Mike Kuhlenbeck

Béla Lugosi: actor, union leader, anti-fascist

The article below was first posted on workers.org on March 5, 2019. Oct. 20 is the birthday of Bela Lugosi.…

October 21, 2024

BluSky workers in Cedar Rapids win victory against wage theft

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Nov. 24 — Six workers from Houston, Texas, hired for essential repairs on storm-damaged buildings in Cedar…

November 27, 2020

Warehouse workers organize for COVID-19 safety at Mars Wrigley

Chicago — The Warehouse Workers for Justice, Mars Workers for Justice, the Foodchain Workers Alliance and the HEAL Alliance are…

October 21, 2020

Doughnut workers organize in Portland, Ore,

March 21 -- Workers at a popular eatery, Voodoo Doughnut, in Portland, Ore., announced the formation of the Voodoo Doughnut…

March 28, 2020

Iowa nurses win fair contract at MercyOne hospital

Sioux City, Iowa The union nurses of MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center ratified a new contract Jan. 29. After rejecting the…

February 5, 2020

Workers win first union contract at Iowa General Mills plant

The workers at the General Mills plant here ratified their first union contract on Nov. 14, after a hard-fought battle…

November 22, 2019

Béla Lugosi: De actor a activista y anti fascista

Lugosi nació como Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó el 20 de octubre de 1882, en Lugos, Reino de Hungría, Austria-Hungría (ahora…

August 21, 2019

A book review of ‘The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela’

The latest book by human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela,” is a critical primer on the…

July 21, 2019

Mobile home residents in Iowa rally against landlords

Residents of Waukee’s mobile home community Midwest Country Estates and supporters rallied outside the Sheraton Hotel in West Des Moines…

May 28, 2019

Iowa McDonald’s workers join nationwide walkouts

McDonald's workers in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines went on strike for "living wages and better working conditions" as part…

May 28, 2019