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McDonald’s workers take on sexual harassment with class action lawsuits

While hundreds of McDonald's workers walked off the job in Michigan on Nov. 12 to demand a $15 per hour…

November 22, 2019

Fast food workers organize ‘McStrike’ in eight countries

Close to 1,000 McDonald’s and other fast food workers and supporters held a noisy march and blocked traffic in Detroit…

November 22, 2019

‘Boycott Wendy’s’

Farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies marched in midtown Manhattan Nov. 18 demanding real transparency and…

November 22, 2019

Workers win first union contract at Iowa General Mills plant

The workers at the General Mills plant here ratified their first union contract on Nov. 14, after a hard-fought battle…

November 22, 2019

Oakland teachers and parents condemn police brutality

Oct. 28 -- At a vigil called by the Oakland Education Association, parents, teachers and community members denounced police brutality…

November 8, 2019

SF union says: Don’t mess with ‘little yellow school bus’

School bus drivers turned out in force Oct. 29 at the San Francisco School District headquarters to oppose changes they…

November 8, 2019

TWU Local 100 rallies for fair contract

Over 10,000 transit workers, members of Transport Workers Local 100, rallied on Oct. 30 in front of Metropolitan Transportation Authority…

November 6, 2019

UAW in crisis: Contracts, corruption and the capitalist state

Between now and Nov. 15, Ford workers will vote on a tentative agreement reached by the United Auto Workers and…

November 5, 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

Harlan County, Kentucky, coal miners win $5 million

Coal miners in Harlan County, Ky., have won a historic victory for more than 1,000 workers fired in July by…

October 29, 2019