150 Arrested Protesting North Carolina's Attacks on Workers, Poor

Jun 5 / Samantha Winslow
Remember the dramatic, aggressive attacks on workers by legislatures in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan? Now North Carolina is following suit. Lawmakers have proposed dozens of bills attacking workers’ rights, health care access, voting rights, and social programs. »

Feds’ Medical Marijuana Clampdown Just Another Reason to Join the Union

Jun 4 / Jenny Brown
A union has been signing up thousands of members at small nonprofits that grow and sell medical marijuana. But to the federal government, the entire industry is criminal. »

Movies We Love about Workers, Work, and the Workplace

Jun 3 / Chris Garlock
Dozens of Labor Notes readers responded to our call for your favorite feature films about workers, work, and the workplace. »

150 Arrested Protesting North Carolina's Attacks on Workers, Poor

Jun 5 / / [field_op_author]

Remember the dramatic, aggressive attacks on workers by legislatures in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan? Now North Carolina is following suit. Republicans, who control all branches of government in North Carolina, have proposed dozens of bills attacking workers’ rights, health care access,... »

Adjunct Faculty, Now in The Majority, Organize Citywide

May 30 / Alexandra Bradbury

Faculty members who work on short-term contracts have launched citywide, cross-college organizing drives in Boston and Pittsburgh. Most teachers and students in higher ed today are working-class. »

Fannie and Freddie Duck the Waterless Hurricane

May 23 / Dianne Feeley

The Metro Detroit foreclosed-upon called on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Monday to stop giving away their homes to the banks. 43 percent of Detroit homeowners are underwater. »

Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’

May 31 / Mark Haller

Locomotive builders in Erie, Pennsylvania, are rallying today to demand that GE stop the transfer of a third of the plant’s jobs to a non-union factory in Texas. »

Frozen, Furloughed and Sequestered: Federal Workers Fed Up

May 28 / Jane Slaughter

“Weekday frequent flyers”—that is, business travelers—must have felt drunk with power in April, when Congress rushed to fix the inconvenience caused by air traffic controller furloughs. »

Hospital Workers Strike Today, Demand Safer Staffing, Pensions

May 21 / Samantha Winslow

At 6 a.m. today 13,000 hospital workers struck the University of California to protect their pensions and demand more jobs. Higher staff-to-patient ratios save lives, they say. »

TroubleMakers Blog

Raising Our Voices in Taksim Square

Jun 3 / Kıvanç Eliaçık

What began in Turkey seven days ago as the takeover of Gezi Park turned into a national uprising from Istanbul to other major cities. »

Who Speaks for China’s Workers?

May 29 / Jenny Chan

A famous TED Talk claims that foreign-owned factories in China have helped workers there improve their lives. Can we pin our hopes for workers’ well-being on the benevolence of Apple? »

U.S. Labor News Roundup

May 25 / Labor Notes

Resumenes de artículos de Labor Notes de los EEUU, semana de 20 mayo, en español e inglés. Summaries of Labor Notes stories from the U.S. for the week of May 20, in Spanish and English. Please pass them on to your Spanish-speaking friends. »