Workers unite!

Boston school bus union leaders return to work

For 26 months beginning October 2013, when they were falsely accused of staging an illegal walkout, four fired leaders of…

January 21, 2016

On the picket line

Phoenix bus drivers strike Veolia/Transdev “You always hear about workers versus evil corporations — this is that situation,” said Michael…

January 21, 2016

Detroit teachers expose school crisis

A series of rolling sickouts for several months by teachers across the Detroit Public Schools system culminated on Monday, Jan.…

January 21, 2016

West Virginia workers rally against anti-union law

Charleston, W.Va. -- Over 1,000 workers, union staff and their supporters showed up at a West Virginia AFL-CIO demonstration in the…

January 21, 2016

Detroit autoworkers protest

Despite bitter cold and wind, rank-and-file autoworkers and supporters protested Jan. 10 outside the North American International Auto Show in…

January 13, 2016

On the picket line

Labor against racist police in San Francisco The San Francisco Labor Council, a coalition of 150 unions representing over 100,000 workers…

January 7, 2016

Muslim meatcutters in Colorado battle Cargill for right to pray

Cargill, an international conglomerate with 155,000 employees in 68 countries, claims that “we help people thrive.” The 190 workers the…

January 5, 2016

VW: UAW advances organizing in South

For decades, the United Auto Workers has been unable to organize a single non-union “transplant” — plants of Asian and…

December 27, 2015

Philadelphia taxi drivers demand a living

Hundreds of Philadelphia taxi and limousine drivers blocked traffic around City Hall and snarled Center City traffic for an hour…

December 27, 2015

Historic victory for Boston school bus drivers union as fired leaders reinstated, contract gains made

Dec. 22 -- After more than two years of hard-fought struggle, the militant, fighting rank and file of the Boston…

December 23, 2015