Workers unite!

Victory for airport workers and their union – challenges remain

It was a “big win” according to the Service Employees union, Local 32BJ, the union trying to organize airport service…

February 7, 2014

On the picket line

‘Stop Staples: The U.S. mail is not for sale’ Chanting “Stop Staples! The U.S. mail is not for sale!” about…

February 7, 2014

Solidarity Day Two in Boston: Rehire school bus drivers!

By Gerry Scoppettuolo and Steve Gillis Dorchester, Mass. See the Solidarity Day Two photo album In the Boston working-class neighborhood…

February 6, 2014

Solidarity Day Two in Boston photo album

WW PHOTOS: HANNAH KIRSCHBAUM, BRENDA RYAN, G. DUNKEL AND LIZ GREEN

February 6, 2014

Pride at Work stands with Boston school bus drivers

The following statement, issued by Pride at Work AFL-CIO’s National Executive Board, was read at the Feb. 1 Solidarity Day…

February 6, 2014

Teachers’ unions resist all-out assault

Some $682 billion in public funds was spent in the United States in 2012-13 on pre-K through Grade 12 education.…

February 1, 2014

Solidarity Day 2 versus unionbuster

The attempt by Veolia, an international conglomerate, to bust the Boston School Bus Drivers Union has created a widespread fightback…

January 31, 2014

SuperShuttle workers protest Veolia’s low wages

Baltimore — One after another, the mostly West African immigrant SuperShuttle workers poured out their grievances in front of the…

January 31, 2014

The low-wage spark

The struggle to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, which is being embraced not only…

January 25, 2014

On the picket line

Low-wage workers in six states get raises While the federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour, some low-paid…

January 25, 2014