U.S. and Canada

Charlotte, N.C., city workers win important victory

The City Council in Charlotte, N.C., voted 6-5 on Jan. 14 to approve payroll dues deduction for all five city worker…

January 22, 2013

New WW youth blog takes inspiration from Black Panther Party

The youth of Workers World Party have gone live with a new collaborative blog entitled "Can't Jail the Revolution." The…

January 22, 2013

‘Idle No More’ protests in Detroit

The women in this photo were among more than 150 Idle No More activists and supporters who demonstrated in Detroit…

January 22, 2013

Role of state terror in death of anti-SOPA activist Aaron Swartz

The largest online protest in history, known as the anti-SOPA Internet strike, took place on Jan. 18 a year ago…

January 21, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus drivers

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many…

January 21, 2013

MLK’s legacy & the labor movement

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 84 years old this Jan. 15. His legacy today is…

January 20, 2013

Auto workers support hunger striker Jorge Parra, demand justice from GM

Detroit — As the world press gathered on Jan. 14 to view the North American International Auto Show at Detroit's…

January 18, 2013

Walmart CEO protested in New York

More than 100 people from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee, 99 Pickets, Desis Rising Up & Moving,…

January 18, 2013

San Francisco Labor Council calls for prosecution of police who killed Alan Blueford

The San Francisco Labor Council, a powerful assembly of labor union delegates, passed a resolution Jan. 14 in support of…

January 18, 2013

Struggle heats up against racist frame-ups in North Carolina

Durham, N.C. — On Jan. 10, a big rally took place here outside Durham County Jail to free Carlos Riley Jr.,…

January 18, 2013