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September 01, 2003
Labor Day Monday
A roundup of labor stories and opinion pieces from around the country and the world.
State of the Unions (and the Economy)
Labor federation leader John Sweeney lashes Bush's labor record
AFL-CIO: US Workers face Worst Job Slump since the Great Depression
Inequality and Corporate Power - a Multinational Monitor asessement.
Weisbrot: Labor Day 2003: Nothing to Celebrate
Union movement key for creating decent quality of life in Canada- comparing experiences with our neighbor to the North. More on Canada.
Gallup Poll shows broad public support for unions
Labor Day by the Numbers- a Harpers Index style assessment.
Take the Working Class History Test courtesy of the Monkey Media Report
Labor decline reverses in California- union density was 17.8 percent of the workforce in 2002, up from 16.4 percent in 2001
Organizing Campaigns
LaborNotes makes a critical assessment of the United Auto Workers "bargaining to organize" strategy among auto parts suppliers.
Winning is Possible- researchers Kate Bronfenbrenner and Robert Hickey argue that unions win with a comprehensive approach to organizing.
AFL-CIO launches Working America - a new affliate for workers not currently in unions to join the labor movement.
Top priority Cintas laundry workers campaign focus of labor movement.
1967 alumni and HERE President leads strike at Yale University
Unions target immigrants in new organizing drives
Organize or Die- profile in the American Prospect of how union leaders in SEIU, HERE and UNITE are spearheading a new commitment to organizing in the labor movement.
On 100th anniversary, Teamsters go all-out to sign up members.
Labor-related Political Campaigns
Decisions, Decisions- labor ponders its endorsement strategy for the 2004 Presidential race.
Florida Initiative campaign to raise the minimum wage.
Unions to Push to Make Organizing Easier - AFL-CIO launches new political effort to pass labor law reform, including card check certification of unions.
Unions are planning a massive effort to turn out the vote in 2004 election.
Buses will start rolling across the country in late September for the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride calling for amnesty and protection of immigrant labor rights.
UNITE President Bruce Raynor says Protect Workers Rights at Pillowtek and other industries across the country.
International Labor News
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions condemns the World Trade Organization for ignoring global labor abuses.
In Iraq, Labor Protest Is A Crime - how the US Occupation is suppressing labor protest on behalf of its contractors profits.
Threats and murders continue against Columbian trade union leaders.
GAP workers shot in Cambodian labor protest
New united confederation of labor unions forms in Nicaragua to fight labor abuses and the FTAA
Militant labor leader elected to head Germany's largest union.
Posted by Nathan at September 1, 2003 07:55 AM
