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Victory in Baltimore: Charges dropped for May Day protesters

Three demonstrators who were arrested while protesting at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on May 1 won their cases…

May 31, 2017

AT&T hit by coast-to-coast strike

At 3 p.m. EDT on May 19, 21,000 workers began streaming out of AT&T retail outlets across the U.S. These…

May 25, 2017

Chicago ‘Fight for $15’

More than 2,000 workers — mostly young, Black or Brown and minimum-wage — rallied and marched in the rain in…

May 25, 2017

May Day arrestees condemn police violence

The May Day Union Square Coalition held a press conference on the east side of New York’s City Hall on…

May 21, 2017

On the picket line

Strike threat helps film/TV writers win contract When 96.3 percent of the voting members of Writers Guild West and East…

May 19, 2017

May Day in the U.S.: Marching in solidarity & militancy

May Day, International Workers’ Day, was commemorated widely across the United States on May 1. Some of these actions by…

May 9, 2017

Iowa workers resist attack on minimum wage

Des Moines, Iowa — A new Iowa law stripped away minimum-wage increases across the state the week of March 27…

May 7, 2017

On the picket line

Racist, anti-worker Acosta to head Labor Department Alexander Acosta became secretary of Labor on April 27, the last member of…

May 7, 2017

Students walk out over layoffs

Hundreds of students at Bayonne High School held a spontaneous walkout from classes on April 27 in Bayonne, N.J. They…

May 6, 2017

Massive general strike in Brazil displays people power

Brazilian workers held a general strike on April 28. Business as usual could not possibly proceed as 35 to 40…

May 5, 2017