Workers unite!

On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Union calls national boycott of Trump properties Culinary Workers Local 226 took a bold step in their drive for a…

October 7, 2016
Battle for Port Covington: Gentrifiers vs. workers, oppressedBattle for Port Covington: Gentrifiers vs. workers, oppressed

Battle for Port Covington: Gentrifiers vs. workers, oppressed

Once again, as happened with the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, real estate moguls and developers are pressing for millions of…

October 6, 2016
Labor groups strengthen solidarityLabor groups strengthen solidarity

Labor groups strengthen solidarity

The Communication Workers issued a strong statement on Sept. 9 expressing solidarity with the Indigenous peoples’ resistance to pipeline construction…

October 2, 2016
Boston union aids Standing Rock, Charlotte resistanceBoston union aids Standing Rock, Charlotte resistance

Boston union aids Standing Rock, Charlotte resistance

On Sept. 22, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Steelworkers Local 8751 held its first membership meeting since the start…

September 26, 2016
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Minnesota nurses on strike Nurses in the Minnesota Nurses Association started a second unfair labor practice strike on Sept. 5…

September 24, 2016
Union victory in LIU lockoutUnion victory in LIU lockout

Union victory in LIU lockout

New York -- When the Long Island University administration called off the lockout of its Brooklyn faculty Sept. 14, it…

September 24, 2016
Unions, unity and Standing RockUnions, unity and Standing Rock

Unions, unity and Standing Rock

Workers all over the world are in the fight of our lives to keep predatory, profit-hungry capitalism from killing us,…

September 20, 2016
‘Fight for $15, fight for fair!’‘Fight for $15, fight for fair!’

‘Fight for $15, fight for fair!’

Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Fight for $15 activists are opposing a task force proposal that calls for a gradual…

September 18, 2016
Class struggle sharpens as LIU locks out its facultyClass struggle sharpens as LIU locks out its faculty

Class struggle sharpens as LIU locks out its faculty

This writer worked in the City University of New York’s computer center for 24 years. Before that, he taught full…

September 15, 2016
Portland riders fight unfair bus farePortland riders fight unfair bus fare

Portland riders fight unfair bus fare

Bus Riders Unite of Portland, Ore., is fighting for Low Income Fare Equity, demanding an equitable bus fare for low-income…

September 11, 2016