Workers unite!

‘The U.S. Mail is Not for Sale!’ Union victory over Staples and postal privatization

Five years ago the Postmaster General began a series of moves aimed at the step-by-step privatization of the Postal Service,…

January 9, 2017

On the picket line

Las Vegas hotel workers beat back Trump — finally After a vicious, two-year struggle, 500 workers at Trump International Hotel…

January 6, 2017

Chicago transit workers take to the streets

Bus and rail operators, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 308 whose contract expired over a year ago, picketed…

January 2, 2017

Freedom fighters converge in Mississippi

Jackson, Miss. - The Southern Human Rights Organizing Conference celebrated 20 years of convergences Dec. 9-11 in Jackson, Miss. Organized…

December 21, 2016

Teacher unions push back right-wing attack in Michigan

Right-wing Michigan lawmakers introduced several bills attacking teacher unions during the final weeks of the 2016 state legislature. The bills…

December 19, 2016

Virginia voters reject anti-union move

A ballot initiative that would have made the state’s “right-to-work” (for less!) law part of the state constitution was defeated…

December 18, 2016

On the picket line

Teacher solidarity counters Trump racism The American Federation of Teachers will “do everything in our power to stop any kind…

December 15, 2016

Unions to protest Trump #J20

A call for mass, militant protests on Inauguration Day is getting a favorable response from all sectors of the working…

December 14, 2016

Alameda Labor Council calls for protests

The Alameda Labor Council, representing unions throughout Alameda County, Calif., has passed a resolution encouraging all unions to organize actions…

December 14, 2016

Iowa workers unionize at military-industrial PAE

Urbandale, Iowa - Workers at Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. will begin contract negotiations on Jan. 21 after winning a…

December 10, 2016