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Boston protest demands: ‘Reinstate our fired leaders!’Boston protest demands: ‘Reinstate our fired leaders!’

Boston protest demands: ‘Reinstate our fired leaders!’

Boston school bus drivers held a militant picket line June 18 outside the headquarters of the notorious Veolia Corporation, which…

June 25, 2015
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Mothers strike detention camp Every year, hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants are rounded up and crowded into prisons while…

June 25, 2015
Book review: ‘Out in the Union’Book review: ‘Out in the Union’

Book review: ‘Out in the Union’

“Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America,” by Miriam Frank, Temple University Press, 2014 The importance of…

June 21, 2015
TPP dangerous to world’s workers, poorTPP dangerous to world’s workers, poor

TPP dangerous to world’s workers, poor

On June 12, as part of a legislative maneuver, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted against and defeated…

June 18, 2015
MoMA workers fight for their healthMoMA workers fight for their health

MoMA workers fight for their health

It was pouring on June 3 outside a garden party thrown for the wealthy contributors to the privately funded Museum…

June 17, 2015
Oil strike not quite overOil strike not quite over

Oil strike not quite over

After four months on the picket line, workers at the BP Husky refinery in Toledo, Ohio, are starting to return…

June 11, 2015
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Thousands protest N.J. pension fund cuts Some 4,000 members of the Communications Workers and other public sector unions turned out…

June 11, 2015
Walmart workers hold hunger strike to press demandsWalmart workers hold hunger strike to press demands

Walmart workers hold hunger strike to press demands

Los Angeles, May 28 — Two dozen Walmart workers started a hunger strike for 24 hours on May 27, sleeping…

June 7, 2015
On the picket lineOn the picket line

On the picket line

Ironworkers on strike in San Francisco San Francisco ironworkers, who do very dangerous but essential work on huge construction projects,…

June 7, 2015
Then and now: The UAW vs. the bossesThen and now: The UAW vs. the bosses

Then and now: The UAW vs. the bosses

This past May marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Automobile Workers in Detroit in 1935. Less…

June 2, 2015