The Battle in the Citadel of Capitalism
In 1947, union leaders decided to take the fight to Wall Street, and shut down trade at the source: The New York Stock Exchange.
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French Museum Strike Closes Louvre, Versailles
AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 12.03.2009 | World
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PARIS — The Louvre Museum and the royal palace at Versailles were closed Thursday because of a French museum workers' strike that appears to be ...
Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.
The University of Illinois Strike, Wrapped Up
Rich Potter | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago
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The Graduate Employees' Organization at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has successfully ended a two-day strike against the university administration.
The Lifeblood of Undergraduate Education Is on Strike
Emily F. Shaw | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago
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The Fighting Illini don't have much fight on the gridiron this year. But the University administration has more than enough fight to allow a strike of its TAs to begin.
Tiffany's Looks To Africa As Diamond Industry Shifts
Wall Street Journal | By VANESSA O'CONNELL | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
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In a windowless factory in this African village, Tiffany is teaching more than 80 workers to transform raw diamonds into gems for Tiffany engagement r...
Nurses Threaten To Strike Over Swine Flu
AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home
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LOS ANGELES — A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness....
Israel Tells US, Time To Act On Iran
AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
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JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to take action over a newly revealed Iranian nuclear facility in a phone co...
"We Aren't Lab Rats!" Say Striking Workers. Online Action Alert!
Elana Levin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
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In case you needed any more convincing that we need the public option...
Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
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The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God: omniscience.
Changing of the Guard
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment
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Sports labor unions, like the MLBPA, have achieved their goal of giving voice to the interests and concerns of those talented athletes who make a living as entertainers.
Cannes 2009: Liberty, Egalite, But No Electricty!
Michael Giltz | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment
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French workers are striking one of the nation's power suppliers and power is being cut throughout Cannes grid by grid.
People of Detroit, to the Barricades!
Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.01.2009 | World
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It is not too late, though, Detroit. Who cares if the auto bailout is massively unpopular? Who cares if America likely does not need three big car companies?
France On Strike To Protest Government's Handling Of Financial Crisis
Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.01.2009 | World
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UPDATE: 2pm The unions who organized the nation-wide strike in France say 2.5 million workers have participated, BBC reports. French police have put ...
Leno Strips Down
Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment
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Broadcast audiences are aging and advertisers are falling away due to the recession and, to some extent, the Internet. Leno's stripping, but the networks themselves may be losing their shirts.
A Push-Poll with No Oomph
Jonathan Handel | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment
Sarah Palin may not know what the Bush Doctrine is, but SAG's leadership seems to have forgotten what we might call the (Teddy) Roosevelt Doctrine: s...
Boeing Machinists Strike Continues Cautiously In Company's Success
New Yotk Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 10.11.2008 | Business
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The machinists' union walkout against the Boeing Company does not appear to fit the usual script for a modern-day labor showdown. In struggling indu...
SAG Still Talking? And What Next?
Jonathan Handel | Posted 09.15.2008 | Entertainment
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Note that Nov. 5 will be the one-year anniversary of the start of the writers strike. A great day for a deal, I suppose, or, more darkly, what better time to cripple the industry with another work stoppage?
SAG Challenge Slate to Oppose Hardliners
Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment
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A slate called Unite for Strength has arisen to challenge the Membership First faction of the SAG Board. But the slate doesn't have any A-list stars on it, which reduces its chances of successfully wresting control of the Board.
Together We Marched in Solidarity
Dolores Huerta | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
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For decades, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange have fought for justice for California's workers. But now, these same sisters are refusing to show their own workers the same justice they once fought for.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) commentary
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.28.2008 | Entertainment
No deal yet between SAG and the studios. This video commentary explores why.
Screen Actors Guild: What's Next?
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.09.2008 | Entertainment
Hollywood's quiet today. Still, with the studios' "final offer" on the table, the natural question is, what happens next -- and will there be a strike?
AMPTP Makes Final Offer to SAG
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment
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I'm advised by a AMPTP spokesman that this offer tracks the AFTRA and DGA/WGA deals in terms of minimums, new media, and other provisions.
Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports To Protest the War
JB Powell | Posted 05.09.2008 | Home
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The West Coast Dockworkers peace strike had a different edge, reminiscent of the days when the labor movement could and would affect this country's daily business to get its points across.
Workers' May Day Protest Site Disabled
JB Powell | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home
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One of the May Day strike organizers says Google "came to their senses" because people "from around the world started emailing them and protesting this egregious violation of free speech."
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