U.S. and Canada

After BAmazon/ Alabama mine workers go out on strike

On April 1, the United Mine Workers of America announced that more than 1,100 workers at the Brookwood, Ala., locations…

April 2, 2021

Oregon unions update organizing

Portland, Ore. March 17 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic sit-in of 27 fired Crush Bar Workers Collective members…

April 2, 2021

PDF of April 1 issue

Download the PDF. Bessemer workers fight for justice Workers on the move:  North Carolina schools;  Washington state Amazon;  Oregon coffee…

April 1, 2021

Seattle Amazon workers rally for Bessemer, Ala.

Seattle The rally to “Support the Alabama Amazon Workers” was held here March 26 to boost the homestretch drive for…

March 31, 2021

New York City: ‘Keep Jin Fong restaurant open!’

A demonstration was held in New York City’s Chinatown March 25 to protest the mass firings of 180 restaurant workers…

March 31, 2021

Hundreds rally, march against racist violence

Hundreds of Clevelanders from the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, along with multinational allies, rallied in the Asia Town…

March 31, 2021

COVID crisis exposes prison profiteers

By Cindy Lou Miller “If you want to understand any problem in America, you need to focus on who profits…

March 31, 2021

In the spirit of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bessemer workers fight for justice

A historic union election concluded March 29 after 5,800 Amazon warehouse workers, over 80% of them African American, voted on…

March 30, 2021

Death penalty abolished in former Confederate state

Houston On March 23, I was sad and gloomy all day as I am every year on this date —…

March 30, 2021

‘Secretary of Labor: Which side are you on?’

On March 23, after a bipartisan Senate backrub, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as Biden’s new Secretary of Labor.…

March 30, 2021