Johnnie Lewis

Queer bar workers crush boss, win sick pay in Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore. On March 16, after the Oregon state pandemic-related closure of businesses deemed nonessential, laid-off Crush Bar and adjacent…

April 16, 2020

Burgerville Workers Union inspires Pacific Northwest labor

Portland, Ore. During Oct. 23-27, Burgerville Workers Union, based in Vancouver, Wash., and an affiliate of the Industrial Workers of…

November 30, 2019

Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners win $5 million

Coal miners in Harlan County, Ky., have won a historic victory for more than 1,000 workers fired in July by…

October 29, 2019

Eastern Kentucky trans people support locked out Harlan County coal miners

Lill is a resident of Harlan County, Ky., and a member of a transgender anarchist support group (blackjewelminersblockade on Instagram)…

August 29, 2019

Northwest grocery workers prepare to strike

Aug. 2 -- “Are you aware that Fred Meyer pays $3.53 more per hour to male workers than to female…

August 17, 2019

Harlan County, Ky., coal miners up in arms again

Coal miners are up in arms again. This time they are not unionized, but they are taking on the sixth-largest…

August 6, 2019

Portland trans and nonbinary community pours out for Pride

In response to the takeover of Portland Pride by corporations and the cops, over a thousand trans people and allies…

June 20, 2019

Escandalosa asistencia médica no sólo en Administración de Veteranos

El 21 de mayo el diario New York Times publicó que 40 veteranos de guerra murieron esperando atención médica en…

June 17, 2014

Scandal in health care goes beyond Veterans Administration

The May 21 New York Times editorialized that 40 U.S. veterans died while waiting for health care at U.S. Veterans…

June 14, 2014