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Walmart cited for illegal firings as workers ramp up struggleWalmart cited for illegal firings as workers ramp up struggle

Walmart cited for illegal firings as workers ramp up struggle

Walmart workers have taken on the biggest private employer in the United States. Aided by labor unions and supporters from…

December 5, 2013
Veolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus driversVeolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus drivers

Veolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus drivers

On Dec. 2, “Friends of the School Bus 5” launched a crowd-sourcing fundraising effort to raise money for the families of…

December 4, 2013

South African miners’ strike enters second month

A major struggle between the National Union of Mineworkers and the bosses at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde facilities is turning out…

December 4, 2013
More solidarity with Boston union against VeoliaMore solidarity with Boston union against Veolia

More solidarity with Boston union against Veolia

Veolia Transportation fired four leaders of the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Steelworkers Union Local 8751, in mid-November for an…

December 3, 2013
Saying no to low wagesSaying no to low wages

Saying no to low wages

Activists from the People’s Power Assembly, Occu-Evolve and the Labor Outreach committee of Occupy Wall Street organized a speakout and…

December 2, 2013
Why build workers’ assembliesWhy build workers’ assemblies

Why build workers’ assemblies

Talk given at the WWP conference by Sharon Black. The new low-wage workers movement is really a movement in embryo…

December 2, 2013
Workers pack Boston hearing, expose union bustersWorkers pack Boston hearing, expose union busters

Workers pack Boston hearing, expose union busters

If Veolia Transportation's union-busting crackdown on the United Steelworkers Local 8751 Boston school bus drivers' leadership was meant to intimidate…

November 28, 2013
Oakland, Calif., truckers authorize strikeOakland, Calif., truckers authorize strike

Oakland, Calif., truckers authorize strike

After meeting with the California Air Resources Board and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on Nov. 13, the…

November 22, 2013

Mental health workers demand safety, rights and raises

Durham, N.C. — Jessica Brandon, a mother of three whose 40-year-old husband has had four heart attacks, is the sole…

November 22, 2013

On the picket line

More car washers organize in NYC Immigrant workers at four more New York City car washes, two in the Bronx…

November 22, 2013