Union Labor News: Issues from 2008
Articles from the ULN issues of 2008 are listed below. Click the month heading to be brought to another listing of that month's articles with summaries. Alternatively, click the headlines themselves to be brought directly to that article.
December
- Voters Bring Change, Hope to Legislature
- Look Who’s Leading the State Legislature!
- WCO Musicians Make Headway, Halt Strike
- Celebrate Change; Then Let’s Get Back to Work!
- Naomi Klein: Bailout for Disaster Capitalists
- Madison School Funding Gets Enormous YES Vote
- Paid Sick Days Wins By Landslide in Milwaukee
- 25th Annual WI Labor History Essay Contest
November
- Let's Elect a Pro-Worker Legislature Also!
- Wis. Chamber Orchestra on Strike!
- McCain’s Plan Threatens Wis. Health Care Benefits
- Labor: Vote Yes on Madison School Referendum
October
- Obama Deserves Our Votes on Nov. 4
- Labor Mounts All Out Effort for Nov. 4 Vote
- AFSCME 1558 & Red Cross Reach a Deal; Nurses Next
- Pastor: Woodman’s Case Study in Unionbusting
- United Way and Labor: A Natural Partnership
- Striking Chickens Bring Mean Farmer to Knees
- Oscar Mayer Workers’ Suit May Win $2 Million
- Obama: Bushies Failing To Enforce Wage Laws
September
- START Helps Allied Folks Move Forward, Not Out!
- Big Business Attacks Employee Free Choice
- UFCW Shines a Light on Anti-Union Woodman’s
- Activists Visit Postville After Historic ICE Raid
- Worst of Times? Or Best of Times!
- Retirees: Vote Nov. 4 To Save Social Security
- Report: Bush Years Have Battered Wis. Workers
- Walmart Shows Need for Employee Free Choice Act
August
- Wis. Child Care Providers Win Landmark 1st Contract
- NLRB Stalls, Tension Build at Woodman's
- Movement’s Building for Health Care Reform NOW
- Docs, Mayors Get Behind Single-Payer Health Care
- The CEO ‘Who Gets It’ Aids Union Organizing
- McCain Revealed as Corporate Free Trader
- Obama 98% Right on Labor
- Reform of the Department of Labor Long Overdue
- Today's Working Women Need a Raise - And a Break
- Study Finds Prevailing Wage Laws Don’t Increase Costs
- UW Hospital Local Wins Membership Building Vote
July
- Strike Threat Wins Aramark Contract
- Woodman’s NLRB Violations Pile Up
- Epp’s Story Shows Need For Union Rights at UW
- Legislative Wrap Up: Few Won, Most Stalled
- La Hacienda Boycott One Year Anniversary
- Our Agenda: Take Power Over the Economy
- Wal-Mart Real Estate Tax Scam Now Illegal
- Corporate Tax Dodgers Put Burden on Workers
- Immokalee Workers Get A Deal with Burger King
June
- Labor, Pols Rally Against Woodman Unionbusting
- UFCW Makes a Case Against Woodman’s
- Aramark Signals It May Force a Strike
- The Kids Are All Right And Largely Pro-Union
- United Way Labor Volunteers Needed
- Poll: 61 Percent Favor State Run Health Care
- Create an Economy That Works for All
- Wages Fall to Inflation For 7th Straight Month
- CEO Excess Exacts Staggering Costs
- Union Membership Boosts Pay 10-20%
May
- Local 39’s Contract Halts CUNA Layoffs
- Woodman’s Strategy: More Fear and Deceit
- More ULP Charges Piled Upon Superior Linens
- Labor Scores Local Wins in April 1 Vote
- SCFL’s Dodge & Jefferson Chapters Growing Labor
- Konopacki Book Depicts History of American Empire
- Corporate Tax ‘Heaven’ Hurts State’s Workers
- McCain Revealed: Not Ready To Fix Our Economy
- AFL-CIO Responds to McCain Economic Plan
- Medical Tourism?! Let’s Get Serious!
- Labor News in Brief
- AFL-CIO Links CEO Pay With Mortgage Crisis
April
- Labor Tells Woodman, Rethink Unionbusting
- Union Vote Counts in April 1st Election
- Superior Health Linens Faces New ULP Charges
- AFL-CIO Examines Nominee in McCainRevealed.com
- New Healthy Wisconsin Gets Senate Hearing
- Report: Health Care Plan Would Save Families 40%
- Paid Sick Leave Laws Spreading Across US
- Building Trades Corner
- Nurses Push for Ban On Forced Overtime
- Sauk Health Care Union Beats Back ‘Privateers’
- Immigrants, Past & Present, Topic of WLHS Conference
- Bushites Gut Labor, Consumer Protections
March
- Labor Rolls Out State Reorganization Plan
- New Owner Attacks Star Cinema’s Union
- Don’t Let WMC Buy Our Supreme Court
- UW SLACers Leverage Union Win in Alabama
- Writers Strike, First Step in Labor’s Turnaround?
- Building Trades Corner
February
- Union: Will CUNA Mutual Stay in Madison?
- Woodman’s Hires Firm To Try to Bust Union
- Red Cross Holds Tough On Health Care Issue
- SCFL Proposes Priorities in 2008 Work Plan
- Carry on State’s Legacy, Pass Healthy Wisconsin
- Disaster Capitalism Wrecks World’s Economies
- Rabbi Bauer to Head Interfaith Coalition
- State Senate Votes to Index Minimum Wage
- Activists Plan Bus Trip to Labor Notes Conference
- Here’s a Tax Cut for The Working Class!
- Building Trades Corner
- Unionists Target Ryan For Toxic Trade Reform
January
- Spartech Workers Claim IAM Organizing Win
- Union Votes ‘No Deal’ May Strike Red Cross
- Outsourcing Explodes at Madison’s CUNA Mutual
- 2008 Should Be Historic Political Turning Point
- Dirty Linen Aired at St. Mary’s Opening
- Bill Would Shine Light on Corporate Tax Secrets
- SB 108 Would Promote Teaching Labor History