Mattie Starrdust and Sue Davis

On the picket line

Union calls national boycott of Trump properties Culinary Workers Local 226 took a bold step in their drive for a…

October 7, 2016

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Minnesota nurses on strike Nurses in the Minnesota Nurses Association started a second unfair labor practice strike on Sept. 5…

September 24, 2016

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FedEx workers win a place at the bargaining table “What they said couldn’t be done is getting done,” two Charlotte,…

July 1, 2016

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Calif. “temp” warehouse workers strike again Warehouse workers at the Port of Los Angeles went on strike April 6 for…

April 24, 2016

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Massachusetts teachers’ unions endorse trans* rights bill Despite a wave of reactionary, anti-trans* legislation sweeping the country, most recently in North…

April 7, 2016

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Another Northwest dairy worker dies; safety regs needed Ruperto Vazquez Carrera, a 37-year-old dairy worker in Paul, Idaho, was killed…

March 27, 2016

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Paid sick leave in Vermont, minimum wage increase in Oregon On Feb. 18, Vermont passed a law granting paid sick…

March 10, 2016

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Minneapolis janitors stage protests Thousands of Twin Cities janitors, members of Service Employees Local 26, held picket lines outside the…

February 28, 2016

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Fast food workers strike in Iowa A few hours before the Jan. 28 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, fast…

February 13, 2016

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Fast food workers strike in Iowa A few hours before the Jan. 28 Republican presidential primary debate in Iowa, fast…

February 8, 2016