…refused to go back on without a professional stage crew. Today, the local’s 3,250 members install sets and rigging and run lighting, sound, and special effects at all live theatre,…
…the providers the Health Department cites are problematic on many different levels. Local 436 President Judith Arroyo of the United Federation of Nurses & Epidemiologists, for instance, questions their ability…
…in the post-crisis economy while sounding generous, and to evoke a fantasy of community in an atomized population, economics journalist Doug Henwood responds. Its publicists seek to transform the instability…
…as needed to meet demand. But labor advocates like Tim Bell, senior organizer of the Chicago Workers’ Collaborative, say the instability of temp work means staffing agencies can hire people…
…not going to cross this line,” said Todd Foster, an installation and maintenance worker in Waterville, Maine, as he and other strikers huddled around a fire of donated wood in…
…Control” systems that can stop trains remotely installed on about 60 percent of its 32,500 miles of track. It wanted to be able to use one-person crews on those tracks,…
…Board, alleging that the company disciplined 19 workers because they averaged more than 6 minutes a shift in the bathroom. Management installed a system last winter that required workers to…
…support decertifying the Riverhead Charter School Employees Association. “It’s one of the worst instances of union animus and intimidation of employees I’ve seen in my 15-year-plus career,” said Peter Verdon,…
…and many others use texting to: • communicate during a large action (within a leadership team, or with all participants) • instantly poll members or ask for help at critical…
…power projects, both residential and commercial — works with union locals to install solar power systems on their buildings, inspire their members to put solar power on their homes, and…
