All 55 articles by Josh Eidelson

• 28 Nov 12

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  Labor Board Deals Blow to Fired Immigrant Strikers in Wisconsin

  WISCONSIN—The union campaign at Palermo’s Pizza in Milwaukee, which offers a test case... MORE »

• 12 Nov 12

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  Nurses Beat Back Concessions at Site of Beyoncé Baby Birth

  Days before a threatened strike, nurses at New York’s Lenox Hill hospital secured a deal with... MORE »

• 29 Oct 12

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  NLRB Chairman: New Penalties Needed for Union-Busting of Undocumented Workers

  NEW YORK CITY—National Labor Relations Board Chairman Mark Pearce says his agency could pursue new... MORE »

• 26 Oct 12

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  Some Newark Teachers, Inspired by Chicago, Seek to Thwart Concessionary Contract

  NEWARK—Six days after the city’s schools superintendent and teachers' union president announced a tentative... MORE »

• 22 Oct 12

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  Newark Teachers Union Embraces Performance Pay, Wins Peer Review

  NEWARK, N.J.—At a Thursday press conference, the president of the city teachers union and the... MORE »

• 18 Oct 12

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  Is Immigrant-Firing Pizza Company Getting Pork?

  Four months into a bitter strike, labor groups are asking whether Palermo’s Pizza deserves its millions... MORE »

• 12 Oct 12

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  Los Angeles Port Truckers Test Out Their Picket Signs

  Six months after Los Angeles-area port truckers won a rare union election in a nearly union-free ... MORE »

• 01 Oct 12

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  Janitors Strike Averted As SEIU and New England Contractors Reach Early Morning Deal

  At 2 a.m. this morning, the union for many New England janitors announced that a tentative agreement had... MORE »

• 24 Sep 12

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  Paid Leave Supporters Charge Subversion of Democracy in Florida Ruling

  Advocates cried foul last week after a judge’s ruling effectively prevented a paid sick leave measure... MORE »

• 10 Sep 12

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  Dems on Labor: Warm, But Fuzzy

  At last week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, Democrats ratified a platform which once again commits... MORE »

• 04 Sep 12

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  AFL-CIO Head Meets Palermo’s Pizza CEO But Strike and Boycott Continue

  Three months into a bitter strike and four weeks into a national boycott, the CEO of Palermo&rsquo... MORE »

• 27 Aug 12

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  How Houston Janitors Got 25 Cents a Year

  After a dispute that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) called a threat to the future of the... MORE »

• 13 Aug 12

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  Walmart, Right-Wing Media Company Hold Star-Studded Benefit Promoting Education Reform Film

  The world’s largest private-sector employer and the country’s most prominent conservative entertainment company have... MORE »

• 09 Aug 12

• Uprising

  Obama Channels Reagan on Welfare

  On August 7, Mitt Romney did not slam Barack Obama for presiding over a welfare system which leaves the... more »

• 05 Aug 12

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  Negotiations Resume As Houston Janitors’ Strike Nears Second Month

  Three weeks after hundreds of Houston janitors went on strike, janitorial contractors and Service Employees International Union (SEIU)... MORE »

• 01 Aug 12

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  Union: Fair Election Impossible Following Mass Firings by Pizza Company

  On Sunday, students and Wisconsin union members joined striking workers as they launched a national boycott of their... MORE »

• 23 Jul 12

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  Paid-Sick-Leave Fight Escalates in New York City, Expands Across the Nation

  NEW YORK CITY—Flanked by a hundred-some supporters at a press conference on Wednesday, labor leaders and... MORE »

• 16 Jul 12

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  Houston Janitors Strike Oil and Banking Buildings

  Hundreds of Houston janitors have been on strike since Tuesday. Employed by little-known contractors to clean the offices... MORE »

• 09 Jul 12

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  Transit Union Head: Future Depends on Organizing Riders

  Following labor’s loss in Wisconsin’s recall, the leader of the nation's largest transit... MORE »

• 28 Jun 12

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  Hunger Strikers Charge Congress with Starving Postal Service

  Since Monday, ten workers and consumers have been hunger striking on behalf of the embattled U.S. Postal... MORE »

• 19 Jun 12

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  Are Nurses Headed to War with SEIU?

  On June 15, a day after a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) official asked labor leaders not to oppose... MORE »

• 18 Jun 12

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  Teamsters Punish Lockout With Rolling Sympathy Strikes

  Over the past month, Teamsters in five cities refused work in solidarity with locked-out sanitation workers in Evansville,... MORE »

• 13 Jun 12

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  “No Justice, No Piece”: Pizza Company Accused of Targeting Immigrant Strikers

  MILWAUKEE – Workers at Palermo’s Pizza have been on strike for two weeks. They say they... MORE »

• 05 Jun 12

• Uprising

  Embedded in the Turnout Wars: Meet the Canvassers Out to Oust Scott Walker

  MILWAUKEE- With most polls showing Democratic challenger Tom Barrett a few points behind Governor Scott Walker, Barrett&rsquo... more »

• 04 Jun 12

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  Survey Shows Progress and Pitfalls for New Jersey Child Care Union

  Workers say conditions have improved, but response rate raises concern Last month, Rutgers University released a report surveying... MORE »

• 29 May 12

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  Labor-Backed Party Ousts Democrat With Koch and AFL-CIO Backing

