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On the picket line

DOE workers fight union busting The Betsy DeVos-led Department of Education canceled its contract with nearly 4,000 DOE workers on…

March 29, 2018

India: Farmers march for rights, win concessions

Since the beginning of March, Indian farmers have been making themselves heard, and their voices are hard to ignore. Tens…

March 29, 2018

Militant Black union leader honored

Los Angeles — The achievements of union and community organizer Chris Silvera were celebrated on March 10 when he was…

March 25, 2018

‘Time’s Up Wendy’s March’

New York — Farmworkers and their allies completed a five-day “Freedom Fast” organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, on…

March 23, 2018

Jersey City teachers face down injunction

Jersey City, N.J. — Teachers here walked out on strike on Friday, March 16. Represented by the Jersey City Education…

March 21, 2018

Is a ‘Defiant Workers’ Spring’ coming?

The class war is still stirring in West Virginia since the conclusion of the courageous, 9-day education workers’ strike. Some…

March 20, 2018

Custodians win big in Durham, N.C.

Durham, N.C. — Custodians in Durham Public Schools won $1.1 million in wages and benefit increases on March 8 after…

March 20, 2018

UIUC graduate workers win strike, new contract

Chicago — After 12 days of striking, graduate workers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign overwhelmingly approved a new…

March 20, 2018

An Amazon worker speaks: ‘Workers feel extremely exploited’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has an obscene individual net worth of over $124 billion. Yet, the company’s half-million-plus workers worldwide…

March 19, 2018

On the picket line

Support Spectrum workers’ strike! Union busting is the name of the zero-sum game that telecommunications giant Charter Communications, known for…

March 18, 2018