Marie Kelly

On the Picket Line

Railroad Workers United rejects tentative agreement   The Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) released recommendations Aug. 16 on contract negotiations between…

September 8, 2022

On the picket line

Mental health workers strike for their patients The psychologists, social workers and other mental health care workers at Kaiser Permanente…

August 26, 2022

On the picket line

United Farm Workers march to secure voting rights The United Farm Workers (UFW) union is marching to Sacramento, the state…

August 12, 2022

One-day strike in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Workers at a Philadelphia Center City Starbucks store held a one-day strike July 22 to protest union-busting tactics by…

July 29, 2022

On the picket line

Harrisburg postal union gains new members The 100 truck drivers at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, location of 10 Roads Express have…

July 28, 2022

The Turnaway Study — when reproductive freedom is denied

There has already been catastrophic fallout since SCOTUS handed down the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, ending federal guarantee of right…

July 21, 2022

Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society

Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there.…

July 18, 2022

On the Picket Line

Immigrant detainees strike ICE detention centers Immigrants fighting deportation while being held in two federal detention centers in California have…

July 14, 2022

Reproductive justice and the U.S. carceral system

The Supreme Court ruling against reproductive rights guaranteed for 50 years in the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade decision has had…

July 8, 2022

On the picketline

Union Kitchen workers win against union-busting boss Union Kitchen workers in Washington, D.C., won a National Labor Relations Board-supervised union…

July 1, 2022