Workers unite!

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

MAY DAY

May Day is back. This glorious day to honor working-class struggle began in the United States more than a century…

May 3, 2017

Lucy Gonzales Parsons, ¡presente!

It is fitting to honor the fighting spirit of Lucy Gonzales Parsons on May Day — International Workers Day —…

April 30, 2017

May Day & Marx, Chicago 1886

Chicago - It is often noted that May Day had its origins here in Chicago. Two days after 40,000 workers…

April 30, 2017

Resistance in response to firing of Tom Cat workers

New York City - The racist, anti-worker bosses at Tom Cat Bakery finally carried out the wishes of the repressive…

April 27, 2017