Working In These Times

• Tuesday
  August 31

• To Deny Corporate Demands, Harley Workers Need HOGs to Rev Engines

  By Roger Bybee

• Tuesday
  August 31

• What LIUNA’s Return to AFL-CIO Means for Federation’s Building Trade Unions

  By Joseph Riedel

• Monday
  August 30

• Chilean Copper Mine Flouted Worker Safety, and Now Warns of Bankruptcy

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  August 30

• In Iran, Brutal Repression Against Bus Drivers, Other Unionists Continues

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  August 27

• Second Strike’s the Charm: Mexican Workers Win Union Democracy at Johnson Controls Plant

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  August 27

• BP Oil May Be Disappearing, But Risks for Cleanup Workers and Fishermen Remain

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  August 27

• 90 Years After Suffrage, Impoverished Mothers Need Another Kind of Equality

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  August 26

• Beyond Messaging: Obama’s Path to Jump Starting The Economy Without Congress

  By Art Levine

• Thursday
  August 26

• ‘Poisoner’s Handbook’ Shows Forensic Medicine, Workers’ Health Go Hand in Hand

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  August 26

• A Brief History of Labor Unsolidarity: AFL-CIO and Change to Win

  By Stephen Franklin

• Wednesday
  August 25

• Teamsters Union Protests Coca Cola’s Labor Practices, as Company Shutters Plants

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  August 25

• Calif. Hotel Walk-Off Strike Continues New Wave of Worker Militancy

  By Micah Uetricht

• Wednesday
  August 25

• Working-Class Rage Erupts Over Proposed Islamic Center Near ‘Ground Zero’

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  August 24

• Violence Explodes at U.S.-Owned Mexican Plant, After Firm Ignored Workers’ Pleas

  By Roger Bybee

• Tuesday
  August 24

• Challenger Union Claims Kaiser Hospital Management Illegally Aids SEIU

  By David Moberg

• Tuesday
  August 24

• EFCA’s Dead, but Fear of It Still Driving Anti-Worker Measures

  By Mike Elk

• Monday
  August 23

• Putting SEIU’s Bipartisan Political Spending In Context

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Monday
  August 23

• ‘Dancing with Dynamite’: The Future of Latin America’s Leftist Movements

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  August 23

• This Labor Day, Let’s Salute All Union Stewards—and Their Cutting Edge in California

  By Steve Early

• Friday
  August 20

• GOP Serves Up Same Old Dish, as Voters Lose Appetite for Dems

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  August 20

• A Deeper Look into Black-White Graduation Gaps

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  August 19

• Why Did SEIU Give $100,000 to the Republican Governors Association?

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Wednesday
  August 18

• Labor Seeks to Mobilize Jobless, Progressive Base

  By Art Levine

• Wednesday
  August 18

• When We Can’t Afford to Be Sick: Access to Healthcare Drops Along with Economy

  By Stephen Franklin

• Wednesday
  August 18

• Labor’s Popularity Struggles Amid Criticism Of Public-Sector Unions

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  August 18

• Youth Unemployment Line Circles the Globe

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  August 17

• Obama Stands Firm on Muslim Center, but Neglects Joblessness

  By Roger Bybee

• Monday
  August 16

• Rushing for the Exits: Public Employees Take Retirement Over Retrenchment

  By Richard Greenwald

• Monday
  August 16

• Budget Crisis and/or Union Busting, Chicago Teachers Ask

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  August 16

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Scab: Israeli Diplomats Hit Back at Mossad

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Friday
  August 13

• We All Fall Down? America’s New Economic Reality

  By Stephen Franklin

• Friday
  August 13

• The Real Problem for Obama and Dems: Their Voters

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  August 13

• Steven Slater’s Slide Shows Suffering of Flight Attendants

  By Kari Lydersen

• Thursday
  August 12

• Dolores Huerta: Legendary Labor Activist Celebrates 80th Birthday

  By R. M. Arrieta

• Thursday
  August 12

• As Netroots Rage at Gibbs, Long-Term Jobless Left Behind

  By Art Levine

• Thursday
  August 12

• Union Leader Brian Petronella Dies

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Wednesday
  August 11

• Sour Apples: Mott’s Workers Continue Strike as Harvest Season Looms

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  August 11

• Gulf Spill Casts New Light on Indiana Refinery Controversy

  By Kari Lydersen

• Tuesday
  August 10

• Obama Puts Faith in Private-Sector, as Corporate America Goes on Investment Strike

  By Roger Bybee

• Tuesday
  August 10

• What’s Green, White and Blue? American Jobs

  By Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

• Monday
  August 9

• Firing of Pregnant Chicago Teacher Becomes Battle Over Charter School Unionization

  By Kari Lydersen

• Monday
  August 9

• Chicago Math and Science Academy: Great Academics, Ugly Unionbusting

  By Kim Bobo

• Sunday
  August 8

• Unions Put Verizon On Notice: We Are Ready to Fight for Next Contract

  By Rand Wilson, AFL-CIO Communications Coordinator

• Friday
  August 6

• Greed, Stupidity, Decline: Eight Numbers Reveal America’s Plight

  By Roger Bybee

• Friday
  August 6

• Illinois Takes Lead in Wage Theft Fight with New Law

  By Kari Lydersen

• Friday
  August 6

• In Summer of Strife, China’s Proletariat Debuts on World Stage

  By Michelle Chen

• Thursday
  August 5

• Obama, Workers Agree: GM and Chrysler Bailout Helps Ford—And the Economy

  By David Moberg

• Thursday
  August 5

• Obama–AFL-CIO Lovefest: Once Again, Labor Hopes President Will Prove Loyalty

  By Mike Elk

• Thursday
  August 5

• Trash-Pickers Decry UN’s ‘Clean Development Mechanism’

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Thursday
  August 5

• Can Obama’s ‘Made in America’ Strategy Save Jobs—and Democrats?

  By Art Levine

• Wednesday
  August 4

• U.S. Files Historic Labor Complaint Against Guatemala

  By Akito Yoshikane

• Wednesday
  August 4

• Around the World, Dockworkers Blockade Israeli Ships

  By Mike Elk

• Wednesday
  August 4

• Still ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Labor and the Americans with Disabilities Act

  By Michelle Chen

• Tuesday
  August 3

• 50 Years After Murrow’s ‘Harvest of Shame,’ What’s Changed?

  By Stephen Franklin

• Tuesday
  August 3

• UE Local 1111’s Demise: Sadness Mixed With Pride

  By Roger Bybee

• Monday
  August 2

• Tough Task for Obama: Convince Country That If Not for Govt., Things Would Be Worse

  By David Moberg

• Monday
  August 2

• Why Anthony Weiner Was Livid About the 9/11 Compensation Act

  By Lindsay Beyerstein

• Sunday
  August 1

• Michigan’s Oil Spill: Laying Boom Creates Local Job Boom

  By Kari Lydersen