Workers unite!

Activists defend fired workers

Oakland, Calif. — Labor and community activists, carrying signs and chanting, marched inside a Jack in the Box restaurant on…

September 5, 2014

Ferguson struggle helps build workers’ solidarity

The call for justice continues not only in Ferguson, Mo., but around the United States since the Aug. 9 brutal…

September 1, 2014

‘Young workers are key to fighting poverty wages’

Cavanaugh is a low-wage worker in Rockford, Ill., and a national leader of Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST, fightimperialism.org). He…

August 27, 2014

On the picket line

Kellogg ordered to end lockout On July 30, a federal judge ordered Kellogg to end its union-busting lockout of 226…

August 22, 2014

Union leader responds to tragedy in Ferguson

This Aug. 14 message, posted at cwa-union.org, is from Claude Cummings, Communication Workers of America vice president of District 6…

August 21, 2014

Guitar Center unfair to workers

New York -- Scabby the Rat made an unusual appearance on 44th Street west of Broadway on Aug. 8, with…

August 17, 2014

Grocery workers fight back

Thousands of workers at 71 Market Basket stores in New England have been engaged in a job action since July…

August 17, 2014

NLRB ruling: Workers 1, McDonald’s 0

Labor organizing involves fighting injustice — on the picket lines, in the streets. When the bosses retaliate — and they…

August 9, 2014

New York retail workers rally for justice

As New York City’s working class takes on more defense of working conditions for restaurant, grocery, airline, car wash, fast…

August 7, 2014

Struggle wins temporary water shutoff moratorium

New developments took place at the end of July around the struggle for water in Detroit. A class-action lawsuit was…

August 7, 2014