Workers unite!

Northwestern football players can unionize

In a move that could change the rights of many of the 420,000 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) athletes, the…

April 18, 2014

‘Raise minimum wage, no food stamp cuts’

Labor and community activists marched through the Near West Side neighborhood of Cleveland on April 12, protesting against recent cuts…

April 18, 2014

Philadelphia teachers’ seniority rights stripped away

After failing to settle a contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers for over nine months, on March 24 the…

April 18, 2014

Strikers say ‘End poverty wages at Johns Hopkins Hospital’

Baltimore -- For three days, hundreds of workers picketed, marched and rallied at Johns Hopkins Hospital on Baltimore’s eastside from…

April 16, 2014

New York actions push $15 minimum wage

The People’s Power Assembly Movement, along with allies like OccuEvolve, took to the streets of New York City with signs…

April 16, 2014

Los Angeles activists plan car caravan for low-wage workers

A “Low-Wage Campaign” community speakout was held April 12 in Los Angeles at the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice,…

April 16, 2014

Chicago postal protest previews April 24 rallies

Chicago -- Over 700 postal and other workers walked a picket line in front of a Chicago area Staples store…

April 12, 2014

On the picket line

NYC building workers march for a raise A sea of yellow and purple Service Employees union Local 32BJ flags swept…

April 12, 2014

Challenge to labor movement: UPS fires 250 union workers

Bosses fire workers for being late. But Jairo Reynes, a 24-year United Parcel Service worker at the company’s Maspeth hub…

April 9, 2014

MLK & jobs

On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., while showing solidarity with…

April 9, 2014