Workers unite!

On the picket line

Support ‘Seating Workers United’ in Selma, Ala. During the 50th anniversary of the heroic Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., march on March 8,…

March 16, 2015

Tennessee students fight low pay

The United Students Against Sweatshops 2015 conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville did more than talk. Hundreds of marchers…

March 15, 2015

Selma workers continue struggle for rights

Selma, Ala. -- Among the many tens of thousands of people who marched in a sea of humanity across the…

March 12, 2015

Madison, Wis., rally demands justice, union jobs

Madison, Wis. -- Hundreds of youth, students, workers and their allies marched on March 11 to demand justice for Tony…

March 12, 2015

UAW and VW: Workers need a fighting union

Just over a year ago the National Labor Relations Board conducted a union representation election at the Volkswagen plant in…

March 9, 2015

Victory for Boston school bus drivers union

Kirschbaum acquitted as frame-up collapses Dorchester, Mass. -- The campaign to rehire and win justice for four Boston school-bus drivers,…

March 6, 2015

Two years after factory collapse, Bangladeshi workers address students

Lexington, Ky. -- Mahinur Begum went to work on the morning of April 24, 2013, even though she knew she…

March 6, 2015

On the picket line

Refinery explosion confirms need for greater safety An explosion and fire on Feb. 18 at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance,…

March 6, 2015

Women and the Flint sit-down strike of 1937

The Flint, Mich., sit-down strike achieved victory 78 years ago on Feb. 11, 1937. After a 44-day occupation of General…

March 5, 2015

Labor, community vs. Wisconsin anti-union bill

March 2 — As of this writing, the battle is raging in Wisconsin to defeat the misnamed “right to work”…

March 4, 2015