Labor
Labor Upfront – Special Edition
Getting carried away with your own rhetoric is rarely a good thing. Tom Buffenbarger, president of the Machinists' union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), did just that in...
Auto pact: the good, the bad and the ugly
The wages and working conditions of union autoworkers have always set standards for all manufacturing. These in turn have put upward pressure on wages and benefits for all workers. But...
Labor, Globalization and Building the Party
First I want to thank the Labor Commission members for their invaluable input in this report. Much of this report took shape at this years face-to-face Midwest regional commission meeting...
US Auto Workers and Their Union Face Many Challenges
The industry is increasingly non-unionthe number of foreign transplants is growing60,000 non-union workers at Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, etc. Auto companies have growing ability to quickly shift production between plants in...
34,000 subway and bus workers on strike in New York need your emergency help.
At the heart of this strike are issues facing all workers and their unions. The transit authority, sitting on a $1 billion surplus, is demanding cuts in health care and...