Human needs before profits

Why rail workers need paid sick days

On Dec. 1, 2022, congressional Democrats and Republicans came together in a bipartisan effort to shut down the railroad workers’…

December 22, 2022

Water polluting energy company gets green light to resume fracking

Pennsylvania Nearly 14 years after a water well explosion on Jan. 1, 2009, made residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania, aware of…

December 21, 2022

La especulación tecnológica quiebra: decenas de miles de despedidos

Decenas de miles de trabajadores del sector tecnológico han sido despedidos este año de 2022. Las estimaciones varían, dependiendo de…

December 19, 2022

Sanctions Kill: a book, a webinar, a movement

Several authors of the new book, “Sanctions: A Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy,” discussed the destructive effect of sanctions…

December 15, 2022

Alex Saab on trial

Alex Saab, diplomat and Special Envoy for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was placed on trial Dec. 12 in Miami…

December 15, 2022

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

Long COVID: a public health catastrophe

On Sept. 18, President Joe Biden declared: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still…

December 15, 2022

Health care in prisons is a crime

If you have the misfortune of being convicted of a crime, innocent or not, what’s it like behind bars if…

December 15, 2022

On the one-year anniversary of the first Starbucks workers’ union victory
A New Year’s resolution for the labor movement

The following Dec. 9 statement was issued by Workers Assembly Against Racism, based in New York City, as solidarity actions…

December 9, 2022