 2000
US
telecom union ends strike at Verizon
"So many people are on Prozac or sick leave because
of stress"
Verizon striker describes hi-tech speedup
Strike at New York's Museum of Modern Art enters fifth
month
24 August 2000
US
union leaders split ranks of striking telecom workers
18 August 2000
US:
Forced overtime and job security key issues in Verizon strike
15 August 2000
Union
rejects contract offer--Verizon Communications workers speak
on issues in strike
12 August 2000
Wireless issue resolved, but key issues remain
87,000 workers begin second week of strike against Verizon
10 August 2000
US
telecommunications workers continue strike against Verizon
8 August 2000
87,000
US phone workers strike Verizon Communications
1 August 2000
US
ad agencies demand actors unions capitulate
26 July 2000
Talks
break off after two days in US commercial actors strike
18 July 2000
Mediated
talks in US commercial actors strike collapse
8 July 2000
4,000
health care workers in San Francisco launch one-day strike
13 June 2000
Lawsuit
against fashion designer details sweatshop conditions in New
York City garment factories
2 June 2000
US
appeals court rejects Brooklyn garment workers' lawsuit against
union
31 May 2000
Advertising
producers moving production out of strikebound Hollywood
27 May 2000
Museum
of Modern Art strike in New York enters second month
23 May 2000
US
advertiser publishes provocative ad against striking actors
9 May 2000
Nyack,
New York hospital nurses strike in fifth month
8 May 2000
Museum
of Modern Art workers on strike in New York
3 May 2000
Radio
and TV actors strike US advertisers
26 April 2000
Los
Angeles janitors end strike
25 April 2000
New
York services union and building owners reach tentative pact
20 April 2000
Union
officials stump for Democrats while blocking support for Los
Angeles janitors strike
14 April 2000
Union
officials, Democrats push for end to Los Angeles janitors strike
8 April 2000
Los
Angeles janitors strike widens
6 April 2000
Los
Angeles janitors strike
7 March 2000
Domino
Sugar workers in New York on strike for more than eight months
15 February 2000
New
York City transit workers ratify contract
12 February 2000
An
exchange of letters on the New York City transit workers' contract
struggle
4 February 2000
One year since Dearborn, Michigan explosion
New revelations expose company-union complicity in fatal blast
at US Ford plant
"They decided to put profits over safety"
2 February 2000
Political
lessons of the New York transit workers' contract struggle
16 December 1999
In
wake of anti-strike injunction, New York transit union accepts
tentative contract
14 December 1999
New
York transit workers prepare for December 15 contract expiration
13 December 1999
Clinton
lectures the world on labor standards--but what is the state
of workers' rights in America?
1 December 1999
New
York City Ballet musicians on strike
25 September 1999
Detroit
bus drivers stage sick-out
21 September 1999
Workers
poisoned for decades at Kentucky nuclear weapons plant
11 September 1999
Explosion
at US Ford plant: report exposes corporate negligence and union
complicity
9 September 1999
Detroit
teachers end nine-day strike
Signs of decay on America's Labor Day 1999
8 September 1999
Union
leaders betray Detroit teachers' strike: new strategy needed
to defend public education
4 September 1999
Teachers
union leaders conspire to end Detroit schools strike
2 September 1999
Teachers fight to defend public education
Detroit strike exposes fraud of school "reform"
31 August 1999
Mass meeting overrules union leaders
Detroit teachers launch strike
30 August 1999
The
political issues facing Detroit teachers
26 August 1999
Detroit
school board demands sweeping concessions from teachers
21 August 1999
Former
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland dies: a Cold War anti-communist
and servant of big business
Kirkland and the Bulletin newspaper: a revealing
exchange
6 August 1999
Retired
US steelworkers oppose agreement with USX Corp.
