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New York City gala celebrates women laundry workers

The Laundry Workers Center held a fundraising gala at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan on Oct. 4.  The center’s political…

October 8, 2019

Biggest U.S. strike in over a decade: GM strikers battle on

As the biggest (numerically) U.S. strike in over a decade enters its fourth week, General Motors workers are showing no…

October 7, 2019

Fair Pay to Play bill is a step forward to empower student-athletes

The Fair Pay to Play Act was signed into law by California Gov.  Gavin Newsome on Sept. 30. Newsome signed…

October 7, 2019

Electrifying solidarity on the Boston hotel strike picket line

Oct. 4 -- Today, on the one-month anniversary of the Battery Wharf Hotel strike, hundreds of supporters joined the picket…

October 7, 2019

GM strike and the global working class

September 29 marked two weeks on the picket line for nearly 50,000 General Motors workers. This was the second “Solidarity…

October 4, 2019

What is ‘two tier’ and where did it come from?

There was a time when “concessions” referred to contract gains that labor wrested from management — sometimes after long strikes.…

October 2, 2019

On the picket line

Calif. grocery workers’ strike threat wins big Some 30,000 grocery workers who were preparing to strike major grocery chains like…

September 29, 2019

Charlotte city workers union urges passage of federal Medicare for All bill; workers across the South join the call

The following was jointly issued by Charlotte City Workers Union, United Electrical Workers (UE) Local 150; the Southern Workers Assembly;…

September 26, 2019

Battery Wharf Hotel workers strike

Sept. 15 -- All 75 union workers walked off the job Sept. 5 at the luxury, 150-room Battery Wharf Hotel…

September 20, 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