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On the picket line

Struggle over employment benefits for striking workers in N.Y. state On Feb. 6, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a…

February 18, 2020

On the picket line

St. Louis janitors ready to strike for $15 an hour Some 2,100 Service Employees (SEIU) Local 1 janitors in St.…

February 7, 2020

47 years after Roe v. Wade: Fight continues for reproductive justice

The 47th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized women’s right to choose abortion, was Jan.…

January 28, 2020

On the picket line

‘Amazonians United Sacramento’ walk out Christmas Eve Night shift workers at Amazon’s DSM1 warehouse in Sacramento, Calif.,  celebrated Christmas with…

January 23, 2020

Women’s March 2020

The 2020 Women’s March is happening Saturday, Jan. 18. The slogan for this year’s intersectional, international protest is “Women’s Rights…

January 10, 2020

On the picket line

‘U.S. labor says: No war on Iran! U.S. out of Iraq’ The United Electrical Workers posted the following Jan. 3…

January 9, 2020

On the picket line

Strike threat wins 4-year contract for 83,000 health care workers On Aug. 12, more than 57,000 health care workers at…

December 8, 2019

Strike ends: Chicago teachers win gains

“Did we accomplish every single little thing?” said Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, during an Oct. 31…

November 5, 2019

While rate of abortion declines, Title X gag rule will only increase need for abortion

Bulletin: A poll released Sept. 30 by Hart Research Associates shows that about two-thirds (62 percent) of voters nationally believe…

October 4, 2019

Labor and climate activism

The prevailing myths about U.S. workers and the organized labor movement — that labor and climate action are in conflict,…

September 18, 2019