Workers Issues in the US
Workers Struggles: The Americas
February 14, 2012
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ISO covers for New York nurses union
By Peter Daniels, February 10, 2012
The “pseudo-left” finds a silver lining in concessions for New York nurses.
Ontario premier feigns support for locked out Electro-Motive workers
By Keith Jones, February 2, 2012
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s intervention in the Electro-Motive lockout is a reactionary ploy. His aim is to assist the CAW in securing a concessions–filled contract and enlist the cooperation of Ontario’s unions in imposing sweeping social spending cuts.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
January 31, 2012
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Arkansas Cooper Tire local ratifies contract
By James Brewer, January 28, 2012
With the help of the United Steelworkers union, Cooper Tire managed to defuse rank-and-file opposition to concessions in Texarkana, Arkansas and push through a sellout contract.
The Cooper Tire lockout and the lowering of US wages
By Jerry White, January 27, 2012
On the picket lines in Findlay, Ohio, important political questions are emerging as Cooper Tire workers grapple with the issues posed by their nearly two-month struggle.
United States Postal Service ends negotiations with two unions
By Hector Cordon, January 26, 2012
Contract negotiations between the United States Postal Service and two of its unions ended last Friday with the USPS rejecting any further extensions to bargaining.
Unions isolate Cooper Tire workers in Ohio
By Lawrence Porter, January 25, 2012
The struggle by Cooper Tire workers in Findlay, Ohio is being deliberately isolated by the United Steelworkers union.
Workers Struggles: The Americas
January 24, 2012
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The unions and the lockouts at Cooper Tire and Caterpillar
By Joseph Kishore, January 24, 2012
As the lockouts of Cooper Tire workers in Ohio and Caterpillar workers in Ontario enter their ninth and fourth weeks, the unions are working deliberately to isolate the struggles and ensure defeat.
California food workers union reaches agreement with Food 4 Less
By Jack Cody, January 24, 2012
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has reached an agreement with the Food 4 Less supermarket chain in Southern California that ties wage increases to higher health premiums.
Texarkana Cooper Tire local to vote on settlement while Findlay workers remain locked out
By James Brewer, January 21, 2012
Cooper Tire management and union officials announced a tentative settlement in Texarkana, Arkansas.
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