Chris Fry

Oklahoma earthquakes spike opposition to oil and gas industry

The state of Oklahoma had five earthquakes on April 3.  There had been 29 earthquakes in the previous week, 222…

April 11, 2016

Renco caught trying to rob pensions, again

Some 1,350 retirees, members of the United Steelworkers union, have won their battle against the giant Renco Group to get…

March 22, 2016

Rasmea Odeh wins court victory

Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian American facing deportation, has won an important legal victory from the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of…

March 3, 2016

‘Justice for Dontay Ivy!’

Albany, N.Y. -- More than 100 protesters packed the rotunda of the City Hall in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 25 to…

February 5, 2016

Walmart strikers win at NLRB

Years of workers’ struggle against Walmart’s bosses led Jan. 21 to a National Labor Relations Board ruling that Walmart must…

February 4, 2016

Police killing of child shows brutality of evictions

State Constable Clarke Steele shot and killed 12-year-old Ciara Meyer in her home in Penn Township, Pa., on Jan. 11.…

January 20, 2016

Racism a major factor in denying pay to student athletes

College sports are big business. In 2013, football revenues topped $3.4 billion, doubling over the last 10 years. (businessinsider.com, Dec.…

January 5, 2016

‘Elephant’ mergers spell worker layoffs

In early December, with nearly a month to go, 2015 had already become the biggest year ever for global mergers…

December 17, 2015

Europeans protest war escalation against Syria

Dec. 6 — Thousands of people marched in England, Spain and Germany in the last eight days to try to…

December 11, 2015

Airport workers hit the bricks for $15 an hour

The nationwide struggle for $15 an hour sparked a seven-airport strike by some 2,000 workers on Nov. 18, the onset…

November 29, 2015