Workers Issues in the US
Senate Democrats drop “card check” measure from pending bill
By Tom Eley, July 20, 2009
In a defeat for the AFL-CIO and Change to Win organizations, Democrats in the US Senate have agreed to scrap “card check” provision that would have required employers to recognize a union as soon ...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
July 14, 2009
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Stella D’Oro workers: “It is not right if they close down—the fight should continue”
By our reporter, July 14, 2009
The WSWS spoke to Stella D’Oro workers following their return to work at the Bronx, New York cookie factory after an 11-month strike. The owners now say they will close the plant in 90 days.
New York: Threat to close Stella D’Oro after 11-month strike
By Peter Daniels, July 14, 2009
Following an 11-month strike by Stella D’Oro workers in the Bronx, New York, the private equity firm that owns the cookie factory has announced it will close it in 90 days.
Workers in New Jersey and Michigan die in industrial accidents
By Jack Cody, July 11, 2009
Work place fatalities are rising as businesses hire inexperienced temporary workers and sidestep safety regulations, trying to cut costs and weather the economic crisis.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
July 7, 2009
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Organize rank-and-file committees to stop plant closings and overturn UAW concessions!
By Statement of the Socialist Equality Party, June 30, 2009
With Chrysler plants reopening after a two-month shutdown, workers will quickly come face-to-face with the brutal reality of the Obama administration’s plans to return the bankrupt automaker to prof...
Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 30, 2009
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 23, 2009
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 16, 2009
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
June 9, 2009
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Stella D’Oro strikers rally as New York unions continue to isolate strike
By A. Wood, June 6, 2009
More than 700 people marched last weekend in the Bronx, New York to the scab-run Stella D’Oro cookie factory to defend strikers who have been on the picket line for almost 10 months after refusing t...
