Marie Kelly

On the Picket Line

New union wants to raise up Southern workers A new generation of labor activists has formed the Union of Southern…

December 15, 2022

On the picket line

New School strike Part-time faculty at the New School in New York City are on the picket line, since the…

November 30, 2022

Poor medical care for incarcerated people leads to deaths 

Elisa Serna was only 24 when she died, due to medical neglect at a San Diego County jail in 2019.…

November 25, 2022

On the picket line

Workers ‘stop the presses’ to win contracts The 250 workers at HarperCollins Publishers walked out on strike Nov. 10 and…

November 15, 2022

In Pennsylvania prison, gender affirmation victory

In an email thanking the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (PILP), the first person — identified in court documents as Mx.…

November 11, 2022

On the picket line

Rail union signal workers reject federal tentative agreement A second railroad workers union, Railroad Signal workers (BRS) representing over 6,000…

November 4, 2022

On the picket line

Rail workers reject Biden’s tentative agreement The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the Teamsters (BMWED-IBT) members have…

October 21, 2022

On the picket line

Striketober 2022 It’s been a year since last October was dubbed Striketober, referencing the 2021 uptick in strike activity and…

October 6, 2022

On the Picket Line

Nurses across U.S. declare: Safe staffing saves lives Nurses must sound like a broken record to some, especially the greedy…

September 21, 2022

Housing is health care

Over 100 health care workers from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) — including nurses, social workers and…

September 9, 2022