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Syracuse student workers organize

Student organizing against Syracuse University austerity cutbacks is accelerating. On April 9, SU student-workers held a rally and march to…

April 23, 2015

On the picket line

Retail workers win wage increases As campaigns to raise the minimum wage to $15 continue to grow, some retail giants…

April 12, 2015

Workers World congratulates ILWU veteran Clarence Thomas on his retirement

On April 11, family, co-workers and friends will gather in Oakland, Calif., to celebrate Brother Clarence Thomas’ retirement from 30…

April 10, 2015

April 15 protests: Turning point for low-wage workers

Analysis This April 15 could be the largest united protest of fast food workers ever. Fast food workers, who have…

April 9, 2015

Boston bus drivers stand ground against Veolia

The unique approach of Boston School Bus Drivers, Steelworkers Local 8751, to unionism and solidarity with the oppressed offers a…

April 9, 2015

King County, Wash., councilmembers question contract with Veolia union-busters

Our regular readers know that the militant Boston school bus drivers union, USW Local 8751, has been combating a union-busting…

April 2, 2015

Bosses get $243 billion subsidy for paying low wages

The capitalist class has found more and more ways to pay tens of millions of workers below-subsistence wages by shifting…

March 30, 2015

At UAW convention, autoworkers show they want equal pay for equal work

This year, the United Auto Workers union will negotiate new contracts with auto and truck manufacturers General Motors, Ford and…

March 30, 2015

Fighting for $15 minimum wage in the South

Atlanta -- With fists pumping in the air, some 500 low-wage workers from across the South filled the sanctuary of…

March 30, 2015

Oil strike breakthrough

March 22 — The U.S. oil refinery strike, which began Feb. 1, appears to be moving toward a resolution. The…

March 26, 2015