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Bosses ‘fire’ 300 Local 10 members in Oakland after tentative agreement at West Coast ports

News broke on Feb. 20 that an agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association — the organization of the West Coast…

February 23, 2015

Walmart gives up a little — workers fight for more

Walmart is the largest private employer in the United States, hiring around 1 percent of all U.S. workers.  Its announcement…

February 23, 2015

On the picket line

Record snowfall burdens low-wage workers As many feet of snow continue to bury the Northeast, hourly workers are among those…

February 19, 2015

Striking oil workers win support in Texas

As you enter the United Steelworkers Local 13-227 union hall in Pasadena, Texas, just outside Houston, the signs and notices…

February 17, 2015

5,000 oil workers on strike

Toledo, Ohio — Since Feb. 1, thousands of oil workers across the country — members of the United Steelworkers union…

February 17, 2015

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