23 July 1999
Rush
to complete new stadium blamed for deaths of three US construction
workers
10 July 1999
Bus drivers campaign for "Union members' bill
of rights" in Washington state
The political issues in the fight for workers' democracy
15 May 1999
New
York City workers demand better wages and conditions
17 April 1999
Workfare
to start in New York City transit
31 March 1999
Michigan
fireworks factory cited for repeated safety violations before
fatal blast
30 March 1999
Explosion
at Michigan fireworks factory kills at least four workers
12 March 1999
Graduate
students strike at the University of Michigan
24 February 1999
As
corruption scandals mount, US trade union leaders meet in Miami
Beach
24 February 1999
Explosion near Allentown heard for miles
Five workers killed in Pennsylvania chemical blast
18 February 1999
Typographers
settle with Detroit Newspapers: Pact will lead to job cuts
13 February 1999
America's
workplaces--among the deadliest in the industrialized world
10 February 1999
Union
splits ranks in US television technicians' settlement
19 January 1999
American
retailers involved in sweatshop racketeering on US-Pacific territory
30 December 1998
New
revelations of corruption in New York City unions
29 December 1998
Television
technicians in US reject ABC ultimatum
22 December 1998
ABC-TV
gives ultimatum to locked-out workers
16 December 1998
New
York City transit authority to employ welfare recipients
8 December 1998
Parent
union takes control of
New York's DC 37
1 December 1998
Jersey
City teachers end strike after firing threat
ABC cuts benefits of locked-out workers
25 November 1998
New
York City municipal unions rigged contract vote
17 November 1998
ABC-TV
workers in US locked out for two weeks
6 November 1998
ABC-TV
workers locked out in US
31 October 1998
Owners
cancel first month of NBA basketball
2 October 1998
US
steelworkers strike Kaiser Aluminum
1 October 1998
Ontario
legislature orders teachers back to work
26 September 1998
Two
months since Philadelphia strike: Transit workers still without
contract
16 September 1998
An interview with dissident US miner
Richard Cicci
"The UMWA International is trying to send a message to
all miners: if you disagree with the leadership you will be attacked
and driven out of the union"
12 September 1998
Pilots
union submits to company, presidential pressure
Northwest agreement abandons wage increases
10 September 1998
Clinton
sends top aide to participate in Northwest talks
5 September 1998
Minnesota
governor calls for presidential intervention in Northwest strike
2 September 1998
Clinton's
transportation secretary intervenes in Northwest pilots' strike
1 September 1998
Changes
in airline industry behind Northwest pilots strike
US West, CWA reach agreement to end strike
Telephone workers union agrees to productivity pay and forced
overtime
30 August 1998
Airline
pilots strike Northwest
29 August 1998
Impending
pilots' strike at Northwest Airlines
28 August 1998
Northwest
Airlines prepares for strike
27 August 1998
Northwest
Airlines, pilots union in talks as strike deadline approaches
26 August 1998
US
West hardens stand against striking telephone workers
21 August 1998
New
talks in US West strike
18 August 1998
How the UAW promotes anti-Mexican chauvinism
A case in point
Telephone workers strike US West
12 August 1998
US
telephone workers union ends strike against Bell Atlantic
11 August 1998
73,000
US telephone workers strike Bell Atlantic
7 August 1998
US
companies announce 10,000 layoffs
6 August 1998
Pact rejected by wide margin
Northwest machinists vote down tentative contract
3 August 1998
After
the defeat of the GM strike:
What way forward for auto workers?
1 August 1998
Former
US Teamsters President Ron Carey expelled from union
31 July 1998
TRW
announces the closure of 21 plants
29 July 1998
Northwest
Airlines workers rebel against machinists' union
24 July 1998
Victimized
Detroit school bus driver to be reinstated
The media and the New York City construction workers'
protest
2 July 1998
Police attack march against nonunion contractor
40,000 building workers halt rush hour traffic in Manhattan
9 June 1998
Soaring
profits, stagnant pay fuel workers' anger in US airline industry
Interviews with Northwest Airlines workers
"There is almost 100 percent dissatisfaction with the union"
3 June 1998
New
York City mayor attacks taxi drivers
8 May 1998
US government monitor clears Hoffa to seek union presidency
The shakeup in the Teamsters -- its significance for the working
class
3 April 1998
Nurses
strike in New York City
28 March 1998
Caterpillar
contract ratified
13
February 1998
The
middle class "left" and the fall of Ron Carey
12
February 1998
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