Workers unite!

Eastern N.C. union organizing blitz for workers’ rights

From June 9 to 14, over 40 union activists from United Electrical Workers (UE) and Unifor Canada gathered in rural…

July 2, 2019

New York state: Three historic wins for farmworkers

Farmworkers in New York state have won three historic victories in the last month through valiant worker-centered leadership and steady…

June 30, 2019

‘Rehire the workers, rehire them now’

The Laundry Workers Center, alongside groups like the People’s Power Assemblies, held a picket line June 22 in front of…

June 30, 2019

Philadelphia on horizon in Domestic Workers drive for justice

Domestic caretakers, nannies and house cleaners are, like farmworkers and people with disabilities, excluded from many local, state and federal…

June 30, 2019

Pride @ Work commemorates 25th anniversary

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the heroic Stonewall Rebellion, an event being commemorated throughout the world. On June…

June 27, 2019

More struggle ahead as W.Va. education workers face setback

After two years of intense struggle against right-wing state officials, West Virginia education workers faced a temporary setback June 19.…

June 26, 2019

Workers’ protest airs dirty laundry of greedy bosses

The Laundry Workers Center and the People’s Power Assemblies went to Flushing, Queens, N.Y., June 15 to demand the owners…

June 20, 2019

Women strike across Switzerland for equal pay and more

Wage. Time. Respect. That was the motto of the 24-hour “Women’s Strike” for gender pay equity, equal rights, respect and…

June 20, 2019

Company intimidation behind “no union” vote at VW

For three days, June 12-14, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted whether to allow the United Auto…

June 18, 2019

Philadelphia library workers and allies demand more funding

About 50 members and allies of Friends of the Free Library rallied June 13 inside Philadelphia City Hall, demanding city…

June 18, 2019