Jim McMahan

Seattle teachers reach agreement, suspend strike

Seattle teachers and staff suspended their seven-day strike against the Seattle School District on Sept. 15. The strike, with an…

October 2, 2015

Seattle teachers win strong support during 7-day strike

Seattle teachers and staff suspended their 7-day strike against the Seattle School District on Sept. 15. The strike, with an…

September 22, 2015

Seattle teachers strike for better schools

Sept. 12 — Fed up with a hail of attacks on public schools, 5,000 Seattle teachers and staff workers went…

September 12, 2015

Seattle teachers on strike

The Seattle Education Association voted unanimously to strike on Sept. 3. After a thunderous “yes!” vote to strike, teachers reported…

September 9, 2015

Farmworkers union on the march

Burlington, Wash. -- Hundreds of farmworkers from Familias Unidas por la Justicia marched along with supporters here on July 11.…

July 15, 2015

Tens of thousands strike for school funding in Washington State

Some 6,000 Seattle school teachers held a one-day strike on May 19, defying the Washington State Legislature. Along with student…

May 30, 2015

‘Shell: No Arctic oil drilling!’

Seattle, May 18 — Since the start of this year, a groundswell of opposition has arisen against Royal Dutch Shell’s…

May 22, 2015

March condemns killing of immigrant worker by cops

Pasco, Wash. -- Within days after farmworker Antonio Zambrano-Montes was killed by Pasco police, his murder was seen by over…

February 26, 2015

Workers strike Big Oil for safety

Anacortes, Wash. -- In the first national strike in decades, 3,800 refinery workers represented by the United Steelworkers union went…

February 13, 2015

Narco guerras en Méjico: Hechas en USA

Una pobreza devastadora se impuso a la población rural de Méjico en 1994 con el Tratado de Libre Comercio de…

January 6, 2015