The U of M hospital is now treating its highest number of Covid patients since the start of the pandemic
Jane Slaughter
Workers this spring were forced to find new ways to assert their rights when faced with a deadly foe and employers indifferent to their lives
Will a long strike make GM workers even more determined to get a good contract, and thus more willing to vote no? Or will it wear them down?
After 58 bargaining sessions totaling 450 hours since last summer, nearly 1,900 hospital workers at Mercy Health St. Vincent walked off the job Monday, marching from union headquarters to line the street in front of the hospital
Sexual harassment doesn’t happen just to glamorous women in glamorous industries
What can unions do to create the understanding that leads to unity?
Sexual harassment doesn’t happen just to glamorous women in glamorous industries. Since sexual harassment is about power, not sex, it’s not surprising that low-wage women in lousy jobs get a lot of it
Unions should use this power. That’s how you build the kind of movement that can inspire more workers to join
Teachers said they would hold “demonstrations, protests, blockages, marches, and rallies, till we have something definite from the government”
As they picketed in downtown Detroit Friday over cuts to their pensions, some retired Teamsters were quick to point out that they…