Chicago

Why Walmart is vulnerable to workers’ organizing

Excerpted from a talk by Dante Strobino, an organizer with United Electrical Workers, at the WWP National Conference on Nov.…

November 29, 2012

Where we stand on the election

Workers World says don’t look to the capitalist elections to bring about any of the changes that workers, oppressed peoples,…

October 15, 2012

On the picket line

Walmart warehouse workers in Calif. end strike Sept. 28 Though workers at Walmart warehouses in California and Illinois are pursuing…

October 6, 2012

Midwest protests Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

Some 75 housing rights activists from Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis demonstrated in front of the Chicago regional office of Fannie…

September 22, 2012

Benefit held for anti-racist Tinley Park 5

A fundraising benefit was held Sept. 14 at the Turnerdome in north Philadelphia for the Tinley Park 5, anti-racist activists…

September 20, 2012

Chicago & Philadelphia teachers — same struggle, same fight

The message “Chicago & Philadelphia teachers – same struggle, same fight” was featured on one of the signs being waved…

September 19, 2012

Palermo Workers Union in solidarity with Chicago teachers

The following press statement was released on Sept. 11 by Wisconsin-based Voces de la Frontera. At a Sept. 15 mass…

September 19, 2012

Chicago teachers suspend heroic strike

On Sept. 18, the Delegates Assembly of the Chicago Teachers Union announced the suspension of the one-week strike. The union…

September 18, 2012

Teachers, communities stand strong on strike

Sept. 17 — The popularity of the Chicago Teacher’s Union’s struggle for the future of the city’s children against privatization…

September 17, 2012

Chicago teacher tells WW: ‘Enough is enough’

When asked by Eric Struch, a Chicago WW correspondent, what the issues that led the Chicago teachers to go out…

September 17, 2012