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Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery, Part 2

The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character…

February 14, 2020

San Francisco Labor Council resolution: Abolish U.S.-imposed economic sanctions

The following resolution was passed unanimously on Feb. 10, 2020. Whereas sanctions and economic blockades are being imposed by the…

February 14, 2020

Reparations & Black Liberation

Workers World first published this article on June 6, 2002.  Lawsuits have been filed in New York and New Jersey…

February 12, 2020

Portland longshore workers resist union busting

By Patrick Cate and Lyn Neeley Portland, Ore.  In November a federal jury in Portland, Ore., fined the Longshore and…

February 12, 2020

New employment analysis shows that a good job is hard to find these days

The constitutionally mandated State of the Union address opened Feb. 4 with the first of many boasts: “Jobs are booming,…

February 11, 2020

Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery, Part 1

By Sam Marcy The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of  Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of…

February 11, 2020

New York: Protest demands Gov. Cuomo support SWEAT bill, banning wage theft

Workers and community groups held a spirited rally in front of the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on…

February 7, 2020

Resolution of United Steelworkers Local 8751 in solidarity with the Massachusetts Indigenous Legislative Agenda

The resolution below was passed unanimously at the monthly membership meeting of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus…

February 7, 2020

Resistance grows to planned cuts on disability benefits

Feb. 4 -- While impeachment, the Iowa caucuses and the State of the Union message dominate the news cycle, the…

February 7, 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