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UAW vs. auto bosses: contract struggle over for now

On Nov. 20, the International Executive Board of the United Auto Workers declared that Ford workers had approved a four-year…

December 3, 2015

Public workers fight for health care

Huntington, W.Va. -- Some 300 public workers and ­residents crammed into an auditorium in Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., on…

November 29, 2015

Airport workers hit the bricks for $15 an hour

The nationwide struggle for $15 an hour sparked a seven-airport strike by some 2,000 workers on Nov. 18, the onset…

November 29, 2015

Boston school bus drivers explain solidarity

United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, continues to fight a two-year battle to get four of…

November 22, 2015

On the picket line

FedEx Freight drivers stage first strike Eighty-five FedEx Freight drivers in Gardena, Calif., the company’s major Los Angeles hub, made history…

November 20, 2015

Union confronts KKK in Vermont

More than 200 people marched down Church Street to City Hall in Burlington, Vt., on Nov. 5 to oppose the…

November 20, 2015

UAW strikes at Kohler Company

In a courageous stand against the multibillion-dollar Kohler Company, about 2,100 members of United Auto Workers Local 833 went on…

November 19, 2015

Wave of strikes in U.S. back the fight for $15

A wave of strikes and protests by low-wage workers fighting for a $15 minimum hourly wage and a union swept…

November 16, 2015

UAW-GM contract passes, but with much opposition

United Auto Workers members voted 58 percent in favor of a four-year contract with General Motors, the union announced on…

November 16, 2015

New York university workers arrested at sit-in

The 25,000 teachers and support staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York, American…

November 15, 2015