U.S. and Canada

‘Save the Post Office’ rally planned for Staten Island, N.Y., Feb. 9

Postal workers and community activists will rally at the Staten Island, N.Y., Mail Sorting Facility, 550 Manor Rd., at noon…

February 4, 2013

Which way forward for union growth?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 23 that the number of U.S. workers in unions fell by 400,000 during…

February 3, 2013

Oakland City Council: Hundreds testify vs. stop-and-frisk Bratton

By Terri Kay and Gil Ross Oakland, Calif. Over 600 Oakland activists packed the City Council chambers, the balconies and…

February 3, 2013

Oakland Airport food workers demand union recognition

Oakland, Calif. — Low-wage concession workers at Oakland Airport held protests on Jan. 25 both inside and outside the air terminals.…

February 3, 2013

On the picket line

Tough anti-wage theft law passed in Chicago On Jan. 17, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed a bill instituting one…

February 3, 2013

Goldstein to discuss ‘Capitalism at a Dead End’

Fred Goldstein, author of “Capitalism at a Dead End: Job Destruction, Overproduction and Economic Crisis in the High-Tech Era,” will…

February 3, 2013

Rosa Parks honored in Detroit

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born 100 years ago, on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Ala. She was born in…

February 2, 2013

Women in combat: Behind the Pentagon’s decision

On Jan. 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon had lifted its ban on women serving in…

February 2, 2013

Baltimore event supports ‘OUR Walmart’ workers

Editor’s note: It was announced Jan. 31 that the OUR Walmart campaign will stop picketing Walmart locations for at least…

February 2, 2013

Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’

Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2 CeCe McDonald survived a racist, transphobic attack by a group of neofascists, who attacked…

February 2, 2013