Activists mobilized across the country this May Day to oppose Arizona's anti-immigrant laws. See more below or read our report here.  

 

IKEA came clean this week, admitting that freedom of association is "not applicable" in the factories in China that produce its goods.
 

Carolyn Humphries, a gastroenterology technician and member of PASNAP, produced a great video documenting her union's strike at the Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia the past four weeks. Temple workers celebrated the strike's settlement last week, ratifying the contract by 97 percent.
 

We've got more video clips to share from the Labor Notes Conference: Karen Jennings Lewis of the Chicago teachers reform caucus lays out their agenda and Ed Cubelo of the Philippines Toyota workers association details their fight against a global giant.
 

Last but not least, Labor Notes' Mark Brenner was back on FOX two days ago to talk about why the crisis in Greece doesn't mean that teachers in New Jersey should lose their pension. (Hey, did you know you can follow Labor Notes on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook?)

As always, see labornotes.org/blogs for more.
 

Saturday's May Day marches and rallies across the country took on new urgency as activists mobilized to oppose Arizona's sweeping anti-immigrant laws and support a single-payer plan in the states.
Read more and be sure to check out a beautiful set of May Day photos from all over the nation in the story.
 

As technicians at cable giant Comcast celebrated a rare organizing victory in New Jersey last month, fellow techs in Ohio and New York reported a more familiar result: two more campaigns done in by Comcast's anti-union machine. "People are realizing they've been had," said an IBEW organizer. "The money is there, it's just a matter of what they want to spend it on. And it's not the workers." Read more.
 

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