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I love this article from The Scientific American, which reports on an alternative form of collective bargaining: the negotiation of condoms...

Interesting article in the NYTimes about the closing of a United Airlines aircraft maintenance center in Indianapolis. It's a classic t...

After a much too long sabbatical from blogging, I'm back. I just got internet access at my new apartment, so I should be able to blog an...

First the bad news: "It's a pain in the neck," (a 28-year old foriegn currency analyst) said. "I'm very anti-union, e...

A Travelers Night By Mike Klemm T’was the night before Christmas as they stood side by side, the weather was frigid but they walked with suc...

Last week I met some friends at a local bar and a recurring problem popped up that I've been meaning to share with the blog-o-sphere. I ...

Those of us who live in and around DC have likely seen the new red buses, the Circulators, that travel a downtown loop from Union Station to...

Today, October 24th, is Take Back Your Time Day! Take Back Your Time is a US/Canadian initative against "overwork, over-scheduling, an...

Tasini at Working Life opened a post about union democracy (quite a hot topic!) and asked the conversation to "get beyond the usual stu...

The Labor Project for Working Families released what I think is a pretty novel guide of how to organize around and bargain for work/life iss...

I just learned that federal workers only gained collective bargaining rights in 1978!! (thanks to the Federal Labor Relations Act). Prior to...

Interesting article today in the Korea Times about attempts by workers in Korean Wal-Marts to form a union with Union Network International ...

I was fortunate to attend a screening of Mardi Gras: Made in China at the DC Labor Film Fest last week. The movie documents the path of mard...

Dan Haar, a business columnist for the Hartford Courant, brings some important issues about Bush's recent actions to harm workers to lig...

Today's Washington Post tells the story of Nikkia Parish, an accomplished ballet dancer who was fired from the Washington Ballet for her...

NOW Toronto reports that bike couriers in Toronto are making moves toward forming a union with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)....

From Thursday, September 15th, through Wednesday, September 21st, the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, the Debs-Jones-Douglass Ins...

According to today's Washington Post , the Herndon Town Council approved the creation of a "formal, taxpayer-funded gathering spot ...

Lots on good information in this article by Kari Lyderson. She takes a close look at the causes and consequences of women's exclusion fr...

Make sure to check out this NYTimes article on immigrant Latina and Polish women who work in housekeeping and other day labor in New York Ci...

British Airways staff returned to work today drawing national attention and closing down Heathrow Airport when baggage handlers, loaders, an...