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CUNY Rising challenges cutbacks, austerityCUNY Rising challenges cutbacks, austerity

CUNY Rising challenges cutbacks, austerity

For the past five years members of the Professional Staff Congress have worked without a contract and for the last…

March 16, 2016
Lessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victory, part 2Lessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victory, part 2

Lessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victory, part 2

This is the second of three articles to appear in WW based on excerpts from a conference call dialog among…

March 11, 2016
Auto parts workers fight for safety, recognitionAuto parts workers fight for safety, recognition

Auto parts workers fight for safety, recognition

More and more, the face of an auto parts worker is that of a low-wage worker, often a worker of…

March 10, 2016
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Paid sick leave in Vermont, minimum wage increase in Oregon On Feb. 18, Vermont passed a law granting paid sick…

March 10, 2016
Lessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victoryLessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victory

Lessons of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ victory

After more than two years of hard-fought struggle, last year the militant, fighting rank and file of the Boston School…

March 2, 2016
Six-month lockout ends at ATISix-month lockout ends at ATI

Six-month lockout ends at ATI

The specialty steel company Allegheny Technologies Inc. has ended its lockout of the workers. After demanding the Steelworkers union hold…

March 2, 2016
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Minneapolis janitors stage protests Thousands of Twin Cities janitors, members of Service Employees Local 26, held picket lines outside the…

February 28, 2016
Wisconsin labor-community joint struggles on the riseWisconsin labor-community joint struggles on the rise

Wisconsin labor-community joint struggles on the rise

A Day without Latinos ¡Día sin Latinos! In the biggest mass action since the 2011 occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol…

February 24, 2016
Class struggle in Wisconsin since 2011Class struggle in Wisconsin since 2011

Class struggle in Wisconsin since 2011

On Feb. 10, 2011, students and workers began to lead the historic occupation of the state Capitol building in Madison,…

February 24, 2016
What’s Transdev’s role in German rail crash?What’s Transdev’s role in German rail crash?

What’s Transdev’s role in German rail crash?

A tragic head-on collision of two commuter trains in the German state of Bavaria that killed 10 people — drivers,…

February 18, 2016