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United Nations water rapporteurs to visit Detroit

United Nations special rapporteurs from Geneva “are coming [to Detroit] to conduct a ‘fact-finding’ mission relative to these mass water…

September 30, 2014
Demanding answers to East Harlem explosionDemanding answers to East Harlem explosion

Demanding answers to East Harlem explosion

At a June 18 City Council public hearing, an ad hoc coalition of tenants and activists stepped up the fight…

June 29, 2014

Detroit Land Bank seizes homes

En route to the financial district, Detroit Freedom Friday protesters walk past 65 Cadillac Square, where hidden away on the…

June 20, 2014
Baltimore FIST fights anti-youth lawBaltimore FIST fights anti-youth law

Baltimore FIST fights anti-youth law

The Baltimore chapter of Fight Imperialism/Stand Together took to the streets outside City Hall on June 2 to protest a…

June 12, 2014
Veolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus driversVeolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus drivers

Veolia guilty of union-busting! Contribute to campaign to reinstate the fired Boston school bus drivers

On Dec. 2, “Friends of the School Bus 5” launched a crowd-sourcing fundraising effort to raise money for the families of…

December 4, 2013
Workers pack Boston hearing, expose union bustersWorkers pack Boston hearing, expose union busters

Workers pack Boston hearing, expose union busters

If Veolia Transportation's union-busting crackdown on the United Steelworkers Local 8751 Boston school bus drivers' leadership was meant to intimidate…

November 28, 2013

Peoples Fighter Inez Barron wins election to NYC City Council

Elected with 96 percent of the vote, State Assemblywoman Inez Barron will be the voice of East New York and…

November 14, 2013

Detroit emergency manager dictates ‘lights out’

When the lights went out at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAY­MAC) in downtown Detroit on Sept. 11, it…

September 18, 2013

Labor/community alliance in Oakland tells City Council: ‘We need jobs, not more cops’

A labor/community alliance is growing in Oakland, Calif., as city leaders pour more money into one of the most contentious…

July 2, 2013
Charlotte, N.C., city workers win important victoryCharlotte, N.C., city workers win important victory

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