Labor Fights for Immigrants Labor Fights for Immigrants
The stage is set for a showdown over the fate of undocumented workers.
May 3, 2001 / Feature / David Bacon
Otto Reich, WRAP Star Otto Reich, WRAP Star
Otto Reich is the vice chairman of Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production or WRAP, a clothing-industry front founded about a year ago to undermine the growing antisweatshop move...
Apr 17, 2001 / Feature / Alec Dubro
Residual Anger Residual Anger
Hollywood unions on the brink.
Mar 15, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper
Building Community Unions Building Community Unions
In Stamford, Connecticut, organizers are putting the movement back in labor.
Dec 14, 2000 / Feature / Janice Fine
The Discreet Charm of Hoffa Jr. The Discreet Charm of Hoffa Jr.
Marc Cooper's July 24/31 "Where's Hoffa Driving the Teamsters?" provoked a storm of controversy from Honolulu to Brooklyn.
Sep 7, 2000 / Marc Cooper and Our Readers
Where’s Hoffa Driving the Teamsters? Where’s Hoffa Driving the Teamsters?
There was a time when the very word "Teamsters" evoked some pretty dark images: a bloated and notoriously corrupt union president, carried into the Teamsters convention on a gild...
Jul 13, 2000 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Temps Demand a New Deal Temps Demand a New Deal
With this issue, we resume our 'What Works' series, which explores effective projects and strategies for improving people's lives through progressive social change. &nb...
Mar 9, 2000 / Feature / Christopher D. Cook
AFL-CIO Goes Global AFL-CIO Goes Global
Seattle changed many things, and one of them is American labor. Nothing lifts the spirit or one's vision like winning.
Mar 2, 2000 / William Greider
Labor’s Labors Labor’s Labors
Marking the fourth year of president John Sweeney's tenure, the 13-million-member AFL-CIO had much to celebrate at its biennial convention in Los Angeles in mid-October.
Oct 14, 1999 / The Editors
Jobs, Justice–Joy Jobs, Justice–Joy
The drinks were pouring, the flesh was pressing and a "dream team" of brassy, bluesy, soul and salsa players out to affiliate San Antonio's Tejano bands with the American Federat...
Mar 4, 1999 / JoAnn Wypijewski