Workers unite!

Indonesia, Bangladesh workers battle low wages

At the end of October, both Bangladesh and Indonesia saw strikes involving millions of low-wage workers demanding substantial increases in…

November 10, 2013
Large TWU protest for a decent contractLarge TWU protest for a decent contract

Large TWU protest for a decent contract

More than 4,000 people — mainly members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — protested in front of the Metropolitan…

November 10, 2013

On the picket line

Grocery workers fight cutbacks from coast to coast In the state of Washington, Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger blinked two hours…

November 10, 2013

Solidarity with North Carolina teachers’ walk-in protests

The following is an edited version of a statement issued Nov. 6 by the Southern Workers Assembly in salute of…

November 7, 2013

USW International legal defense for School Bus Union 5

Since the first day of the union-busting attack by global imperialist conglomerate Veolia and the city of Boston against the…

November 6, 2013
Bay Area transit workers ratify agreementBay Area transit workers ratify agreement

Bay Area transit workers ratify agreement

Oakland, Calif. -- More than 2,300 Bay Area Rapid Transit workers voted on a tentative agreement Oct. 26. Three unions…

November 6, 2013
Reinstate fired labor leaders — Solidarity with Boston bus unionReinstate fired labor leaders — Solidarity with Boston bus union

Reinstate fired labor leaders — Solidarity with Boston bus union

Nov. 4 — The notorious Veolia Corporation fired two leaders of Steelworkers Local 8751 on Nov 1. "You are discharged, effective…

November 5, 2013

Veolia Corporation is the problem, not the bus drivers’ union

The Coalition for Equal Quality Education, based in Boston, issued the following statement on Nov. 2.  The CEQE, in collaboration…

November 4, 2013

Haitian leader of USW 8751 defends fired union brothers

The following letter is a rebuttal to an Oct. 9 public attack against the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Steelworkers…

November 4, 2013
$15/hr? ‘I can get with that!’$15/hr? ‘I can get with that!’

$15/hr? ‘I can get with that!’

Creative demonstrations and ­Workers Power Assemblies in several cities on Oct. 23-24 championed the struggle to raise the minimum wage…

November 1, 2013