Workers unite!

African harvest workers strike in southern Italy

By Gerhard Feldbauer After the death of 12 farmworkers in a traffic accident in southern Italy on Aug. 6, hundreds…

August 14, 2018

Detroit janitors win $15/hour

Detroit — The movement for a $15-an-hour minimum wage for all workers took a step forward in Detroit when 1,700…

August 11, 2018

On the picket line

1,800 Vermont nurses strike for raises and safe staffing The 1,800 nurses and 300 health professionals at the University of…

August 4, 2018

Charter-Spectrum strikers left in limbo

The New York state Public Service Commission rescinded the Charter/Time Warner merger on July 27. It effectively threw Charter, the…

August 1, 2018

NFL players force bosses to put anthem policy on hold

July 30 — The struggle between National Football League players and billionaire owners continues to dominate sports and political headlines…

July 31, 2018

Tech workers show growing class consciousness

Workers at Microsoft used an internal question-and-answer session in late July to present CEO Satya Nadella with a petition signed…

July 31, 2018

Domestic workers organize for rights and against ICE

Seattle — Domestic workers here have won industrywide standards under basic labor laws for the first time by winning a…

July 30, 2018

Big win for University of Michigan teachers

Detroit — After nine months of tough negotiations, nontenured lecturing instructors at the University of Michigan’s three campuses have won…

July 27, 2018

Federal workers mobilize against Trump’s union busting

While the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court awarded two major wins in anti-union, anti-worker cases this spring — the…

July 27, 2018

Laundry workers make gains in East Harlem, N.Y.

Following a June 28 march and walk-in organized by the Laundry Workers Center at an East Harlem laundromat, the owners…

July 27, 2018