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
National Committee Report July 7, 2007 First I want to thank the Labor Commission members for their invaluable input in this report. Much of this report took shape at this...
US Auto Workers and Their Union Face Many Challenges
Report to the National Committee of the Communist Party June 24, 2006 US auto workers and their union face many challenges: The industry is increasingly non-unionthe number of foreign transplants...
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...