U.S. and Canada

Workers demand $15-an-hour minimum wage

Unions join fast food workers in coast-to-coast actions Dec. 5 — The coast-to-coast movement to raise the minimum wage to…

December 5, 2013

Food workers protest

Nov. 27 -- International Food Workers Week actions took place in New York City at several restaurants and fast food…

December 5, 2013

Walmart workers demand living wages

Challenging corporate greed, low wages and the anti-worker policies at Walmart, people organized and held protests at Walmart stores around…

December 5, 2013

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

Detroiters denounce city’s bankruptcy

Dec. 3 — Detroit residents, community activists, city retirees and workers from many unions, including teachers, firefighters and others, demonstrated…

December 5, 2013

Leonard Peltier’s message to National Day of Mourning

Supporters of Leonard Peltier, the longest-imprisoned Native political prisoner, are campaigning hard for executive clemency for the ailing 69-year-old hero.…

December 5, 2013

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

Dec. 7 & 9: ‘Free Mumia’ activities

On the 32nd year of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s wrongful incarceration, a press conference is set for noon on Dec. 9 in…

December 4, 2013

Federal judge rules in favor of banks and political dictatorship in Detroit bankruptcy decision

Dec. 3 — Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled that a state-imposed emergency manager was acting legally when bankruptcy was filed…

December 3, 2013

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