Global unions; challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns.
9780801473913 Global unions; challenging transnational capital through cross-border campaigns. Ed. by Kate Bronfenbrenner. ILR Press 2007 261 pages $59.95 Paperback Frank W. Pierce memorial lectureship and conference series; no.13 HD6475 ...

Union cancels election; FedEx victory involves drivers.
Byline: Martin Luttrell NORTHBORO - Teamsters Local 170, which accused FedEx Home Delivery with harassing and illegally firing drivers at its Northboro facility during a 2006 union organization drive, has canceled an organizing election scheduled for Friday, saying that support for the union has been undermined by...

Teachers threaten town meeting storm; Issue: Pay raises for everyone but them.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - Members of the teachers union are planning to create a "train wreck" at Saturday's town meeting by presenting a motion to deny cost-of-living increases to town employees, unless teachers get the raises they're seeking. An e-mail memo from high school...

Substitute teachers try to keep benefit.
Byline: Anne Williams The Register-Guard Of the approximately 400 substitute teachers who regularly fill in for classrooms throughout the Eugene School District, just 12 take advantage of a long-running district contribution toward monthly health insurance premiums for themselves and their families. Nonetheless, that benefit -...

Deep sigh of relief all around; Road to tentative pact was long and arduous.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - A lot of teachers in Westboro are tired, and not just because the school year is ending. And school officials - they're tired, too. Negotiators from the Westboro Teachers Association and the School Committee sat down to a...

Deal in sight for teachers contract; Tentative 3-year agreement noted.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - After more than a year of negotiations that swelled into acrimony, the teachers union and the School Committee yesterday announced a tentative agreement on a three-year contract. During an evening meeting called hastily for the purpose of discussing the contract,...

Westboro School Committee and teachers at impasse.
Byline: Kevin T. Baldwin WESTBORO - Both the School Committee and the Westboro Teachers Association (WTA) have begun seeking outside arbitration because, according to School Superintendent Dr. Anne Towle, the two groups have reached "an impasse." "The teachers are asking for a different amount of...

Correction officers' union vote today; Decertification sought to switch from MCOFU to NEPBA.
Byline: Shaun Sutner WEST BOYLSTON - Correction officers at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction are set to vote today on whether to leave the union that has represented them for the last dozen years and join an upstart union that has been, up to...

Contract talks stall; state asked to step in; Teachers union, School Committee at impasse.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - After more than a year of negotiations, the teachers union and School Committee have officially reached an impasse. And, in a rare move, the School Committee is looking to state officials for help. The Westboro Teachers Association rejected the School...

Finding the synergy between law and organizing: experiences from the streets of Los Angeles.
I. INTRODUCTION The topic of law and organizing has generated much scholarly debate over the past twenty years. (1) There exists a wide array of articles written by legal scholars and other academics on the relationship between public interest lawyers and organizers during the process of legal...