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Philly demands ’Transit Justice’ from SEPTA

In the first minute of the first day of November, 4,738 union drivers, maintenance workers and cashiers of Transportation Workers…

November 7, 2016

SEPTA riders launch free fare campaign in Philly

Handing out hundreds of “SEPTA Inconvenience Passes” (SIP) to passersby at a Nov. 7 press conference outside SEPTA headquarters, community…

November 7, 2016

Transit workers win in Philadelphia strike

“Tentative agreement reached. We are off strike.” With that Nov. 7 message, the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 blogged the…

November 7, 2016

Solidarity with striking SEPTA workers!

Statement of the Philadelphia branch of Workers World Party: On Nov. 1, the 4,700 workers in Transit Workers Union Local…

November 4, 2016

After Polk County ‘compromise,’ Fight for $15 goes statewide in Iowa

Polk County, Iowa - In reaction to a vote by the Polk County Board of Supervisors for a compromised wage…

November 4, 2016

A century of struggle: The All India Trade Union Congress

Amarjeet Kaur is National Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). Martha Grevatt interviewed her Oct. 7 during…

November 4, 2016

Centennial of 1916 ‘Everett Massacre’

Seattle - On Nov. 5, 1916, sheriff’s deputies and hired strikebreakers fired on striking shingle weavers at the Everett, Wash.,…

November 4, 2016

General strike in Italy says ‘No’ to referendum

The following article was submitted to Workers World by the organization Fronte Popolare (Popular Front) in Italy. Some 1.3 million…

November 4, 2016

Strikers win at Harvard

By Ed Childs and Steve Gillis Cambridge, Mass. For 20 days Harvard Square was the scene of the most raucous,…

October 31, 2016

Harvard strikers show solidarity with COSATU

The following abridged solidarity statement was sent to the Congress of South African Trade Unions by the Harvard University dining…

October 30, 2016