Hector Figueroa, 1962–2019
unions
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Trumpistas Seek to Deflate Labor’s Friend
The NLRB persists in its fight to outlaw Scabby the Rat, the balloon rodent who helps out workers when they picket their bosses.
Posted inAmerica and the World
American Call Center Workers Rally for Their Filipino Counterparts
While American call center jobs are offshored to the labor-hostile Philippines, some American call center workers are publicly supporting Filipino workers’ right to organize.
Posted inWorking in America
The Man Who Put Public-Employee Unions on the Map
Saturday is the 100th birthday of Jerry Wurf, who turned AFSCME into a powerhouse and a champion of equal rights.
Posted inWorking in America
The Millennialization of American Labor
A generation of young workers is rebuilding a battered union movement.
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Champions a New Deal—with a Clean Environment and Good Jobs
And a trade policy that doesn’t reward offshoring factories to nations that don’t curtail pollution
Posted inWorking in America
Labor Unions Must Lead a Just Transition from Fossil Fuels to Clean Energy
Some labor leaders have already scorched proposals like the Green New Deal even as affected sectors continue to lose jobs.
Posted inEducation in America
To Block One Decertification Vote, a Teachers Union May Undo Charter Teachers’ Right to Unionize Nationally
By bringing its case to Trump’s NLRB, New York’s teachers union could threaten charter teachers’ rights in a host of states.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Building Worker Solidarity Across Borders
An American company is busting a call center workers’ union in the Philippines, so the U.S. union of call center workers is helping them out.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Trump’s Labor Board Say Workers Have No Right to Float a Balloon?
The NLRB’s top attorney is gunning for unions’ inflatable rat—but may miss and hit the restrictions on workers’ right to free speech.
