Workers unite!

Laundry workers fight back

New York -- The Laundry Workers Center organized a spirited demonstration on Aug. 5 in front of the Brooklyn home…

August 15, 2019

Harlan County, Ky., coal miners up in arms again

Coal miners are up in arms again. This time they are not unionized, but they are taking on the sixth-largest…

August 6, 2019

On the Picket Line: Chicago airport workers win contract victory!

Chicago airport workers win contract victory! Airport workers at both Midway and O’Hare celebrated ratification of their first Service Employees…

July 27, 2019

Will autoworkers strike for jobs and equal pay?

The United Auto Workers has begun negotiations for new contracts with Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Current contracts…

July 25, 2019

With international support, Prime Day wildcat strike and picket shakes Amazon

Shakopee, Minn. - On Monday, July 15, the same day as Amazon’s “Prime Day” sales extravaganza, workers at the Amazon…

July 23, 2019

Buffalo protests hit union busting

The Western New York SPoT Coffee chain has become the center of a pro-union protest now in its second week. …

July 21, 2019

Somali immigrant-led Workers’ Center to strike on Amazon Prime Day

Workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minn., plan a wildcat “Prime Day” strike Monday, July 15, as an…

July 14, 2019

On the Picket Line: Wabtec workers ratify hard-fought contract

Wabtec workers ratify hard-fought contract About 1,700 workers, represented by Electrical Workers (UE) Locals 506 and 618, ratified a four-year…

July 11, 2019

Union pickets ‘declare independence from poverty wages’

Service Employees Local 1199 (SEIU) picketed outside the Key Bank building July 3 in downtown Cleveland to “declare independence from…

July 11, 2019

‘Recontratar a las trabajadoras ahora’

El Centro de  Lavanderias de los Obreros, (Laundry Workers Center), junto a grupos como People's Power Assemblies, (Asamblea del Poder…

July 9, 2019