Human needs before profits

Port and school workers map fight against Oakland privatization

San Francisco The movement to stop privatization of Oakland’s port and schools took a step forward March 16, when a…

March 21, 2022

Philadelphia residents fight to keep homes from gentrifiers

Residents of University City Townhomes, nearby University of Pennsylvania students and faculty members, and community anti-gentrification activists rallied March 19…

March 21, 2022

Boston community-labor rally for striking Machinists

March 7 — Leaders of the Greater Boston Labor Council and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, along with powerhouse rank-and-file unionists like…

March 17, 2022

Student-community-labor coalition grows in New York City

New York City A growing student-community-labor coalition held a large rally March 6 on demands related to New York City…

March 11, 2022

Sherwin Williams strike enters second month

Bedford Heights, Ohio United Steelworkers (USW) Local 14919 has been on strike against the Sherwin Williams company since Feb. 5.…

March 4, 2022

The Ford Hunger March of 1932

This lightly edited article was first published in 2009 for the 77th anniversary of the Ford Hunger March in Michigan.…

March 4, 2022

Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety

The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when…

March 3, 2022

On the picket line

Twin Cities teachers  This month could see more than 8,000 teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota, leaving the…

March 3, 2022

Oakland community fights school closures and cutbacks

Oakland, California Teachers, parents, students, education workers and community activists are launching a multifaceted campaign to stop the school closures…

February 28, 2022

North Carolina workers organize emergency rallies for safety  

This lightly edited article was published as a Feb. 16 report at southernworker.org, Statements are testimony given to the writer…

February 24, 2022