Philly Hospital Workers Celebrate Strike's Settlement
Carolyn Humphries, a gastroenterology technician and member of PASNAP, has uploaded a great video documenting her union’s strike at the Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia the past four weeks.
Video: Playing the Inside Game
Bill Fletcher, ex-AFL-CIO staffer and Center for Labor Renewal co-founder, diagnoses the disarray in the U.S. labor movement in a short interview with "The Real News Network," arguing it results from an excessive reliance on an inside-the-Beltway strategy.
E-Z Firings of Call Center Unionists
“You’re the ringleader—the main problem.” That’s what Frank Buonvicino said managers told him as they fired him Monday. Buonvicino and 13 other union supporters at a Staten Island call center that handles complaints and inquiries for the E-Z Pass toll system were called in one by one and fired. He and his union are calling on you to help.
Video: Fighting Wage Theft in New York
Sweatshop-coddling, on Steroids
Labor activist Jeff Ballinger follows on his insightful piece on the ILO's Better Work program in the latest issue of Labor Notes magazine with an in-depth interview on WBEZ's "Worldview" program. "I'm very leery of this Better Work idea taking over the role of trade unions or hemming them in," he says.
Should Single-Payer Activists Back Down?
Despite many expressions of support and much advocacy for a single-payer health plan, it hasn't captivated the country in the lengthy health care debate nor moved a bill through Congress. The onus is on single-payer supporters to “take a step back," an AFL staffer argued.
AFL-CIO Convention: Two Health Care Resolutions; Everybody's Happy
After President Obama speaks later today, the AFL-CIO convention will consider two health care resolutions, but won't vote them against each other.
Both are expected to pass unanimously.
AFL-CIO Convention: We'd Like to Thank the Academy...
Labor Notes started the AFL-CIO convention week with a little something to celebrate: we took home first place for general excellence among national labor publications, in the International Labor Communications Association Labor Media awards. ILCA is the organization of editors and reporters who put together local and national union newspapers, magazines, and electronic media.