Workers unite!

Youth shut down anti-union film

At an Oct. 15 public event, members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission screened the film “Won’t Back Down” before…

October 24, 2014

Meeting celebrates Million Worker March Movement

By Cheryl LaBash and Monica Moorehead Long Island City, Queens, N.Y. Founding members of the Million Worker March Movement held…

October 23, 2014

Stops cuts of teachers’ benefits in Philadelphia!

Judge Nina Wright Padilla of the Court of Common Pleas issued a temporary injunction Oct. 20 barring the School Reform…

October 21, 2014

World Federation of Trade Unions says Ebola virus deaths facilitated by imperialism

Following is an edited statement issued by the World Federation of Trade Unions’ Secretariat in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 15.…

October 21, 2014

Another protest hits Staples

A Staples store in Center City, Philadelphia, was picketed Oct. 7 by members of the American Postal Workers Union, the…

October 17, 2014

On the picket line

Atlantic City casino workers protest health care rollbacks As many as 700 UNITE-HERE Local 54 casino workers at Trump Taj…

October 17, 2014

WW forum links Ferguson, Palestine

“What’s happening in Ferguson isn’t rioting, it’s rebellion. And this isn’t the first time in our history we’ve rebelled,” declared…

October 9, 2014

Solidarity Day 6 in Boston: Hundreds demand ‘Drop the charges’ in anti-union frame-up

Dorchester, Mass. -- It was the second pre-trial hearing for Stevan Kirschbaum, a founder of Steelworkers Union Local 8751 of…

October 7, 2014

On the picket line

Nurses stage die-in to demand Ebola readiness in U.S. About 1,000 members of National Nurses United staged a die-in during…

October 4, 2014

PSC members demand raise and contract

The Professional Staff Congress represents 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, who educate 270,000 students.…

October 4, 2014