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Massachusetts labor movement intervenes for school bus drivers

Veolia Transportation, the giant transnational conglomerate, is finding itself increasingly isolated in its attempt to break the leadership of United…

January 21, 2014

Setback for Veolia boosts Solidarity Day 2 for bus union

The fight to reinstate the wrongly fired leaders of United Steelworkers Local 8751, the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, got…

January 17, 2014

Why build workers’ assemblies

Talk given at the WWP conference by Sharon Black. The new low-wage workers movement is really a movement in embryo…

December 2, 2013

On the picket line

Palermo’s Pizza reinstates eight of 100 fired strikers The 13-month battle at Palermo’s Pizza for union representation — to end…

August 11, 2013

Now it’s Milwaukee’s turn: Fast food workers walk out

On May 15 in Milwaukee, hundreds of workers walked off the job at fast-food restaurants, including McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King,…

May 17, 2013