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Hotel workers strike in 10 cities

In eight U.S. cities and two in Canada, hotel workers are waging a militant strike against the Marriott hotel chain.…

November 1, 2018

Striking Boston hotel workers stay strong

Oct. 29 — Hundreds of striking hotel workers and thousands of supporters in Boston remain firmly united as they battle…

November 1, 2018

On the picket line

Advance Auto Parts workers in Pa. vote union Advance Auto Parts workers in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., cast their ballots overwhelmingly in…

October 27, 2018

Detroit joins Marriott strike

Some 160 hotel workers, including bartenders, servers, cashiers, bellhops, front desk workers and housekeepers at downtown Detroit’s Book Cadillac hotel…

October 18, 2018

Oakland, Calif., hotel workers strike

Three Latinx workers from Stationary Engineers Local 39 (shown here) are striking at the Oakland Airport Hilton as part of…

October 18, 2018

Striking hotel workers strategize to win

Oct. 12 — Chanting “7 a.m. wake-up call!” and “Don’t check in, check out!” 500 Boston hotel workers on the…

October 17, 2018

Teamsters say: ‘Immigrant rights, workers rights!’

Striking Los Angeles port drivers, organized by the Teamsters union, shut down an entrance to the Metropolitan Detention Center here…

October 16, 2018

Michigan labor on the move

Almost six years ago, Michigan became a “right-to-work” state. The bill, passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov.…

October 14, 2018

UPS rank-and-file overrule leaders, reject two-tier pay

The Teamsters union announced on Oct. 5 that a majority of members voting on a new contract at United Parcel…

October 14, 2018

On the picket line

APWU counters Trump plan to privatize U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service is once again under attack. In August,…

October 14, 2018