Boston

Fast food workers strike

Something new happened on the planet on May 15. Low-wage workers in the fast food industry and their supporters went…

May 20, 2014

Challenge to labor movement: UPS fires 250 union workers

Bosses fire workers for being late. But Jairo Reynes, a 24-year United Parcel Service worker at the company’s Maspeth hub…

April 9, 2014

Defend Bolivarian Venezuela!

Supporters of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela turned out for a rally in Boston on March 22. The event was…

March 26, 2014

Protests demand U.S. hands off Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela

In response to a call from the International Action Center, demonstrations, outreach and other actions took place in cities and…

March 21, 2014

Solidarity in the drivers’ seat

San Francisco -- Steven Gillis, the fired vice president of United Steelworkers Local 8751 (Boston School Bus Drivers Union), spoke…

March 1, 2014

Workers, activists fighting Veolia hold international conference

By Terri Kay and Judy Greenspan San Francisco — An international conference here on Feb. 8 brought together workers, community…

February 12, 2014

Solidarity Day Two in Boston: Rehire school bus drivers!

By Gerry Scoppettuolo and Steve Gillis Dorchester, Mass. See the Solidarity Day Two photo album In the Boston working-class neighborhood…

February 6, 2014

Solidarity Day Two in Boston photo album

WW PHOTOS: HANNAH KIRSCHBAUM, BRENDA RYAN, G. DUNKEL AND LIZ GREEN

February 6, 2014

Pride at Work stands with Boston school bus drivers

The following statement, issued by Pride at Work AFL-CIO’s National Executive Board, was read at the Feb. 1 Solidarity Day…

February 6, 2014

Solidarity Day 2 versus unionbuster

The attempt by Veolia, an international conglomerate, to bust the Boston School Bus Drivers Union has created a widespread fightback…

January 31, 2014