Upon his election as Democratic National Committee Chairman on February 25th, Tom Perez was met with protests by many on the left, who saw his victory over progressive-favorite Keith Ellison as a victory for the establishment. “What the DNC chair’s race revealed is an unwillingness from many Democratic Party

By Mike Elk On Saturday, Honeywell workers making components for the U.S. military’s F-35 and F-18 airplanes in South Bend, Indiana and Green Island, New York voted to end a grueling, ten-month lockout. The workers voted to ratify a five-year contract with the company by a margin of

By Mike Elk This week, Duke became the first private university in the South to have its graduate  employees vote on unionizing. A win for SEIU at “The Harvard of the South” could open the way for organizing at other private universities throughout the South. The fate of a groundbreaking

By Mike Elk  It’s Payday, folks, and climate change is triggering the asthma of Payday  Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk. Duke Graduate Students to Vote on Union Today This week’s Lunch Pail goes out to graduate student employees at Duke University, who are voting on whether or not