Labor

On the picket line

Fightback of locked-out Kellogg workers The 226 workers at Kellogg’s cereal plant in Memphis, Tenn., made Fruit Loops and Frosted…

February 24, 2014

On the picket line

Low-wage workers in six states get raises While the federal minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour, some low-paid…

January 25, 2014

Walmart cited for illegal firings as workers ramp up struggle

Walmart workers have taken on the biggest private employer in the United States. Aided by labor unions and supporters from…

December 5, 2013

South African miners’ strike enters second month

A major struggle between the National Union of Mineworkers and the bosses at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde facilities is turning out…

December 4, 2013

Saying no to low wages

Activists from the People’s Power Assembly, Occu-Evolve and the Labor Outreach committee of Occupy Wall Street organized a speakout and…

December 2, 2013

Troy, N.Y., unionists back Boston school bus drivers

The Troy, N.Y., Area Labor Council delegates on Nov. 20 unanimously passed the following resolution supporting Boston school bus drivers…

November 22, 2013

AFL-CIO Convention draws low-income workers

At a time of record poverty and massive government cutbacks, and under the threat of another war in the Middle…

September 9, 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

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 4

Marx & Engels on Morgan As noted previously, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels found Morgan’s analysis of pre-class and early…

June 13, 2013

‘Community service’ or slave labor?

Los Angeles — The prosecutor told me I had a choice: Either serve several months in prison or accept community labor…

May 17, 2013