  Working Families Party calls Oregon Democratic primary win a national model In Oregon's May 15 primary, progressive challenger... MORE »

• 23 May 12

• Features

  American Workers: Shackled to Labor Law

  Does the National Labor Relations Act do more harm than good? MORE »

• 17 May 12

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  In Contract Vote, American Airlines Workers Split Over Bankruptcy Concessions

  Unions push merger with US Airways In a split decision on the lesser of perceived evils, five bargaining... MORE »

• 14 May 12

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  Waste Company Locks Out Teamsters in Bid to Eliminate Pensions

  Following private sector trend, Republic Services/Allied Waste insists on 401(k) plans At 9 p.m. Tuesday night, the... MORE »

• 07 May 12

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  Occupy’s Lockout: Sotheby’s Struggle Enters Tenth Month

  Sotheby’s New York auction house made international headlines last week, selling Edvard Much's painting &ldquo... MORE »

• 30 Apr 12

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  Good News for Transgender and Ex-Offender Workers

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issues major rulings Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released major decisions... MORE »

• 23 Apr 12

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  New York Named National Leader in Fight Against Wage Theft

  Advocates say what had been a 'pathetically weak' law now has teeth One year after New York's... MORE »

• 13 Apr 12

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  Teamsters Score 3-to-1 Election Victory in Nearly Union-Free Industry

  Company pledges good-faith bargaining, but union remains skeptical Wednesday night, the National Labor Relations Board announced that truck... MORE »

• 09 Apr 12

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  Millionaire’s Tax Backers Compromise With California Governor

  Some supporters criticize the deal and the unions that sided with Gov. Brown months ago On Wednesday, an... MORE »

• 02 Apr 12

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  American Airlines Petitions to Override 3 Unions’ Contracts, Promises New Offer For Largest

  TWU appears most likely union to reach deal prior to judge's ruling Four months after filing for... MORE »

• 26 Mar 12

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  Grad Student Workers Plan Counterattack After Michigan Gov. Signs Law Denying Rights

  University of Michigan graduate student research assistants James Henderson and Elaine Landy speak out against a bill that... MORE »

• 19 Mar 12

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  Will New York City Mayoral Front-Runner Kill Paid Sick Leave Again?

  With a changed economy, targeted concessions and an approaching primary, progressives mount a renewed push for a citywide... MORE »

• 12 Mar 12

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  Philly Community College Workers Question Budget, Authorize Strike

  Amid funding crunch, union says Community College of Philadelphia is trying 'to clip our wings.' PHILADELPHIA—When... MORE »

• 05 Mar 12

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  American Airlines Union President Sees Future Without Pensions

  Next two weeks may decide whether bankruptcy terms are carved out in negotiations or by a judge Weeks... MORE »

• 27 Feb 12

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  Apple Turns to the Larry King of Sweatshop Scandals

  Apple's chosen monitor has long been criticized by anti-sweatshop activists. Wracked by weeks of bad press over... MORE »

• 21 Feb 12

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  Why Should Anti-Choice and Anti-Gay Groups Have More Right to Boycott and Picket Than Unions?

  The Komen controversy showed the brilliance of 'secondary boycotts'—and the injustice of punishing unions for using... MORE »

• 13 Feb 12

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  Trader Joe’s Caves to Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Signs Fair Food Agreement

  Months-long pressure campaign pays off On Thursday, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers announced it had signed a Fair... MORE »

• 07 Feb 12

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  Supreme Court Affirms Religious Exception Allowing Discrimination, Retaliation

  Obama administration argued decision 'would critically undermine' Americans With Disabilities Act In a unanimous ruling last month,... MORE »

• 31 Jan 12

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  American Airline Workers Blast Bain, Prepare for Bankruptcy Fight (UPDATED)

  UPDATE: On Wednesday, February 1, AA announced it intends to cut its labor costs by 20%, eliminate 13,000 jobs, replace its... MORE »

• 24 Jan 12

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  Center for Union Facts Steps Up $10 Million Ad Campaign Backing Broad Anti-Union Bill

  Anti-union group's website encourages workers to decertify unions, while claiming decertification is "nearly impossible." “I&rsquo... MORE »

• 17 Jan 12

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  When New Obama Chief of Staff Was NYU Exec, School Ceased Recognizing Union

  But Obama administration maintains Lew supports right to organize. Three months into a bitter strike, the Graduate Students... MORE »

• 10 Jan 12

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  With Romney’s Backing, New Hampshire GOP Pushes Right to Work Again

  Presidential candidates push New Hampshire to become first "Right to Work" state in the Northeast. Five days before... MORE »

• 03 Jan 12

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  In California, Competing Tax Hikes Divide Organized Labor

  Gov. Brown’s 'balanced' proposal splits 'millionaire’s tax' coalition. California voters can expect competing tax... MORE »

• 20 Dec 11

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  Will the NLRB Let Graduate Student Workers Down Again?

  With 11 days to paralysis, Bush Board precedent is still in place. Dacia Mitchell has taught dozens of students.... MORE »

• 13 Dec 11

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  Union-Buster to Managers: Fear the New Election Rules—and Hold 5 Meetings

  Anti-union firm warns proposed NLRB rules could make it harder to use supervisors to shut down organizing. Days... MORE »