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Electrifying solidarity on the Boston hotel strike picket lineElectrifying solidarity on the Boston hotel strike picket line

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 classGM strike and the global working class

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

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 lineOn the picket line

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

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 strikeBattery Wharf Hotel workers strike

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 activismLabor and climate activism

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
GM strikers ‘shut it down!’GM strikers ‘shut it down!’

GM strikers ‘shut it down!’

On Sept. 15, one minute before midnight EDT, production ground to a halt at all General Motors facilities across the…

September 17, 2019
New York City’s Labor DayNew York City’s Labor Day

New York City’s Labor Day

CWA District 1 and Association of Flight Attendants are fired up The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA led a delegation of…

September 12, 2019
Feds go after UAW: Unions, corruption and the capitalist stateFeds go after UAW: Unions, corruption and the capitalist state

Feds go after UAW: Unions, corruption and the capitalist state

At least a dozen FBI agents raided the Detroit area home of  International President of the United Auto Workers Gary…

September 4, 2019