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Mini lockouts: Has Walmart come to the waterfront?

On Feb. 14, President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of Labor Tom Perez to meet with the International Longshore and Warehouse…

February 16, 2015

Workers strike Big Oil for safety

Anacortes, Wash. -- In the first national strike in decades, 3,800 refinery workers represented by the United Steelworkers union went…

February 13, 2015

Railroad crossings cause train deaths

By a railroad worker Six people died horrible deaths when a Metro-North commuter train collided with a sports utility vehicle…

February 11, 2015

On West Coast, bosses threaten lockout of longshore workers

Oakland, Calif. -- The Pacific Maritime Association announced on Feb. 4 their intent to lock out the International Longshore and…

February 9, 2015

Wisconsin anti-worker guv targets public education

Resistance to Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 budget proposal — Senate Bill 21, released in early February — is ongoing across…

February 9, 2015

Oil refinery workers begin major strike

Catlettsburg, Ky., Feb. 5 — Oil refinery workers here are on what they say is their biggest strike since 1980.…

February 6, 2015

On the picket line

U.S. oil workers strike Shell The United Steelworkers called a strike on Feb. 1 at nine plants run by Royal…

February 6, 2015

‘Don’t privatize Oakland schools!’

Several hundred Oakland Education Association teachers as well as students and parents rallied outside an Oakland Unified School District Board…

February 3, 2015

Despite historic blizzard, bus drivers pack court for union militant

Boston, Feb. 2 — A record-breaking snowstorm has shut down streets, schools and airline flights throughout the Northeast. With 34.1…

February 2, 2015

Hands off Boston bus drivers!

The jury trial on trumped-up charges against union leader Steve Kirschbaum will begin on Feb. 2. After months of pretrial…

January 28, 2015