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Education workers fighting back in West Virginia

Teachers and school support staff are currently in motion in West Virginia.  On Feb. 2, roughly 2,000 teachers and service…

February 5, 2018

On the picket line

LA Times writers vote union after 136 years The Los Angeles Times has a long history of viciously anti-union ownership…

February 3, 2018

Bus drivers’ leader on Trump’s attacks on Haitians

WW correspondent Sam Ordóñez interviewed André François, president of the United Steelworkers, Local 8751, which represents the Boston and Randolph…

January 29, 2018

Railroad workers acquitted in Lac-Mégantic disaster trial

Forty-seven people were killed when a runaway train with 72 oil tank cars crashed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July…

January 28, 2018

In Chicago, nursing home workers hold one-day strike on MLK Day

What better way to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy than by striking against exploitative working conditions?…

January 26, 2018

North Carolina city workers launch campaign on King Day

The arctic weather front that blasted the East Coast on the first week of this year took a toll on…

January 26, 2018

Rally supports Spectrum workers

Jan. 15 — The first event in a weeklong “Days of Rage” campaign in New York City was a rally…

January 17, 2018

On the picket line

NYC law to help fast food workers More than 1,200 fast food workers in New York City have agreed to…

January 16, 2018

’Friends of labor’ and state repression

2017 marked the 80th anniversary of many important labor struggles. The victory of the Flint sit-down strike against mighty General…

January 4, 2018

On the picket line

N.C. Christmas tree workers stop Scrooge wage theft When we light up Christmas trees, we don’t think about the workers…

January 3, 2018