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Protests demand Wendy’s rehire worker

“We’re going to beat! back! The bosses’ attacks” was the chant of more than 35 people in front of the…

January 25, 2014

NYC airport workers demand living wage

Local 32BJ of the Service Employees union organized a protest on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 20, to…

January 24, 2014

Postal workers, supporters in D.C.: ‘Don’t let another life be taken’

Washington, D.C. -- Letter carriers and community supporters assembled in the midst of hundreds of people at the recently dedicated…

January 24, 2014

Walmart workers jolt NLRB

The National Labor Relations Board on Jan. 15 issued its broadest complaint yet against major transnational corporation Walmart for violating…

January 24, 2014

South Africa struggles continue in platinum mines

An 11-week strike by 7,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has resulted in a settlement granting…

January 23, 2014

Teachers’ strike shuts Puerto Rico’s schools

Thousands of teachers, students and their families and progressive organizations shook Puerto Rico’s local government as they went to the…

January 22, 2014

Art aids struggle to keep NYC hospital open

On the heels of 12 hospital closings in the last 10 years, a creative new tactic has emerged in an…

January 22, 2014

Massachusetts labor movement intervenes for school bus drivers

Veolia Transportation, the giant transnational conglomerate, is finding itself increasingly isolated in its attempt to break the leadership of United…

January 21, 2014

Setback for Veolia boosts Solidarity Day 2 for bus union

The fight to reinstate the wrongly fired leaders of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, got…

January 17, 2014

Autoworkers, community activists demand ‘people’s recovery’

For the fifth year in a row, the rank-and-file autoworker advocacy group Autoworker Caravan protested outside the North American International…

January 17, 2014